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Re: Train Spotting. < Reply # 3 on 12/6/2016 3:14 PM > | Reply with Quote
Great shots man i really dig the first one! any seats left or was it all empty?
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Re: Train Spotting. < Reply # 4 on 12/6/2016 3:33 PM > | Reply with Quote
A beauty Very cool find... and the colors. More top side shots be nice, rarely see these anymore. The trick to shooting the front end is to get enough height/distance to square it off. A good telephoto lense like 70-200mm works well.
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Re: Train Spotting. < Reply # 6 on 12/6/2016 11:46 PM > | Reply with Quote
Thanks guys.
I wish I had more time to shoot it. If you are facing the Locomotive the right side is down hill and thats def the best side to get a 3/4 shot. Having a small ladder would have been a huge difference maker. Def should get a telephoto on it Blackhawk, dead on would be great. I spent too much on my wide angle so I will not be lens shopping till late spring.
Here are a few bonus shots from the end of the street.
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Re: Train Spotting. < Reply # 10 on 5/21/2017 12:06 AM > | Reply with Quote
Man every time I look at these they get more awesome!!!
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Re: Train Spotting. < Reply # 12 on 5/21/2017 9:31 PM > | Reply with Quote
Thaks guys.
Fun story to add on to this. Sold a print of the first shot in this thread to my BMW mechanic. Turns out my mechanics father use to run some train yards in PA a long time ago. He has always loved the GG1. We researched the numbers on the side of the train and it turns out its very likely its was one of the trains he use to ride back and forth to different yards as the years of operation matched his years of him running the yards.
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