Amazing Modeling

That would be in Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazzette, which, outside of OGR, of course, is my very favorite railroading magazine (models and prototype).  A beautiful publication and definitely a "must have" for those of us who are narrow gauge enthusiasts.  Bob Brown and his crew do an excellent job with that publication.

Smugglers Notch is an accessible part of the Long Trail, Vermont.  Relatively close to Stowe, Vermont and Mt. Mansifield.   Some beautiful pictures just about anywhere along the Long Trail/Applachian Trail in Vermont.   Bring your Up and Down Shoes Elliott there is no level in Vermont.   I was quickly termed. "Pennsylvania Flat Lander"

OGR and Gazette are the only two model train magazines I subscribe to. The series on the coastal port is great.....but check out Joey's work here in the narrow gauge OGR section.....his work has inspired me more because he models where I live and know....and his work is great too.  

I think I meant to write "Smuggler's Cove."

A very good friend of my parents is a member of this G gauge modular group in Florida.

I've seen only photos of this layout, the level of detail is just amazing.

 

http://www.sundancecentral.org/

That is a great layout....and the fact they pack it up and take it all over the country is unreal!!!

There is a lot of amazing talent in this world and pictures this good come about only because of the conjunction of truly gifted talents in two areas.  The best model railroad pictures, like those Scher talks about, come about from combination of really skilled modeling and really great photography.  You will never see photso like this of my layout: I know I'm good at modeling (at least, as good as I want to be) but photography - not nearly. 

I second Allan's motion, for favorite magazines....as for photography, I was really good

with 35mm, got photos published, etc., people rave about my travel photos, but I have not gotten up to speed on digital, partly because I don't want to be bothered with learning a new medium.....

coloradohirail, you better learn digital soon. Film will be hard to find in the not too distant future. 20th Century-Fox will end shooting on 35mm by the end of the year. More studios will follow. No Kodachrome now. A friend just ordered a new Nikon with 33 megapixels. Wow. I hated it at first but it was easy to learn and I grew to love it. Don

Get a camera that shoots in "raw" format... it's the equivalent of shooting your photo at every f-stop and shutter speed at once, basically the full-range of data that the camera's sensors can take, and you can apply your settings afterwards on the computer to get exactly the picture you want.  There is a curve to learning the software, but it's basically like cheating.  

Sigh . . . Don't know how this became a photo thread but "Raw" does not do what the poster above suggests. It is not whatsoever like shooting every F stop. It is, however, quite easy for someone well acquainted with photography. www.scarouchephoto.com