Railway pictures (10)

bigsi wrote: I think that leaving the shadows in was a good move, they add context and act as a subtle lead in. A super shot, love all the steam!

+1!

bigsi wrote: I'm not really much of a train buff, but I headed out today as "the Cornishman", a Tornado class, made a trip from Bristol down to Par. The light could have more interesting and more steam would have been great but I was pretty happy with the shot below. In the background is Plymouth's Devonport dockyard.

What about a B&W conversion?

bigsi wrote: I'm not really much of a train buff, but I headed out today as "the Cornishman", a Tornado class, made a trip from Bristol down to Par. The light could have more interesting and more steam would have been great but I was pretty happy with the shot below. In the background is Plymouth's Devonport dockyard. A7III with sigma 70-200 os with la-ea3 @ f/5

Very nice composition and photograph, Simon. That'a a beautiful spot for train watching. Especially steam!

Regards,

Kelly

I think your picture looks great in black and white!



For a quick and dirty conversion, I pulled the green down to zero, the blue down a bit*, then converted it to b/w and pulled the tone curve about a bit to make the distant shore less hazy. I cropped the trees and sky a bit to bring out the loco, but it's still your picture!


* Equivalent to a red or orange filter to push the trees darker and show the smoke better. No blue sky to work on, though! It also makes the green loco darker to help the contrast.

Edited by Miranda F - 24 June 2019 at 23:18

NNRY Locomotive 93 Blasts out of Tunnel 2, 17 Feb. 2019



Sony A7III, Zeiss Batis 135mm f2.8, 1/500 f8 ISO 320

Edited by AudioDoc - 25 June 2019 at 18:29

Thank you Howard!

It was cold and snowing. You can see a few white specs of the snow fall. Plus this is an uphill grade and she was pulling a wrecking crane and other freight cars. Not only is she climbing a steep grade, she's in a banked curve as well.

I wonder if the crew had to hold their breaths going through there, though it is not a long tunnel.

A side note. This was the only place during the weekend photo shoot that I slipped in the deep snow and fell. Soft landing however so no damage done.
The things we go through to get the shot!    Mark Basset the railroads CEO actually fell off the train at this spot, but also into deep snow. Elevation is quite high here at over 6500 feet.

Kind regards,

Kelly

I share your wishes re GPS. I often forget to switch it on and I agree it's not 100% reliable when you do (manually!) connect the camera to the app. The A7 III has a big new battery, surely Sony can come up with something better for GPS tagging.

And stay safe out there getting the shots! I was wondering how far you had to hike to get to that location.