On video: Introducing Mchowisko…
Mchowisko isn’t a layout I planned, it isn’t a layout I need, it is however, a wonderful thing to have created…
I love model railways, in this video I hope a little of that passion comes across as I introduce the layout and talk briefly about some of the compositional elements considered in its brief creation. There isn’t a whole lot to look at - and yet I could stare at it for hours. I’ll leave you to mull over that one. Until next time, more soon…
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It's always struck me that capturing this sort of scene is very difficult, perhaps more so than something with more features in the distance...but you've cracked it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Simon - I suppose it's the confidence that the process will work. I'd found the same think on Kinross with the central section - adding a very low horizon made it come to life... same with this, even narrower example.
DeleteMay I suggest (as Iain Rice would have done) lighting along the back of the box so that the shadows of the trees caught on the sky are not seen?
ReplyDeleteThanks Christopher. Whilst I would usually try to avoid these either, as you say, by adding a second lighting source as I have done in the past on Beaverbrook or East Works or not posing objects that cast a shadow so close to the backscene the very limited depth and small size made this impossible.
DeleteHi James
ReplyDeleteThe video and the earlier photos are very evocative especially given the small size. This captures I think the windswept beet fields I see in photos of Poland or northern France or even the Fens in winter. I imagine you have seen Steve Thomason's "Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways" website. He has some photos of Dobre sugar factory using a LyD ( http://www.ingr.co.uk/rly_dobre.html) and looks very similar to your cameo.
Best regards
Alan
Alan you have found another of my sources! Yes very much inspired by photos in old books and Steve’s website! Very kind, thank you!
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