I Just Can't Help Myself (jon-monon Made Me Do It)

[TomPM]

I just can’t help it, I had to take more pictures. And besides jon-monon made me to do it.

Here is my IHC Reading Mikado at the water tower with a string of boxcars.

This is an Accurail undecorated kit that I custom painted and lettered for Rutland.

Here is another picture of the Mikado. This time going the other way.

This is a going away shot of an Atheran undecorated wood boxcar that I custom painted and lettered for Lehigh Valley.

Here is a picture of another undecorated Athearn wood boxcar. This one painted and lettered for Rutland.

Lastly here is another shot of the Lehigh Valley boxcar.

 

[shamus]

Hey Tom,
Don't let Jon push you into anything mate, I'll do it in future

Very nice pics indeed, love that loco in the top photo, so I (Hope you don't mind) made it brighter.

Shamus

 

[jon-monon]

Neat! I love the weathered track too, with weeds croppin gup here and there.

Funny, people who don't know me always say, "The devil made me do it!" but people who do know me always say, "Jon made me do it!" I don't get the connection

 

[TomPM]

Thanks guys for the comments.

Shamus

No problem about “fixing” the photo. I am currently digitally camera challenged right now. I am using an old probably first generation borrowed digital camera, my lighting is an overhead fluorescent light and an old lamp with a 60 watt light bulb. Also I have no decent photo editor. The freeware I have is very limited. Hopefully later this summer I will acquire my own camera. The only other problem is our computer needs to be replaced. We have not purchased any new software in the last six months because most of the newer stuff won’t run on our system.

 

[jon-monon]

You might like this free download if it will run on your computer:

http://www.the-gauge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8986

Also, as the thread indicates, you might look to the camera manufacturers site for more freeware.

 

[Matthyro]

Great photos Tom.

 

[shamus]

Hi Tom,
Okay friend I understand. You say you have fluorescent tubes on the ceiling, are these daylight type or Cool white. If Cool whites, these are not the daylight type. and will always leave a cast.

I use Philips TL'd 58Watt/950's if thats a help.
You can alter the white balance in the camera to match this set-up perfectly.

Shamus

 

[shamus]

Here's another I did for you.
Shamus

 

[eightyeightfan1]

One of those pics was cool....Hope you don't mind, I did a little embelishing myself.

 

[Woodie]

Not bad piccies, guys. Pretty kewl, if you ask me.

 

[TomPM]

Again thanks everyone!

Shamus, I hate to admit this I don’t know what type of lights the over florescents are. They came with the house and we moved in 13 years ago. I have not had to change them and they come on when you turn on the basement light. The fixture looks like first generation florescent light. I have two newer shop lights in the basement that are used less and I have changed the bulbs in them several times. I am aware of the different color shifts with different types of lights but right now I don’t have the ability to do much about plus the camera is so poor I don’t think it would matter much. So go ahead and "fix" any you think need it because I need all the help I can get.

Jon
I remembered the topic after you posted the link here. I kept meaning to go back to it and get the information. Thanks for the reminder. I downloaded the program and yes it seems to work on my system. Now I just have to figure out how I can use it.

Ed G.
I love it! How did you do that?