Oncoming Train

[j-dogg]

I have been challenging myself lately to shoot moving subjects in full manual mode, focus points, ISO, everything fully manual except AF and IS.

It has been paying off this was a shot I had about 5 or 10 seconds to set up, I was about to throw in the towel waiting for it as soon as I put up my gear naturally it showed up of course. Anyone who has ever waited for a train knows what I'm talking about, you wait out there for hours on end then right about the time you say "F this" it arrives.

 

[safeshot]

:thumbup:not a bad pic for a quick shot

 

[Frequency]

Not bad, again

Regards

 

[thatfornoobs]

Ahaha you can see the driver.

I decided to crop it, sharpen certain areas and color correct it. Hope you don't mind!

 

[j-dogg]

Actually that does look a little better. I like it. :thumbup:

What programs did you use to do all that? I've been using LR3.

 

[D-B-J]

Ahaha you can see the driver.

I decided to crop it, sharpen certain areas and color correct it. Hope you don't mind!

Nice edit, and a nice capture to begin with. I love that you can wait for hours and hours for a train, and just as you are packing up, it arrives. I have done it countless times with my father.

Regards,
Jake

 

[Cheri]

I think this is a great shot.
It does look better edited but I think the initial photograph is brilliant.

 

[Derrel]

SNIP...you wait out there for hours on end then right about the time you say "F this" it arrives.

Salmon fishing can be a lot like that...

Nice train shot. I love the exhaust distortion!

 

[j-dogg]

SNIP...you wait out there for hours on end then right about the time you say "F this" it arrives.

Salmon fishing can be a lot like that...

Nice train shot. I love the exhaust distortion!

The blue diesel smokes like Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg at a NORML convention.

 

[Awoodward]

Very nice, especially for taking it in full manual mode!