Paul,
All four are superb shots. Number 1 is probably the best Lionel shot I've ever seen. The other 3 are a fine use of light. Excellent composition!
Chris
I have to echo John's comments. Trying to capture the weather in visual terms is not as easy as it looks. Man, it must have been raining hard to produce that kind of effect...
Now that I've given myself a heck of a bad cold just before vacation by standing in the rain -I might as well post the shot that almost made it worth while...
Actually it was just a steady downpour - but not too heavy. Since it was steady though -it added to the effect.. I got several from that day - but i kinda liked this one the best. Thanks for y'alls comments!
I hope so! it was starting to be one of those threads of which become legend... Maybe not a Mustangs thread - but for as long as it was up - it had tons of hits and posts!
Caught this Surrey RailLink crewman coupling a cut of cars to the caboose of his train at about 4:00 pm on Christmas Eve. They were switching a small grain elevator facility at Milner, B.C. This would have been the last job on their switchlist before heading home to the main yard at New Westminster, about 25 miles west.
I know what you mean - sometimes the frame doesn't fit the picture. Sorta like the guy who built a custom house near where I used to live - he put all the picture windows in at an angle. He later treid to sell it the house but it went in to foreclosure before he sold it. It was empty for three or four years before someone bought it and rebuilt the front of the house.
There have been times when photoshop rescued me from having to fix an off angle and filling in with the clone tool - but It might take some creative cropping or matting for the extremes like that one - its such a great shot though - I wonder if filling it out in illustrator or something might work.
Here is another one from my day in the rain - i was up on a second story walkway and had limited ability to frame this one as well.
Just seeing this thread for the first time. I don’t get the opportunity to shoot trains but once every few years. I was fooling around on the tracks in the Columbia Gorge in Oregon last summer, and never heard this one coming. I did good to get off the tracks, and fire off one shot. I had the camera on a tripod taking other shots when the train came. All I could do was aim, and shoot, not only hanging onto the camera, but the tripod as well. No opportunity to even set the tripod on the ground, so exposure was off, but gave off a nice effect. Handheld at 1/4 sec f16
This is what I was shooting just before the train came from behind me. It came from around a corner, and I really don’t understand why I didn’t hear it. I was actually on the tracks when I first heard the train.
I like your capture of the moving train. Also the fact that you were able to recover and get out of its way. I've been stalking and shooting trains for a lot of years and I've had a few sneak up on me. On good track, around a curve and coasting downhill they can be surprisingly quiet. I used to take a lot more chances when I was younger but I take my trackside activities pretty seriously now. If I'm on a curvy section of track where I can't see a 1/4 mile or so in either direction my pucker factor goes up significantly. I try to stay at least 10 ft. from the track at all times and nowadays I never stop or set up on the tracks at any time!! Trainwatching and shooting is a very enjoyable hobby but it can be dangerous so be safe at all times...
Even though the weather was miserable--cold with mixed rain and snow--I managed to get out for a while this afternoon (Boxing Day). Caught this westbound CP intermodal train sitting on the CN main near Matsqui, B.C. SD40-2 5742 and sister 5714 were waiting for an overtaking westbound.
Took the little guy on the Polar Express last week. Shot this one handheld using the 18-55mm Kit lens on my XTi, and did a few RAW tweaks.
I didn't realize how many old trains & cars sit over at the TN Valley Railroad Museum, I really need to get back over there with a tripod and better lenses.
