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Lee - you're working your fireman too hard.
Yep, but photos of the ET&WNC in that timeframe show some so-so firing.
I'm pretty familiar with steam engines
(I volunteer on a local tourist RR, their 2-8-2 going through a rebuild right now)
so yes, it makes me cringe to see thick smoke, but most "normal" people expect it.
I take these shots over long exposures with a tight apertures,
with a cone covered in cotton and painted black for the smoke.
I hover it over the stack, shaking it on all axis to blur it,
then removing to make it translucent to a degree.
The longer it's there, the worse the firing looks.
I've seen some really bad Photoshop smoke online and in magazines,
and when I do it, it's clear it's in the photo,
as the foreground and background stuff makes it obvious.
It also casts shadows as real smoke does,
which Photoshop smoke clearly cannot.
I have yet to figure out how to make it trail off and dissipate,
as it does behind a real locomotive in motion,
but I like the effect anyway.
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-Lee
Commanding Officer, 796th Railway Operating Battalion (in On30 gauge)
https://willysmb44.webs.com/modeltrains.htm
Photos of my layout: https://www.flickr.com/photos/53587910@N05/albums/72157668176638961
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