Railroad Graffiti

Majeed Badizadegan · Apr 27, 2012

This bridge goes over Mary's river and neighbors Avery park.

Railroad Graffiti by Rotanimod, on Flickr

Bynx · Apr 27, 2012

Well done guy. Im glad to see it all in focus.

Majeed Badizadegan · Apr 27, 2012

Bynx said:
Well done guy. Im glad to see it all in focus.

Thanks Bynx :thumbup:

vipgraphx · Apr 28, 2012

interesting picture..would it be to much to ask if you could add in more texture just to the railroad tracks? IMO I think it would do a lot for this photo..I think about JRE313 train pictures and his train tracks are excellent...

Just a friendly suggestion.

Majeed Badizadegan · Apr 28, 2012

vipgraphx said:
interesting picture..would it be to much to ask if you could add in more texture just to the railroad tracks? IMO I think it would do a lot for this photo..I think about JRE313 train pictures and his train tracks are excellent...

Just a friendly suggestion.

Wow awesome suggestion Rich. Didn't even think of that. But you're absolutely right, my intent with this picture was to make it a nice study of textures and color.

Here's an edit with more texture in the tracks

Railroad Graffiti v2 by Rotanimod, on Flickr

vipgraphx · Apr 28, 2012

Glad you agreed.. There is something about railroad tracks and HDR that to me just work. As you posted your edit I was working on one just to show you. I figure I will post it anyways and see what you think.

I did not mess with anything else but the tracks...

Majeed Badizadegan · Apr 28, 2012

vipgraphx said:
Glad you agreed.. There is something about railroad tracks and HDR that to me just work. As you posted your edit I was working on one just to show you. I figure I will post it anyways and see what you think.

I did not mess with anything else but the tracks...

Looks good. More detail on the wood itself, but less contrast between the rail ties. Interesting.

vipgraphx · Apr 28, 2012

Yeah used detail enhancer using nik and tonal contrast. My thought is that you know what this is. the eyes sees and and the brain knows that this is a railroad track. So I though focus on the texture because its eye candy.

For some reason photbucket made it softer in the post. I normally use photobucket when posting other peoples work..I use flickr for my own.

I will use flickr to repost the image so you can se it better.I will leave it up for a bit and then remove it since it is your photo.. if you want to see it even better click on the image and view it in flickr it looks way better there then here.

7119931591_f7f813bd43_b by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

msteinblock · Apr 28, 2012

Just curious, how does one go about getting permission from a railroad for such a photo?

Joel_W · Apr 28, 2012

Rotanimod, really impressed with your composition, and even more so with your 1st edit.

slackercruster · Apr 28, 2012

Nice....Thanks!!

Majeed Badizadegan · Apr 28, 2012

msteinblock said:
Just curious, how does one go about getting permission from a railroad for such a photo?

Hmm, you just hope you don't get caught I guess? :lmao: :thumbup:

Joel_W said:
Rotanimod, really impressed with your composition, and even more so with your 1st edit.

Thank you, thank you! I was meticulous until I got it what I envisioned!

slackercruster said:
Nice....Thanks!!

Thanks!

msteinblock · Apr 28, 2012

I guess I was always under the impression trespassing on railroad tracks was both illegal and dangerous, not really funny.

Demers18 · Apr 28, 2012

msteinblock said:
I guess I was always under the impression trespassing on railroad tracks was both illegal and dangerous, not really funny.

As long as you don't get caught or put yourself in danger I don't see an issue with that.
If I'm not mistaken it's the train yards that are "illegal" to enter, not just plain rail road tracks, at least in Canada anyway

Edit: forgot to comment in the image, I really like it. The HDR isn't over done and the composition is great. Rotanimod you're on a roll. You've been posting some really good photos lately. :thumbsup:

msteinblock · Apr 28, 2012

All railroad property is private property. I take mainly railroad photos and "rail fan" so I know the "rules". People trespassing and getting hurt gives us that are safe and do not trespass a bad name. Trains can be surprisingly quiet, would hate to hear the photographer got hit trying to take this photo. The only reason this strikes a nerve is so that people stay safe. Hear it all the time, someone getting hit or killed around tracks they should not have been near.