Railway pictures (10)

pegelli wrote: That's a great shot Mathieu Almost looks like a model railroad

Isn't it the shadow of his head at the bottom?
But I agree, good picture.

BTW, 750m/min is 45kph.

Hmmm, people knew that back then, they just looked at the sky

bonneville wrote: Had to get up very early for a distant view of the Harringworth viaduct where the Flying Scotsman was due to cross last month. After parking the car and walking (with many others!) across fields I found a spot but knew it was too far away for my FE 70-200 f4, the longest lens I currently have for the a7ii. Still, it was great to actually see it and I share my humble efforts with you:

Very nice photos and a nice spot for train watching and photography. Yes, as mentioned there is a loss of contrast caused by the angel of the sun. This is the challenge of railroad photography that we all face: having a train in a beautiful and interesting environment and great lighting, all at once! Not an easy task. I love that viaduct!
Its not always necessary to zoom in tight. Better to get the whole train in the frame with a wider focal length or by closing the angle of view. Some lenses handle back lighting better than others. Smoke actually looks better when back-lit, as in these photos I don't know how fast the Flying Scotsman was traveling, but I would keep the shutter speed at least 1/500 and open the aperture (since you are far enough away) to keep the ISO as low as possible (I use auto ISO) to avoid having to open the shadows too much, and causing noise, though these sensors have good dynamic range and always surprise me how much shadow detail one can recover.

As usual, I'm envious of all the steam railroading you have in the UK and of these beautiful landscapes! Thank you for sharing, Brian!

Kind regards,

Kelly

Mathieu,

Super Chicago composition! Nice to have you posting here again!

I have been following you on Flicker and as usual you have been posting some great railroad photographs. Looks like you have an interesting adventure into the US Midwest! And you got to photograph UP 4014 after all!

Kind regards,

Kelly

Here's another one from an iconic railfanning location in Rochester, NY


CSXT 533 East @ Rochester, NY by Mathieu Tremblay, on Flickr

magicman841 wrote: Here's another one from an iconic railfanning location in Rochester, NY Flickr

Great shot and beautiful setting for railroad photography, Mathieu! And with rainbow!

AudioDoc wrote: Another beautiful steam engine, Pieter! Its amazing how clean and shiny they keep her!

It's part of the tradition (like in many places in the UK as well). And during firing up (from cold to start of service is usually ~5 hours) there's a lot of time to clean the paint and drive mechanism and polish the brass.