Playing with a nifty app on my iPhone 4S this afternoon, known as Simply HDR I wandered over to hubby’s model train room.
A project twelve years in the making, he’s been creating his own small world. The room is filled to the gill with trains that flank the walls and ride the rails of this complex layout. Little people, little cars, to-scale buildings for a multitude of purposes fit into this ‘O’ Scale world.
The app is easy to use, opening it up to take the photo a large variety of HDR filters are available to choose from. So many to choose from I had a hard time finding a favorite. Once the look you want is found, the photo can be easily saved to the camera roll, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or Instagram. The original photo is automatically saved along with the edited version.
Original Image
HDR Grain 1
One thing I did struggle with the iPhone is getting the focus spot on. Seems the depth of field is not as much as I would like. Probably because of the low lighting conditions.
It was fun playing with this app, and I can see all sorts of funky things being created with the train room. Next time I’ll figure out a way to stabilize the iPhone and add more lighting to the scene. Enjoy!
Categories: 2013 Project 365
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
Wonderful images of an amazing project!!!
Thank you so much ! It really is an amazing layout.
I love your hubby’s train setup! My dad and I started one back when I was a kid, but lack of room and money killed that project.
Definitely need to have the room. We have a four-car garage with a room above that is just for the train layout. It is really filled to the gills. It’s is biggest hobby that has hung on since childhood.
Wow!! What a train set 🙂 🙂
You have no idea Andy. trains are all over the place ! Can fill up an entire room and no one could walk in. 🙂
Like a little town then! nice 🙂 🙂
Fantastic photos of a wonderful model train scape.
Thank you so much D A Ponte. Big compliment coming from you. 🙂
Your photos are great fun. I will have to go out and research the app.
I hope you do ! It really is a lot of fun.
Your IPhone takes better pictures than my camera. Big boys toys, incredible.
It’s not the camera sweetie, it’s the photographer. A good cook can go into any kitchen, good or bad and make a good meal. A bad cook can go into a gourmet kitchen and the food is still bad. 🙂
A friend of mine’s husband has built a model train world.. so interesting.. Love your photos!!
That is wonderful ! There are different scales and it’s interesting to see how they make sure the miniature things are the right size.
Thanks for the memories! My grandfather had his whole basement filled with trains & tracks. We would play down there for hours. I like the gain effect.
That is wonderful ! I can only imagine the great fun you had with your grandfather, and being able to spend such quality time with him. Thank you!
What a wonderful world… 🙂 😉
I get lost in there sometimes it’s so complex.
How cool is this room! I’ll bet many hundreds, if not thousands of hours have been spent tinkering and enjoying his time. Love you close-ups, great clarity.
You have no idea Mary ! We had a helper set out the rock and trees, as well as making the mountains. It’s great detail work and very creative.
A labour of love!! Fantastic…
Thankfully I didn’t get sucked into the project. It’s a black hole. 🙂
I had a feeling… 🙂
So fantastic!! I have to check out that app…. LOVE those train set-ups, too! I bet his is FABULOUS!! We have antique trains somewhere in my mother’s crazy attic. 🙂
You have no idea how detailed this layout is. Multiple handmade and custom made buildings, little people, even a hobo underneath the bridge with a fire and a dog. It’s too cool!
Those really turned out pretty cool Emily! I’m going to look into that app for the iphone.
It is really fun, and there are better filters than the one I chose. I would love to see what you would do with a gator photo.
Phone apps can be a lot of fun, I have a few on my android phone. I have to say the model train is amazing, your husband must be very passionate about it, I am going to show my husband, would love to see more photos of it.
I really should photograph every part of this train layout. There are so many details in it and hubby really did have a lot of fun building it. But he’s now out of room! Hope your hubby liked them.
Yes, you should photograph it more. It is so incredible, my husband just looked at it and wondered about how much it had cost, that is all he seems to care about right now, how much everything costs. I love it. I love how you can see where the ceiling is in some of it.
You really don’t want to know about the cost. Especially when it came time when he wanted custom made buildings by a specialist. Can you say Louis Vuitton?
OMG, I think that is what puts my husband off, he started collecting them once before and making a track, but didn’t get far, we don’t have a lot of room. I can say that,
This is fabulous!