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The current trend of AI-generated winter model railroad scenes has me thinking about photography and how we share our layouts with the world. As someone who maintains multiple platforms to showcase The Hills Line, I'm always looking for ways to improve the quality of the images I share while staying true to the spirit of … Continue reading The Digital Darkroom
If you've ever watched any cooking/food show featuring Alton Brown (and honestly Good Eats was one the best television productions ever created regardless of topic or genre) then you know how much he scorns "single-use kitchen gadgets". With the increased usage of focus stacking and photo editing for our model photos I'd make the case that, when … Continue reading The Case for Image Manipulation
Let's open up the ol' Hills Line mailbag... I see you do stacked focus photography...could you dedicate an article about it for us newbies? Stacked photography has fundamentally changed how I document and share images of The Hills Line, both online and in print. I had seen what others, notably Paul Dolkos, had done with … Continue reading Photostacking for Fun (and profit)
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