Several of you take outdoor photos of equipment to allow the use of natural lighting and "borrowed view" backgrounds. Show us a full photo of the platform/module/base. I know I can't be the only one curious about this.
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I would be interested, too.
Oh sorry, wrong forum 
The few times I've taken photos of trains outside I usually put them on a folding table. I've seen photos of trains on the edge of a deck railing and have seen small tables with track and scenery made just for the purpose. There's a guy named Mansfield that has posted many photos he took outdoors, but they're in other magazines.
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Originally Posted by Bob Delbridge:
Oh sorry, wrong forum
The few times I've taken photos of trains outside I usually put them on a folding table. I've seen photos of trains on the edge of a deck railing and have seen small tables with track and scenery made just for the purpose. There's a guy named Mansfield that has posted many photos he took outdoors, but they're in other magazines.
I was wondering how soon I'd get one of these. 
Originally Posted by Bob Delbridge:
Oh sorry, wrong forum
The few times I've taken photos of trains outside I usually put them on a folding table. I've seen photos of trains on the edge of a deck railing and have seen small tables with track and scenery made just for the purpose. There's a guy named Mansfield that has posted many photos he took outdoors, but they're in other magazines.
Sorry Matt. I think Bob is our new leader!
Originally Posted by t8afao:
Here's mine that I built to practice some of Joey Ricards scenery work. The track is Atlas o 3 rail with the center rail removed. The rock is pink foam, and wall scrap oak from the shop. Nick
Very nice.
Don
wow, a dearth of serious responses, matt.
I built this several years ago when I was weathering cars to sell on Ebay. It started as a 3R display, but I eventually tore the track up and replace it with 2R, and weathered the track. Now it just sits in the corner un-used.
Really rather boring, but it did the job when I needed a display in natural light, but it's pretty darn heavy to lug around!
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It's actually quite nice. Mine is a bit on the boring side, but I needed something thin and compact to fit in my vehicle with all the other stuff I have to pack. It's a dual purpose display/outdoor photo setting.
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Thanks Don.
Matt if you wanna see some really professional stuff look up Ken Patterson on Youtube. All his stuff is HO, and he does stuff for magazines and manufacturer displays/ads.
Here...check this out if you haven't seen it. It's just a small sample of what he does.
I saw one of his videos on the MRH site. He actually did a shot with some moving equipment. Looks like he has perfected composition and the art of using a borrowed view.
By the way, great job on your shooting platform. 
Originally Posted by t8afao:
Here's mine that I built to practice some of Joey Ricards scenery work. The track is Atlas o 3 rail with the center rail removed. The rock is pink foam, and wall scrap oak from the shop. Nick
Excellent!
Originally Posted by rail:
THis is what I use for photos. I made it for my hopper display from some used Atlas 2 rail track a friend gave me.
Don
Great work. Did you scratch-build the bumping posts?
I'd like to take credit for this, but this one belongs to laidoffsick.
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