The train I was waiting for when it started raining (actually it is raining when this shot was taken) has just pushed the wagons with paper product on the yard of the Billingsfors station.
Me and my son are hiding in front of the building trying not to get wet.

Nice shot Monty

A CW Posted at 11-20 00:06
Nice shot Monty

Thank you Andy!

Nice shot !
How do you achieve this "tilt shift" effect? Is it postprod?
Thx

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 00:13
Thank you Andy!

You're welcome mate

Xertys Posted at 11-20 00:29
Nice shot !
How do you achieve this "tilt shift" effect? Is it postprod?
Thx

I strapped my Nikon D610 with a TS lens on the bottom of my Mavic and made a delayed capture ;)

Kidding of course.
I used Affinity Photo to duplicate the layer and applied a lens blur.
Next I made a mask layer with a linear gradient to mask out part of that blurred layer.
Ready.  

Xertys Posted at 11-20 00:29
Nice shot !
How do you achieve this "tilt shift" effect? Is it postprod?
Thx

Thanks btw

A CW Posted at 11-20 00:33
You're welcome mate

These drone shots actually work great for this TS effect

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 00:40
These drone shots actually work great for this TS effect

Very unusual mate - looks cool

Very nice. Your tilt-shift looks very classy but not overdone.

A CW Posted at 11-20 00:41
Very unusual mate - looks cool

Did you spot us?

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 00:49
Did you spot us?

Under the rook next to that yellow building?

Bing Err Posted at 11-20 00:49
Very nice. Your tilt-shift looks very classy but not overdone.

Thanks BE
Love how the lens blur mimics real DOF
In this case it worked extra well because there is not much that 'should' be out of focus / in focus but is not because it is standing in front of the part that is in focus.
(sometimes there are large objects in the foreground that should be out of focus, but are in the area that is getting the focus)

A CW Posted at 11-20 00:51
Under the rook next to that yellow building?

100%
I'm not sure what you win, but you may proceed to the next round

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 00:59
100%
I'm not sure what you win, but you may proceed to the next round

Hahahahaha - it's an awesome looking shot when zoomed in too

A CW Posted at 11-20 01:09
Hahahahaha - it's an awesome looking shot when zoomed in too

Hahahahahaha.
Looking on my controller

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 01:40
Hahahahahaha.
Looking on my controller

You got a good angle to the train too

A CW Posted at 11-20 01:45
You got a good angle to the train too

Thanks.
I was more worried about the rain than the framing

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 01:50
Thanks.
I was more worried about the rain than the framing

It was raining too? Need to be careful that the batteries don't get wet. Worth the risk though

Beautiful shot  Monty !!

A CW Posted at 11-20 01:51
It was raining too? Need to be careful that the batteries don't get wet. Worth the risk though

It was raining.....
Even with some thunder.
But the next day we would go home and we decided not to return to this location in the coming years.
So I knew it would be my last visit there for a long time.
And I took the gamble....

Might seem a bit stupid, but I have special feelings for this place.
We first visited the campsite in 1995.
Returning a couple of times in my childhood.
Every year I got to this station waiting for this train to come.
There was no internet, so no way of knowing when it would come.
Waited for hours and hours there (I know now it does not run every day )

But that was ok. The anticipation was enough to keep me satisfied.
And one day I did hear the train coming.
Grabbed my VHS camera and made the best footage I have ever made (not technically the best, actually not good at all if you look at it now, but the most satisfying for me).

When I returned in 2006 with my dad, I was glad to find out it still ran.
Made a very complete docu about that railway. But of course I did not have a drone back then.
After we got kids, we returned again in 2015. The campsite was not as good anymore.
They don't really maintain it anymore....
Very sad to see.
But since the environment is so nice, we took that for granted and returned in 2016 and 2017.
I did shoot some footage (not as much because of the kids), but still without a drone.

Until this year
So you can imagine I really needed to get that shot.
Even though it was a high risk....
Rather that than not having tried.

Stuff is not that important for me.
If I would have lost the MP, I would even be ok with it.

So, it was a calculated risk. And I'm glad I took it!

Nebuchadnezzar Posted at 11-20 01:57
Beautiful shot  Monty !!

Thanks Nebu

A CW Posted at 11-20 01:51
It was raining too? Need to be careful that the batteries don't get wet. Worth the risk though

PS, here is the footage from 1996

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 02:35
PS, here is the footage from 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Entg_fJerg

What a difference in the images over 12 years.

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 02:34
It was raining.....
Even with some thunder.
But the next day we would go home and we decided not to return to this location in the coming years.

A what a cool shot it is too mate

A CW Posted at 11-20 03:02
What a difference in the images over 12 years.

Yes very much.
Almost hurting the eye.

VHS camera, no tripod, no stabilization, very low resolution, old tape that has been watched over and over again before converting...
Ingredients for nostalgic footage

A CW Posted at 11-20 03:03
A what a cool shot it is too mate

Can't beat emotional value

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 03:25
Can't beat emotional value

Very true mate

Cool shot .

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 02:34
It was raining.....
Even with some thunder.
But the next day we would go home and we decided not to return to this location in the coming years.

Monty,
The photo was great but the story that goes along with it makes it even more special.
Thank you for sharing it with us.

A CW Posted at 11-20 05:22
Very true mate

Nice avatar

Woe Posted at 11-20 05:51
Cool shot .

Thank you Woe!

B1houdini Posted at 11-20 07:11
Monty,
The photo was great but the story that goes along with it makes it even more special.
Thank you for sharing it with us.

Thanks B1

Nice work.   Made me think of pic out of an old model railroad magazine......................and me wishing I could create something like that.

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 07:24
Nice avatar

Thank mate.

EdM Posted at 11-20 08:02
Nice work.   Made me think of pic out of an old model railroad magazine......................and me wishing I could create something like that.

Thanks a lot.



A lot of work, but it is doable

A CW Posted at 11-20 08:33
Thank mate.

You're welcome!

Montfrooij Posted at 11-20 09:20
You're welcome!

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Its hard to tell this isnt a model set! Great shot!

Nice pic Montfrooij. Love the train as you know. Thanks for sharing