Russia 1812 Napoleons Retreat Diorama

[sansovino]

Winter-time

I have built two years ago this diorama of Napoleons retreat from Moscou. I have used figures from many different producers, mostly from Hät and Strelets, but there were at first the wonderful Schilling miniatures to this horrible winter-disaster which gave me the motivation to build this diorama. And of course, I had alternate many figures - with provisoric winter-clothes and in theirs action - to create more realism.

Unfortunatly I couldn´t managed it to take realistic photos of my diorama. I have used glimmering winter-blast from Noch for the snow, which works wonderful well. Unfortunatly this "snow" is only white and too bright in my coloured photos. It doesn´t glimmering, what it´s a pity. So I want also to ask, if somebody can give me a hint how to photograph it better. Meanwhile I will present the Sepia-photos.

[Kekso]

Amazing work and photos.... Some more color photos would be appreciated (even without glimmering snow )

[sansovino]

Dear Kekso,

I am really not happy with the coloured photos - the colours are also too strong in the photos (reflection of the "snow"?), but here are some more ....

[Mai Strac]

Awesome!

[Kekso]

Thanks sasovino. They're not so bad. Colored photos I mean

[Beano Boy]

sansovino,sometimes a camera does not give a clear cool picture of what the Artist has Created. So I hope you do not mind that I have put these pictures on my silly money PC in order to give a better definition to your outstanding work. Sorry i cannot make the snow shimmer or shine like a thousand small cut diamonds.





In true spirit of fellowship sansovino,i hope my action meets with your approval.

After looking at all your snow ,I`m off to put the heating up. Paul

[MABO]

Wow, That is really cool. The first pictures looks like a scene from a "War and Peace" - Movie!

[Susofrick]

Looks just like here. Except the soldiers and the cossacks. Haven't been out in a while so not really sure about the last.

[ADM]

I truly prefer the photos with the colors, very nice work !

[vellek]

Dreary, depressing, and very very cool. Excellent photos all around.

[Bramble15]

Ok here is my impersonation of a guy sitting on a fence!

I like all of the photos. Seriously I do. I think they all show off your work well. Just depends on what you are looking for in a photo. As someone who struggles mightily taking pictures I know it is less than an exact science.

What I like about some of the photos (color and b&w) is that a few look like paintings or artist type renditions of battle. Pretty cool in my opinion.

Great work.

[sansovino]

At first, many thanks to Beano Boy, who has really surprised me with his photo-shop-arts.

And than many thanks to all others. It´s interesting to read your views to the different kind of photos. I will try to get still better photos of the diorama. It isn´t only the glimmer, the snow has also many different structures/traces which are disappearing mostly in the actual photos - trial and error, we will see what I can still achieve.

[Peter]

Great looking diorama!