richard carr
Western Thunderer
I have been photographing quite a few models recently . I decided to try Helicon Focus including the remote control software for canon and nikon DSLRs, and then following advice on here I went bought some lights from Photogeeks for £96 on amazon, so this is how I got on with it all.
This is the class 15 taken with my Nikon D810 using a 50mm lens with Helicon Focus at f5.6 and using the lights from photogeeks. As you can see everything is completely sharp on the loco, it used a 6 photo stack to do this. The setup is a white sideboard top with a whitish wall behind it. The lights are not particularly bright being 35 watt fluorescent with a reasonable daylight balance. You get 3 lights in the set up but I managed to break one of the bulbs by knocking it over.
Here's a couple of pictures of the setup
Here's a picture taken in daylight without the lights
The lighting isn't anywhere near as even, it quite directional even on dull day.
The lights kit also comes with a 90cm light tent, but this is too big to fit on top of the sideboard and I don't really have any where else for it at the moment. You can get a 60 cm version for £12 delivered so I ordered one of those. So here is a picture of a new Heljan centre headcode 37 taken in it, having arrived from Tower models today.
The lighting is much better, the only problem is the back ground, I much prefer my flat wall.
There are some back grounds with a the lighting kit so I need to try those.
Here's a few other pictures I took this evening
All the bits that come with the 37, snow ploughs, air brakes, frost grills spare multiple working connectors western region lamp irons and ordinary lamp irons.
Then my Heljan 33 and Falcon
It is definitely worth buying the lights and I'm completely sold on helicon, it s easy to use and gives great results.
Richard
This is the class 15 taken with my Nikon D810 using a 50mm lens with Helicon Focus at f5.6 and using the lights from photogeeks. As you can see everything is completely sharp on the loco, it used a 6 photo stack to do this. The setup is a white sideboard top with a whitish wall behind it. The lights are not particularly bright being 35 watt fluorescent with a reasonable daylight balance. You get 3 lights in the set up but I managed to break one of the bulbs by knocking it over.
Here's a couple of pictures of the setup
Here's a picture taken in daylight without the lights
The lighting isn't anywhere near as even, it quite directional even on dull day.
The lights kit also comes with a 90cm light tent, but this is too big to fit on top of the sideboard and I don't really have any where else for it at the moment. You can get a 60 cm version for £12 delivered so I ordered one of those. So here is a picture of a new Heljan centre headcode 37 taken in it, having arrived from Tower models today.
The lighting is much better, the only problem is the back ground, I much prefer my flat wall.
There are some back grounds with a the lighting kit so I need to try those.
Here's a few other pictures I took this evening
All the bits that come with the 37, snow ploughs, air brakes, frost grills spare multiple working connectors western region lamp irons and ordinary lamp irons.
Then my Heljan 33 and Falcon
It is definitely worth buying the lights and I'm completely sold on helicon, it s easy to use and gives great results.
Richard