Here's a prototype night shot Will took at Harpers Ferry, Virginia:https://www.flickr.com/photos/openlens/54212724199/in/photostream/
Gorgeous. Coincidentally this afternoon I was rereading Will's RMC article on how he recreated his 1:1 scale photo(s) in HO. -- Russ
O. Winston Link would have been proud!
Guess it took some work to get all permissions and set up everything.
Ptobably almost as much time as it will take him to convince the under-twenties that there was no AI involved. (Hoping and guessing that no AI was involved!)
Superb, very atmospheric.
Hauk, Will's photo is 'all natural', no artificial ingredients :)
He usually spends time on Google Earth checking out a potential photo site to get a rough idea where to set his lights. This time the Western Maryland Christmas train he had planned to photograph wasn't running, so instead he detoured to Harpers Ferry and found this location.
This photo had 5 lights. Two off to the right that you can see and three more behind the train to light the rock and the fog.
Russ, I think Will will eventually post a map showing where he set up the lights for this photo, similar to the diagram in that RMC article.
Les, Thanks. I'm always as amazed as everyone else at his work.
"Atmosphere" big time - lovely job
Barney
To get a sense of the locale where Will took that photo, here's are two views from a Harpers ferry tourist website.
The first is from on top of that rock ridge looking back at the town of under a typical daytime setting. Will's camera was near the small park area adjacent to the right side of the right bridge in the first photo.
The second photo is an aerial view looking pretty much in the same direction as his camera
Wow, that is stunning! Very reminiscent of O. Winston Link.
Looks like there's traces of an old sign painted on the side of the cliff above the train.