Downhill Run

Drew1125

Active Member
A coal train drifts downgrade past a solitary house up on Goad Mtn., in this scene from the 1930's...
 

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interurban

Active Member
Nice

Hi Charlie,, That is a nice shot, I`ll have to start trying some B/W shots after seeing your 1930`s pic.
Thanks for posting.
Love the smoke,, Now how can I show sparks flying off the overhead?? hhhhhmmmmmm???;)
 

RailRon

Active Member
Charlie, this is a beautiful shot! It looks like the track is on a high ridge, and deep below in the background you see a sea of fog. :cool:

B/W photos have their own atmosphere!

Ron
 

Ralph

Remember...it's for fun!
Nicely done Charlie! Those black and white shots set the mood. Do you use the jiggle-the-cotton-on-a wire method for the great looking smoke?
Ralph
 

Drew1125

Active Member
Thanks again, guys!:)
This started out as a color photo that I didn't really like...so I just started playing around with it in Adobe Photoshop...I added some smoke & valve steam with the "airbrush tool", I removed the color, & brightened the photo, to give it sort of a faded look.

My layout has a removable backdrop, & I had removed it to do some work on the other side, & this allowed me to get one of those "spider's-eye-views" of the layout, shooting through the trees above a cut, sort of like what you might do with some 1:1 railfanning.

All of the praise you guys shower me with here at this wonderful forum means the world to me, & I really do appreciate the nice words!:)
 

ezdays

Out AZ way
Charlie,

We wouldn't say them if we didn't mean them. You deserve every ounce of praise you get and then some.

Don
 

Arlaghan

Member
Very neat scene! :)

Is that the edge of the layout or is that a backdrop? Might be interesting to see a background "editted" in there. ;)
 

aartwmich

Member
I see a sharp drop behind the tracks with a large tree growing on the slope going down to the lake.

Nice pic Charlie :thumb:
 
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