"Easy Pickins"

[Belugawrx]

Incredible amount of detail you've added here Ski.
The paintwork and layout of this dio brings you right in...
I remember when you started this one some years ago, and it has all come together beautifully .
Well done...I expect to see some show hardware coming your way !
Cheers

 

[Steve Ski]

Outstanding!.........both the dio and photography.

Thank you, Kevin!

Simply amazing!

Small aperture, for depth of field? What focal length is that, seems like you can use telephoto for those closeups, but long lens combined with small aperture leads to long exposures, and the trees in the background are not blurry. Is it a variable focal length lens?

Oh boy, Edbert, now you're getting technical on me again, HA! Not taking pics all the time, I seem to forget all that stuff and have to relearn it, just like painting faces. I couldn't tell you the specifics except to say I run 1/1.3 at f25-20, depending on the lighting. Hopefully that makes sense. I can zoom with this smaller lense, though I do have a bigger one, never use it. This is a Nikon D60, so you can get the specs for that if you care to. This is one of those "necessary evils" that needs to be learned if we want to display our work without having to rely on someone who does it professionally.

Incredible amount of detail you've added here Ski.
The paintwork and layout of this dio brings you right in...
I remember when you started this one some years ago, and it has all come together beautifully .
Well done...I expect to see some show hardware coming your way !
Cheers

Thanks, Brother. It has been a very long time, so long, it's hard to believe it's been 13yrs, woof, gone in a flash. I think I'll be speeding things up from here on out, got a few shelves full of kits that need attention.

 

[John Waller]

Thanks for the great journey Ski, and congrats on the fantastic result. Been a real thoughtful and skilful trip from the start, solving lots of tricky issues like the foliage with well resolved solutions. Can't wait for the next instalment of the Ski show. Waterloo, Mid-Atlantic, Normandy,...... What next???

 

[Steve Ski]

Thanks for the great journey Ski, and congrats on the fantastic result. Been a real thoughtful and skilful trip from the start, solving lots of tricky issues like the foliage with well resolved solutions. Can't wait for the next instalment of the Ski show. Waterloo, Mid-Atlantic, Normandy,...... What next???

Thanks, John! This has been a wild ride, no doubt, and thanks for always being there to nudge me along. I've got a couple of things in the cue, but my lovely bride wants her American Indians done mue pronto, so that will more than likely be next.