Hello everyone,

This is my first post in the b&w forum and my 2nd ever of any photography forum.

Just a few photos from the beautiful Santa Fe 3751 steam locomotive that made a historic run from Los Angeles to San Diego on June 1st. These types of trains don't run very often and it was a rare and wonderful site. And oh, those incredible sounds!

Comments and critiques welcome.

Thank you.

Set #2

welcome! these must be from around carlsbad? the last reminds me of a model rr. : ) best...skip

i like the processing of the first one of set #2...

Thanks fotosaurus,

In processing the photos of the wheel details I used Photoshop CS3 to "oversharpen" the image, add tons of contrast, then add noise for a grainy look. Overdone on purpose to create more of an art piece than a photograph. It's probably a matter of taste and I know some won't like it - just experimenting.

clue: lots of images in one message get very few comments. if you split them into more days, you'll get more and deeper comments/suggestion.
regards, tom

Nice to see some close detail shots of locos and not just the usual full loco shots.

Well Done!

Joe

Nice work.

Great B&W work, in challenging high contrast mid day conditions. I've seen that old Santa Fe run through Barstow before. What a gem!

Nice shots Eric. Some of these would be stunning on some metallic paper.

Nice work

Dave

surf monkey wrote:
Thanks fotosaurus,

In processing the photos of the wheel details I used Photoshop CS3 to "oversharpen" the image, add tons of contrast, then add noise for a grainy look. Overdone on purpose to create more of an art piece than a photograph. It's probably a matter of taste and I know some won't like it - just experimenting.

I like that artful look, particularly on this type of shot. Very well done!

Jo