In my post on “setting the scene” I showed how I received depth in the photos by using a professional backdrop that I had purchased.

I looked at their site again and was not happy with the jungle one they had available as they did not have a picture and I needed one that was dense and close enough for New Guinea.

Firstly I found a photo I liked

I then increased the size to A4 and printed off a couple. Don’t worry about the clarity too much as it is only for a backdrop. Mine lost some clarity but was still OK as the pics below show.

I next glued it onto 2mm mdf and that was it! I didn’t get all of the wrinkles out but that didn’t seem to matter either. The join line was acceptable and the matching didn’t look to out of place.

Even without hiding the “horizon line”, which I normally do, it was still acceptable

The board in action:

Some time down the track I will make a desert and a snow one.