The Mogollon Railroad

[nachoman]

If you have something solid on which to rest your camera, you can turn off the flash completely. Your camera likely has a feature to set it for the type of lighting used over your layout, often called "White Balance". This should yield a more true-to-life colour, and the camera will compensate for the level of light, either automatically or by manually adjustment.

Wayne

Absolutely. It has a "night scene" setting that holds the shutter open, and I usually use that when taking better layout photos. But, it requires a tripod (which I don't have) or balancing the camera on the layout. Unfortunately, for these photos, the camera has to be placed beyond the layout edge and I have nothing tall enough to place the camera on (besides my arms). Next time I am at the thrift store, I'll keep my eye out for a cheap used tripod.