New Winter Diorama Photos

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:56 pm

Here's a sample of some winter diorama photos that I took over the weekend at my family's vacation house in the Sierra Nevada Mtns. of California. There was a light dusting of snow which created the perfect opportunity for some very simple winter dioramas, supposedly set during the Ardennes Offensive in the winter of 1944-45. Black & white was used to create a more realistic effect.

More can be seen on my website (at the bottom of the page) using the link below. Enjoy!

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shampts@s ... /my_photos

markecho · Post by **markecho** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:38 pm

Hey tman,
Great stuff - the outdoors and XD..what could be more fun!!!

And the fact it is an armor subject!

I'm in SoCal and was thinking of doing the same..heading up to the mountains and doing a winter shoot...but have ya seen the mountains lately! We just got what seemed like our first snow! That's SoCal for ya!

Thanks for sharing and great shoot! All the winter BOB stuff looks great in its element! I think color ones look great too.

eddie372 · Post by **eddie372** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:56 pm

Great pictures tman. They look very realistic and I love the black and white effect. I'd probably have to wait until the next 'ice age' to take similar pictures here in Miami

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:03 pm

Cool!

I've got the chills already!

Red 3 · Post by **Red 3** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:41 pm

Hey Tman,

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing! I like the Sherman and rear view of the Panther. Solid work, keep it up!

pokeyjtc · Post by **pokeyjtc** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:01 am

Always like your photos, Tman. You have a great eye for settings, angles, and framing of the shots to give them a realistic look.

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:02 am

WOW Excellent work mate,truely excellent work

Love that there in B&W too,adds so much more to them

Outstanding

ja
Steel Bonnet

5ohsinker · Post by **5ohsinker** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:09 pm

Great diorama, been wanting to do that also but something has always come up. One of these days...

Post by **p51** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:46 pm

Nice job TMan! Wish we had photo opportunities like that around here... *remembers how hot it was today*

INTREPER · Post by **INTREPER** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:02 pm

VEry cool stuff!

krieglok · Post by **krieglok** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:21 pm

I like the shot of the halftrack leading the Sherman away from the camera. Nice composition.

TJ

problemchild · Post by **problemchild** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:23 pm

those pics look awesome great job

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:10 pm

Great pics Tman! setting the bar pretty high

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:17 pm

Tman great pics!!!! The scale of the foreground and background work very well. Just one

uh ok I see these pics were taken in North Calif.
If we get some snow here in N.Y. I'll take some pics of my winter Sherman and Panther... the only problem is its been in the 50's all week and 59 today.

Nice work Tman.
Take Care, Normandy

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:51 pm

Thanks for all the kind comments about the photos! It means alot coming from a group of discerning collector/historians

They weren't really too hard to create - I just found a spot out behind the house with the right trees & snow cover. Then I positioned the vehicles and troops and got wet & dirty kneeling and laying down in the snow & mud to get the proper angle for the photos. My camera was set on a wood block to keep it off the ground. One of these days I'll have to do some similar shots using some of the XD buildings.

Hopefully this will inspire othe members both new & old to try out their own dioramas!

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:29 am

Sweet job!! My favorite is the one with the Panther moving away from the camera. It looks pretty darn real!

-Ski

Small Scale Military Headquarters

New Winter Diorama Photos

New Winter Diorama Photos

Great stuff!

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Winter dio pics