Another scrappy picture
Thanks for the compliment. It means a lot as there is such fine modeling going on in the photos shared here.
Just getting this corner of the layout finished - still have some excavators on the way for cutting, sorting and loading. I have a few more scrap piles waiting to dry and the final shrubbery, etc.
It's modeled after a local yard that scraps old railroad cars. It's always a treat to see what's being recycled. They rip them apart, salvage the good parts, cut the rest into chunks with torches, run them over with bulldozers and load them into gondolas.
The truckless gondola in the foreground is a holding bin for sorted scrap ready to be loaded onto rail cars.
I'm struggling with focus issues. I'm using small aperature openings (22 up to 36 with a 30 second shutter speed) and I've tried 18 to 55mm "zoom" from close up and far back and I can't get a good depth of field. Any hints? I'm using a Canon digital rebel xt. My goal is to get clear focus on Scrappy, the guy in the middle. I've tried card stock with an "X" at his depth and I've tried bracketing the focus from close up to far back and I can't get him in focus. Help!