tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80809300496253396632011-07-08T10:54:30.651-07:00sp4009, or Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04455894772993315849noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080930049625339663.post-82909110452846067602010-04-02T20:22:00.001-07:002010-04-02T20:39:36.360-07:00A few action shots from my April Fool's day "photo session." Photos taken at F8 with exposures ranging from 4-8 seconds. Processing included adding "engine exhaust," hue and saturation corrections to compensate for the lighting and color filters. I took a lamp with me for auxiliary lighting, but, unfortunately, the bulb's filament broke on the way down to the clubhouse... The room is lit with tube florescent "shop lights." Extinguishing unneeded lighting has been my method of control while posing my shots.<br /><br />The Fireman aboard SP 3932 is hard at work...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8229/0401shoot10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 467px;" src="http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8229/0401shoot10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/2539/0401shoot3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 860px; height: 653px;" src="http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/2539/0401shoot3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1836/0401shoot5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 858px; height: 633px;" src="http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1836/0401shoot5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4706/0401shoot1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 699px;" src="http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4706/0401shoot1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080930049625339663-8290911045284606760?l=sp4009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sp4009, or Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04455894772993315849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080930049625339663.post-41931344313799449382010-02-24T00:20:00.000-08:002010-02-24T00:26:33.942-08:00Took some "railfan" style photos down at the 'ol GEHAMS club. One in particular I fell like sharing. The original was color, shot at f8, 4 sec. exposure with an ISO rating of 50 on my Canon S2IS. I straightened, cropped, removed the color, added an orange filter(~20% saturation) and sharpened it a little.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2333/0223shoot6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 479px; height: 593px;" src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2333/0223shoot6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080930049625339663-4193134431379944938?l=sp4009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sp4009, or Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04455894772993315849noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080930049625339663.post-13379959606357367482010-02-18T18:57:00.000-08:002010-02-18T19:03:21.640-08:00F7A 6429<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/5642/f7bld44.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 790px; height: 269px;" src="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/5642/f7bld44.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6151/f7bld42.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 482px; height: 550px;" src="http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6151/f7bld42.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />SD9 3932<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5609/sd9engside.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 937px; height: 325px;" src="http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5609/sd9engside.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2516/sd9front.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 443px;" src="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2516/sd9front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080930049625339663-1337995960635736748?l=sp4009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sp4009, or Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04455894772993315849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080930049625339663.post-39901868115565005862010-02-18T18:00:00.000-08:002010-02-18T18:54:35.930-08:00Welcome to the Mad Doctor's Workbench of Mystery.<br /><br />The "Mad Doctor" part comes from comments given to me on several model railroad forums, due to my borderline committable, virgo-istic approach to detailing models... The "Mystery" part... well, nobody knows what might be conjured up during my model railroading exploits...<br /><br />A little background. I have had a love for trains pretty much my whole life, so much so that I hired out with BNSF in 2001 and currently working as a Locomotive Engineer. Model railroading has played a major role in my life. My interest has transformed from "playing with trains" to replicating the Southern Pacific Railroad's Oregon Division, circa July, 1967 in N scale(1/160th). I have taken a keen interest in the railroad operations associated with the lumber industry.<br /><br />I decided to start this blog as a more universal way to expose my model work. I plan to update my blog as my projects progress, but everyone knows how "plans" work... I do document my progress by way of photographic evidence as I plan(there's that word again...) to share.<br /><br />Some samplings...<br /><br />F7A 6344<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1214/f7sidesa4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 849px; height: 471px;" src="http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1214/f7sidesa4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />GP9 3666<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9945/gp9aresizesv3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 797px; height: 263px;" src="http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9945/gp9aresizesv3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />F7B's 8222 and 8248<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7172/f7bs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 590px; height: 338px;" src="http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7172/f7bs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8080930049625339663-3990186811556500586?l=sp4009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sp4009, or Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04455894772993315849noreply@blogger.com0