This year, I was trying for different areas on the layout. I have some older shots of this area, but not with this setup of trains. In the original shot, the background wall didn't do me any favors. The focus stacking played some odd tricks with the flat blue color. Lately I've been getting a bit more aggressive with cropping, and that allowed me to do the same here.
This is the shot coming out of the stack process.
ISO 100, f/6.3, 1.6 sec, 50 mm
16 Shot Photo Stack
All that stuff in the upper right looks bad. That boys and girls is what a dirty sensor photo looks like. In this case, it is not.
At first, I tried to clone it out to keep some originality. And in the end, it looked worse.
Next I tried sky replacement. I spent quite a bit of time erasing the background, more time than I like on any photograph. I wound up erasing more and more of the background. With what I think the format that the club likes, this is what I finished up with.
To me there's not enough to distract, but if I was to re-edit I'd lighten the blue a bit. Other than that, the photo is OK. Just OK.
But, since I've been cropping to a size that is more monitor friendly I might be able to get that mess totally out of there.
Actually, this looks so much better to me. No background, all subject scenery.
I'm not sure why I'm not totally happy with this shot. On my screen saver, it is sharp. All the numbers are clearly readable. All the tracks are in focus. Still not happy. I think, it is because it looks indoors? The light ain't right.
I could play with the light levels, or...... I like what B&W or monochrome effects did for the F15 shot. (Here) After all, this is a railroad shot. Looks way too clean.
This is what I finished with.
Now this looks a little more like a railroad yard shot to me, or what I think it would look like. I need to expand my horizons more.
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