K. P. Harrier While all the photos have their own certain way and nicety, theme-wise the submissions for the most part strike me as freakish and non-applicable.
While all the photos have their own certain way and nicety, theme-wise the submissions for the most part strike me as freakish and non-applicable.
Agreed. No vote from me this time.
Dan
oltmanndAlso close was the caboose shot. Anything Conrail gets and extra 1/2 point in my book! But, I read it was leading, not trailing, and that killed the illusion of speed...
Makes me wish my night shot of a CR caboose wasn't from the film era.
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WOW! I have never seen such a narrow margin between photos in these contests as is being shown right now...so many good shots, great interpretations by photogs and viewer-voters, so that the scores are so low but by so many! Good job guys.
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Lots of good things to choose from.
I liked Tom Nanos the best. Here's why. I was looking for speed, not just motion. A shot that said "hey, look at how FAST that's going!" Many of the shots showed motion, okay, but not speed. The streak of light shots are fascinating and unusual but show motion, much like a long time exposure of stars in the night sky.
There was the highly processes B&W that was cool to look at, but so highly processed that it stopped looking like a photograph to me.
Rod blur on steam engine pan shots is a hard shot to get and there are some good ones here. I've tried steam pan shots - with poor results most times. But, I know the SRR loco was only going 15 mph or so...so that killed it for me.
The zoom-pan shot of 765 is neat. It really convey's speed. But there is stuff at the LH edge of the shot that dropped it down below Nanos' shot for quality in my opinion.
Also close was the caboose shot. Anything Conrail gets and extra 1/2 point in my book! But, I read it was leading, not trailing, and that killed the illusion of speed...
The best "speed" shot I can recall is one where the Engineer is holding down the RH seat in an old Burlington E unit, cigar clamped in teeth, scenery blurring by out his side window. I don't recall where I saw it - maybe trains a couple decades ago?
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While all the photos have their own certain way and nicety, theme-wise the submissions for the most part strike me as freakish and non-applicable. Tom Nanos’ dramatic photo has a certain appeal to the eye, but the catenary is the only sharp part of the image, which sort of makes that the default theme but wrongly placed. The most logical theme-wise, I believe, is Brandon Townley‘s speeding Conrail symbol stenciled caboose shot.
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My favorite was Jim Kaufman's photo...
His photo came closest to a Train Watching session out on the T-con.
My favored train watching is track side, especially when you get a couple of Z trains passing at track speed. There is nothing like the combination of wind currents, noise, and shear mass passing within yards. Highlighted,as the Horns are modulated by the spaces between the stacks.. It is a surreal experience. Followed by the roar of the DPUs, and then quite.
Also went with Tom's. Also has points for catching the SPVs.
Artfull. All well done and eye catching, even with emotion. But the only one that made my teeth chatter and my stomach take a leap was Tom Nano's shot on the Shore Line at speed...three speeds in fact: the train from which the picture was taken, the train on the other track and the shutter speed...nicely done, Tom.
D-Halv Who portrayed speed the best?
Who portrayed speed the best?
Tom Nanos, without a doubt, though other photographers may have posted prettier pictures.
Mike, have you tried that between Chicago and Kalamazoo yet? I got 110 the old-fashioned way there.
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Trackside with Trains Vol. 224 " Speed" is open for viewing and voting here: http://trn.trains.com/Trackside/2013/12/Vol%20224.aspx
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