While I was waiting on this train to come, it was getting darker and darker as the thunderstorms approached. When it rounded the curve and came into view I jumped out of the car and shot a few frames, getting soaking wet in the process. The combination of rain, mist, and bright locomotive headlamps brought it together for me



Jack

Nice shot.

Jack.
I like it, i like good photography and trains. You captured the rainy scene perfect.
Cheers
Harry

a very interesting picture and one of the more captivating train pics I have seen. Not only the mood - almost surreal, but the locomotive appears compressed. Overall a striking image worthy of large wall space imho.

Could you mention a bit on how you processed it, was it first a film picture?

Thanks for sharing it

Joe

Wow Jack! This photograph looks so surreal! Love the mood of it as well... Was this using Ektar? Can you please tell us which lens you used? Must have been a telephoto lens right?

Wow Jack! This photograph looks so surreal! Love the mood of it as well... Was this using Ektar? Can you please tell us which lens you used? Must have been a telephoto lens right?

Well done Jack, I can sense the thrill of the chase for this one

very nice one, quite original...
you said something about not being creative anymore with train pictures...

Guy

I've never given trains a second glance until I started looking at your pictures - they're great

This image looks like a dramatic still from a movie. Very engaging.

Also the addition of the small stories is delightful

The fog and rain give it the look of a painting. Very nice!

It was worth to get soaked

Super shot, Jack. Very dramatic and engaging. Wish I'd done that.

One of your best, and that says a lot

oh yeah now yer cooking with gas , err diesel electric man !

excellent bro


J

I am not a train guy but this shot makes me re-think my position. Nice capture.

James R wrote:
Nice shot.


Thank you James

Kingfishphoto wrote:
Jack.
I like it, i like good photography and trains. You captured the rainy scene perfect.
Cheers
Harry

Thank you Harry! I also like good photography and trains, but the former seems to be the most difficult

jamach wrote:
a very interesting picture and one of the more captivating train pics I have seen. Not only the mood - almost surreal, but the locomotive appears compressed. Overall a striking image worthy of large wall space imho.

Could you mention a bit on how you processed it, was it first a film picture?

Thanks for sharing it

Joe

Thank you Joe. Appreciate your comments. Regarding the compressed loco, you have a good eye. I was using my 80-400, somewhere around 250mm I believe. My problem was, if I had gotten closer I would have been further 'down hill', and further back the tele compression would have been even worse. I was trying to strike a medium and stay at or near the elevation where I shot it.

No, it was not a film image, this one is from my D2xs, and was pretty much 'straight up' processing. It was shot at ISO 1600, processed in Capture NX2, transferred to CS3 for a multiply layer and color noise reduction.

Jack

Avi B wrote:
Wow Jack! This photograph looks so surreal! Love the mood of it as well... Was this using Ektar? Can you please tell us which lens you used? Must have been a telephoto lens right?

Hey Avi, thanks! This one was digital, from the D2xs and 80-400 around 250mm or so.

Jack

NightOwl Cat wrote:
Well done Jack, I can sense the thrill of the chase for this one

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

gugs wrote:
very nice one, quite original...
you said something about not being creative anymore with train pictures...

Guy

Thank you Guy, appreciate you taking a look. Well, speaking of being creative, it tickles me that I get lucky from time to time.

Jack

Mocca wrote:
I've never given trains a second glance until I started looking at your pictures - they're great

This image looks like a dramatic still from a movie. Very engaging.



Thank you Mocca, appreciate it.

Mocca wrote:
Also the addition of the small stories is delightful

I posted a 'long' story one time with some photos, a guy asked me "do I really have to read all this crap?"

Andre Labonte wrote:
The fog and rain give it the look of a painting. Very nice!

Thanks Andre :~)

John Hanon wrote:
It was worth to get soaked

Thank you John

Kerry Pierce wrote:
Super shot, Jack. Very dramatic and engaging. Wish I'd done that.



Thank Kerry. I'm glad the drama came through, that was really what did it for me