The above redirect does not work. I have also tried several other
options.
My other option is to move the @pictures code to the action I am
redirecting to.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Since you have not said what does not work it is difficult to help.
As a general rule always pass the minimum amount of data in the url.
So if possible just pass whatever information is required to identify
the data and do the lookup in the controller action.