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Leeds , Scarcroft & Wetherby Railway locomotive 'East Keswick' rests before next part of duty.

Clarence Dock goods yard area.

'A long way from home'. A Metropolitan Railway Parcels Service van, owned by Grandson number 2.
Glencairn

The black and white picture looks tremendous.

Good stuff!

Thank you WTD & darkscot for your kind comments. They are much appreciated.

Glencairn

I think it's a great idea to include B&W images when taking pics of steam era layouts. Looks good.

teedoubleudee wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:15 pm I think it's a great idea to include B&W images when taking pics of steam era layouts. Looks good.

Yes twd, B&W images hark back to days gone.

Glencairn

Wholeheartedly agree with comments about black and while, lovely atmosphere, love the way the back scene blends in. Nice one.

Some time ago I joined a Facebook group called "Britain's Railways Remembered" where people post some great pictures of railway days gone by. Occassionally there are early colour pics of diesels and DMUs but mostly B&W photos of steam era. Great for giving ideas to use on your layout.

Carl L wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:58 am Wholeheartedly agree with comments about black and while, lovely atmosphere, love the way the back scene blends in. Nice one.

Thank you Carl L. I try to make the backscene part of the overall scene.

teedoubleudee wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:24 pm Some time ago I joined a Facebook group called "Britain's Railways Remembered" where people post some great pictures of railway days gone by. Occasionally there are early colour pics of diesels and DMUs but mostly B&W photos of steam era. Great for giving ideas to use on your layout.

I have a collection of old railway books (model & real) etc. with b&w pictures. As you say giving ideas, tips and tricks to use on a layout.

Glencairn

B&W pics are very easy in most half-decent photo editing software.

Just desaturate the image.

You can get away with things like messing around with the contrast/tonal range etc far more than you can in colour.

Kind of realism, as most steam-era images are grainy B&W.

When I shot film I'd sometimes muck about with T-Max 3200 or the 800 Fuji Press whatever it was called.

The other thing that looks nice is sepia toning. Not something I tend to really do but love the effect in some of the portraits people do.