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[SavaTheAggie]

The next installment in my Sava Railways Scenic Tours photo series:

"Burning the Midnight Oil"


Image is a link.

--Tony

[Lego Otaku]

SavaTheAggie, on 16 September 2010 - 06:57 AM, said:

The next installment in my Sava Railways Scenic Tours photo series:

"Burning the Midnight Oil"


Image is a link.

--Tony

Way cool!  I like that light effect. Did you use any kind of mist or set your camera for longer exposure to catch the beam?

[lightningtiger]

You almost have to look twice to see it's Lego.....that is an AWESOME shot 'SavaTheAggie' - dam, that would make a COOL wallpaper indeed - keep on bricking !

[dr_spock]

Nice work.  Reminds me of Modelroader magazine pic from a long time ago.

[SavaTheAggie]

Lego Otaku, on 16 September 2010 - 06:06 PM, said:

Way cool!  I like that light effect. Did you use any kind of mist or set your camera for longer exposure to catch the beam?

Thanks much!  Actually it's a bit of both.  Almost all of my Scenic Tour photos are taken on a long exposure - I do it to overcome narrow depth of field from zooming in so much.  As for the "mist", I have been talking about doing a photo like this for quite some time, but I've always been concerned about dry ice or humidifiers around electronics - water and electricity don't mix.  The "mist" is actually body powder, "smoked" out of the bottle it comes in.  I simply turned the bottle on its side a bit and squeezed it over and over, causing a "smoke" of body powder to shoot out.  Caused quite a mess (especially doing it over and over trying to get the shot "right", but it was worth it, I think.  I used a can of air and a swiffer to clean up after each shot.

lightningtiger, on 16 September 2010 - 10:55 PM, said:

You almost have to look twice to see it's Lego.....that is an AWESOME shot 'SavaTheAggie' - dam, that would make a COOL wallpaper indeed - keep on bricking !

Thanks much!  I've tried recreating it to come up with an alternate view, but apparently this was one of those one-in-a-million, never to be duplicated shots.

dr_spock, on 17 September 2010 - 01:02 AM, said:

Nice work.  Reminds me of Modelroader magazine pic from a long time ago.

Thanks!  I wouldn't be surprised if the photo that inspired me is the same one you saw in the magazine.  

http://en.wikipedia....File:PRR-T1.jpg

--Tony