Railway odds and ends...
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Used to watch these trains come into town when I was growing up. The local mill had a stable of about 20 steam engines that was used to bring in the trees to the town mill.
It was all done on narrow gauge track (3 foot) which at one point went out 75 miles from town. The picture shows the front and rear of the train for this one shipment to the mill.
It was all done on narrow gauge track (3 foot) which at one point went out 75 miles from town. The picture shows the front and rear of the train for this one shipment to the mill.
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One of the things I enjoy about this forum is photos of things/places/people I've never heard of, certainly never been.96Brigadier said:Morant's Curve
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That sends me off on some googling for more information on whatever the subject.
In this case, I learned that Morant's Curve was named for a photographer who set up similar to this set up shooting for the railroad.
Here we go......
http://banffandbeyond.com/morants-curve-the-famous-spot-along-the-canadian-pacific-railway/
"The location was made famous by Nicholas Morant, a staff photographer for the Canadian Pacific Railway."
Named for a photographer, I think that's pretty cool.
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96Brigadier said:
Wow. I personally judge the "goodness" of a photograph by how long do I like looking at it. This is a very good photograph. Nicely done!
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Taken on a Minolta x-500 with a Vivitar 400mm lens. Scanned with a Minolta Dimage 5400 Scan Elite. As I recall the stock was something fairly vanilla like Superia 200.
This was actually for an assessment, I was doing a photography module at University, I printed this mono conversion onto inkjet foil, looked pretty good.
This was actually for an assessment, I was doing a photography module at University, I printed this mono conversion onto inkjet foil, looked pretty good.
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Thank you.
I had noticed the shapes when a passenger on a bus crossing the railway (you can see the shadow of the bridge and knew if I returned with a very compressing lens I'd find something, the ripples juxtaposed with the straights just gave me a nice opportunity to use patterns (one the assesment themes) and demonstrate the use of lead in lines.
I had noticed the shapes when a passenger on a bus crossing the railway (you can see the shadow of the bridge and knew if I returned with a very compressing lens I'd find something, the ripples juxtaposed with the straights just gave me a nice opportunity to use patterns (one the assesment themes) and demonstrate the use of lead in lines.
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Hi Tinky.
Very cool shot. Did you have to wait long to catch all the points (switches) set this way?
Cheers, Graham.
Very cool shot. Did you have to wait long to catch all the points (switches) set this way?
Cheers, Graham.
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Hi Tinky.
Good bit of luck then, I don't think it would have been quite the shot without the points set that way, then I guess as it was an assessment shot you would have gone back to get the shot?
Cheers, Graham.
Good bit of luck then, I don't think it would have been quite the shot without the points set that way, then I guess as it was an assessment shot you would have gone back to get the shot?
Cheers, Graham.
Tinky said:
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It's a coal yard next to a mainline. It's pretty busy, I'm sure I would have found another shot, or if I'd waited long enough got this shot again.
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