Building the Pinnacle Creek Mining & Timber Co. RR

[tootnkumin]

Eeeks! I'm glad that one of Mt Shuksan is in 2D and not 3D.

 

[HOexplorer]

Toot, Shuksan is about 50 degrees slope. Check out this link and see a climb I did in the French Alps. This climbed has a lot of 70 degrees and it is 1000 meters high. 3000 feet. Jim

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...1sUcj6EqbHiwKW94DwAg&ved=0CD8Q9QEwBA&dur=3743





Here's a photo of the Petit Dru North Face in Chamonix, France. It took 3 days. Route is on the ridge to the right of the snow patch. Very difficult. (not my photo)

 

[HOexplorer]

Back to work.

Here's the photo of the new car. I used a spray of highly diluted black acrylic to help take the shine off. Then I used chalks. I like chalks 'cause the are correctable. Jim

 

[Silverton]

I really like what you did with the weathering, that should fit right in with your other cars. Any idea what brand the gondola was original? - Chris

 

[HOexplorer]

Chris, I studied the car very closely and could find no name. I did find that the car above the deck (all the red painted part) is wood! I did find it has those cool OLD trucks that flex a bit. I changed them out because they were worn out. Conclusion: I think this car may have be a rebuild of some sort. The roofwalk however, belies this because it is definately a stock one piece shorty. So your guess is as good as mine. I really like this car and am happy I found it.

Weathering is fairly light because there wouldn't be much dust because of the rainy climate. Jim

 

[HOexplorer]

Here is another example of telephoto layout photography. Total depth from front tree limb to that back rock cliff is eight feet. Jim

 

[Silverton]

I must confess Jim, I can't find your focal point. I can't tell if you are focusing on the front branch or the middle scene or the back wall. You must have an excellent telephoto lens and your photo subject matter composition is excellent. - Chris

 

[HOexplorer]

Can anyone help Chris out on this picture? Jim

 

[JPIII]

I figure it for a spy shot.
The focus seems to be on all them ICBMs masquerading as trees.

 

[morgreh]

Since a click on the picture takes one to Photobucket where the title of the shot is "Headlight in the Distance," I'm going to guess that the headlight on the steamer near the rear of the shot is the focal point.

 

[Silverton]

What I was trying to say is that the whole scene from front to back shows exceptional clarity. It's all in focus. It was suppose to be a compliment. - Chris

 

[HOexplorer]

Chris, No worries I know you were complimenting the photo. The thing is that, as mentioned in the body of this thread, the reason for 'all in focus' is because I use a photo stacking program call Helicon Focus. I don't work for them but the results in this photo for sure make it a must for folks really interested in photography. I was just trying to get someone to remember it. Jim

 

[tootnkumin]

Is this where you take several shots at varying focal points and combine them into one to give depth of field?

I notice too that Photobuckets recent "improvements" to their site doesn't seem to have fazed you at all.

 

[HOexplorer]

Toot, Correct. I'm not too enthused about the 'improvements' to tell the truth. I've learned you can reset to the older version. By the time I found that out I'd figured out the new! It's all good now. I don't remember what it was like before so no problem. Jim

 

[HOexplorer]

Sitting at my workbench I noticed some good natural light coming in the window so I grabbed my camera. I especially like the scenery behind and in front of the steamer. Enjoy. Jim

 

[Fifer]

Sitting at my workbench I noticed some good natural light coming in the window so I grabbed my camera. I especially like the scenery behind and in front of the steamer. Enjoy. Jim

Nice Jim , Mike

 

[Railrunner130]

Very nice. There's no substitute for natural light.

 

[HOexplorer]

Thanks guys. The fun part of all this is I get to have this scene stare me in the face while I'm at my desk. Jim

 

[HOexplorer]

Cloudy today. Good photo ops with the skylight and desk lamp. Took this one and named it Reject! Tree falling down and headlight issues. Next time. Jim

Can't find the photo. Don't why the photo below got attached.

 

[tootnkumin]

Ah! so the foreman fell down the steps of his office and took it out on the tree, did he Jim?