A few photos

[ILCEN]

I got the camera out today and snapped a few photos.

 

[Sir_Prize]

Looking good!
Is that a "natural tunnel" in picture #6; back past the factory?

 

[bigsteel]

if i do say so myself that is one HELL of a steep mountain,very nice layout though.

 

[ILCEN]

Looking good!
Is that a "natural tunnel" in picture #6; back past the factory?

Actually that is a mirror.

 

[berraf]

Wow, what a mountain! There seems to be some good resources in it for a interesting traffic with hopper-cars.
And Wow, what a beautiful layout all over. Lots of details and it strikes med that you don´t overfill your layout with tracks. That´s good!
I can also see that you use my favorite locos from ATSF. I love those locos but I´m not able too decide what sort of locos they are from my distance. But they make my heart speed up at least 50 beats/min. Thanks for sharing

 

[Papa Bear]

Nice layout. :thumb: Lots of action and a great job on the buildings and scenery.

 

[Cannonball]

Very nice!
Love the Santa Fe power consist! :thumb:

 

[ILCEN]

I can also see that you use my favorite locos from ATSF. I love those locos but I´m not able too decide what sort of locos they are from my distance. But they make my heart speed up at least 50 beats/min.

Thanks for the kind comments. The locos are Atlas GP-7's.

Here are a few more photos:

 

[ILCEN]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions Doug!

I'll get my tripod out and try to play around with some of the manual settings. I'll post the results later.

 

[ILCEN]

Above are some shots using manual adjustments and a tripod.

 

[ILCEN]

Below are some night shots.

 

[jesso]

Wow that is an incredible layout. I love your mountains, your town, your night pictures. I just love it all! Great Job!:thumb:

 

[ILCEN]

Here are a few more I took this evening.

 

[ILCEN]

 

[ILCEN]

 

[woodone]

nice work!:thumb:
BTW what are you using for a camera, lens. Because your photos look great!
Ii have a good digital camera and have taken a few photos of my buildings, trees ect,
I am having a hard time getting the shot that I think are good:cry:
Great layout and great photos.

 

[ILCEN]

nice work!:thumb:
BTW what are you using for a camera, lens. Because your photos look great!

Nothing fancy. An Olympus C-7000 with 5x optical zoom. As was suggested to me I used a tripod, no flash (after the first set of pictures), and used the manual settings. I don't know what I'm doing though. I set the F stop to 7 or 8, I think that increases depth. I then adjusted the other settings based on the amount of light.

I took 3 or 4 pictures of the exact same shot to start, to figure out what setting I thought was best.

 

[steamhead]

Great layout and gorgeous train room...!!! How big is your layout?
The second set of shots with natural lighting is really good. You can see the "true" colors which were somewhat washed out in the first shots.
Congratulations!!:thumb:

 

[ILCEN]

How big is your layout?

Thanks for comments. The layout is 26' long. It varies in width from 4' to 12'. A large, but not huge layout.

 

[woodone]

Nothing fancy. An Olympus C-7000 with 5x optical zoom.
Well they sure look better than what I have been shooting.
I think I need a wide angle lens, my 18- 55 MM just will not let me get good close ups.
Thanks for your reply.
Again GREAT layout! :thumb: