Downhill Run

[Drew1125]

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

 

[jon-monon]

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

 

[jim currie]

:thumb:
nice looking house.

 

[Tyson Rayles]

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

 

[TomPM]

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Nice photo!

 

[interurban]

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???

 

[Drew1125]

Thanks guys!

 

[ezdays]

Nice photo Charlie. How did you do the smoke and steam? Looks like a vintage picture..

Don

 

[shamus]

Nice photo Charlie, love Black & White sometimes.
Shamus

 

[RailRon]

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.

B/W photos have their own atmosphere!

Ron

 

[Ralph]

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

 

[jmarksbery]

Just great my friend, good job all way round! :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Drew1125]

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]

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]

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]

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: