Trackside with Erik and Mike, Vol. 28: April 4, 2005

[zardoz]

I was undecided at first, but when I enlarged Erik's photo, and saw the engineer's profile throught the cab windows, that clinched it for me. Way to go, Erik.




BTW, IMHO, Ms. Anderson is way over-rated!

[Bergie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jjlamkin

[On another note, I got my Safety Certification last weekend for the Monticello Railway Museum. Now I can run my motorcar this summer!!!

Congratulations, Jim!

[Anonymous]

Mike's was nice, but I had to go with Erik's. I love the way that the speed of the train is conveyed with the blurred scenery!

[jjlamkin]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bergie

QUOTE: Originally posted by jjlamkin

[On another note, I got my Safety Certification last weekend for the Monticello Railway Museum. Now I can run my motorcar this summer!!!

Congratulations, Jim!

Thanks Erik, what were you doing in Arizona?? The Monticello Railway Museum will be giving motorcar rides in June on Father's Day. I am going to try to participate if everything goes right. Take it easy!
Jim

[mrunyan]

Hard choice, both shots make you feel like you are RIGHT there. Loved the brooding mood of Mike's, I'm not distracted by extra details in the shot, those just show you what is happening around the trains we shoot. But the excitement of the pacing shot makes me keep tryng to see if I'm still on the road while I'm actually sitting here at my desk. Great work this week gentlemen, Erik wins by a nose. As for Pam, there's a joke about a DD40X but lets not go there.

[walthuston]

I selected Mike's shot for several reasons...framing, more interest due to train length, mood and stuff like that. Bergie's shot, though nice, only has half a frame of train. This week it's Mike.

Walt

[Anonymous]

I picked Mike's, I really liked the way it was framed by the signal lights.

[Anonymous]

Had to go with Mike's picture as BAD as it was. Pacing or trucking shots designed primarily for motion pictures and television just don't work when the bulk of your subject falls outside of the picture frame. The viewers eye is drawn outside of the frame to nothingness.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, Erik, I had to go with the rain and the exhaust waves. I you had shot 3985 with the rods in high and low positions, well, 'nuff said.

[cumminspwr]

I would have liked to vote for Pamela but she wasn't on the ballot.

[Sterling1]

Ok, tough choice as always. Went with Mike's for these reasons: the smoke, the way the lights reflect off the tops of the rails, and for the dreary day. Did anyone other than myself notice the BNSF unit in Erik's photo as 4747, two pairs of the same numbers? COOL!!!
I did like all the nice detail . . . but maybe another time . . .

[fuzzybroken]

Well, Bergie, maybe you should have let Mike use his Pamela Anderson picture! Then I would have voted for your shot! But I tell you what, that moody picture that Mike did use was just what I like to see. If you want nice, happy, sunny day pictures, Railpictures.net always likes those, but those dark, gloomy, and/or overcast days can really make for some expanded photo opportunities! I have taken many pictures from the north and other "into the sun on a sunny day" pictures on days like this! Not only that, but the old BN logo still looks much better than the BNSF image, as "retro-fresh" as it was when it was introduced, and certainly much better than the current logo... but that's a topic for another thread!

Keep up the good work guys,
-Mark
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken
PS For a really great looking woman, check out the one I married! Pic of us on my homepage [:D]

[gemperfilm]

I am going with pacing shot. Those are hard to pull off. There is nothing special about Mikes shot. It looks like he had to find some shot to take and was fortunate to frame the signals. You can only work with so much when the weather does not cooperate. That picture would have been killer in sweet light with sun off the nose and blue sky in back ground.

[mikeyuhas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken

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http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken
PS For a really great looking woman, check out the one I married! Pic of us on my homepage [:D]

Congratulations on your marriage, Fuzzy!

[Anonymous]

GREAT SHOW FROM BOTH OF YOU. PAMELA OKAY, NOW HOW ABOUT LOPEZ? MUST BE GETTING OLD AS THE TRAIN WAS MORE INTERESTING. KEEP UP THE GREAT SHOTS. COME DOWN SOUTH AND GET OUT OF THE COLD. GREAT RAIL SHOTS ALL YEAR LONG.
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