Using a high-end DSLR to shoot videos doesn’t interest me at all. But making videos out of strings of still images shot at a very high frame rate fascinates me. You might argue they are the same thing. You’d be correct, sort of. But it’s like comparing true videos to time -lapse. Different, but not. I’ve put together several of these short clips. The still images from which they were made are destined for a gallery of their own at photophart.com .

The trains here are scale models of the “G” variety.  With the G referring to a scale of  about 1:22.5. There are lots of other scale model designations. Here’s a link explaining the different sizes. G scale, being the biggest, allows for amazing attention to detail on the part of the model builders. In fact, an elaborate set like the one pictured here can be made to look amazingly realistic. While photographing the models careful attention to depth of field and point of focus  seemed to produce the best images. Here’s a link to the gallery at photophart.com

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