thanks ed

[JoeKoh]

Hi
Thanks to Ed for our trains photo today.I hope Bergie can use mine.[:)]
stay safe
Joe

[JoeKoh]

Hi
Thanks to Ed for our trains photo today.I hope Bergie can use mine.[:)]
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

Ed I forgot to write down your email address. So if you will send me another pic or two I will send you some "stuff".

Thanks
Jim

[Anonymous]

Ed I forgot to write down your email address. So if you will send me another pic or two I will send you some "stuff".

Thanks
Jim

[JoeKoh]

check your email jim:0)
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

check your email jim:0)
stay safe
joe

[Anonymous]

Thanks Joekoh, I will write it down this time so I won't forget it. [:(] [;)]

[Anonymous]

Thanks Joekoh, I will write it down this time so I won't forget it. [:(] [;)]

[Anonymous]

You da man Ed[:D]
Looking forward to more pix.

[Anonymous]

You da man Ed[:D]
Looking forward to more pix.

[edblysard]

Thanks Guys,
Either Bergie likes my work, or they dont get a lot of photos.
My bet is both.
A little hint, look for the unusal when your shooting photos.
I would bet Trains archives has a million photos of a SD40.
I would bet they have very few of a SD40 with a work crane in tow, or a odd shaped or oversized load.
Tons of photos of Amtrak out on the open plain, but not to many of Amtrak crossing a high open truss bridge with the sun setting behind it.

Take the photo of the E unit.
Early morning soft light, and even though it is a wedge shot, I made sure you could see the passenger cars curving around in the background.
And the angle is higher than if I had stood on the ground, because I am standing on the tailgate of a pick up, to better make the locomotive's lines merge evenly as they receed away from you.

All of us have boxs of train photos shot from the side of the tracks at ground level.
Try taking photos from a bridge, or other high place.
How many photos do you see that shows the top side details of a SD90MAC in action?

Bet you send one in, and Bergie would look real hard at it.

Take Quinten's photo form a few weeks ago.
Not only did it show locomotives, but it included the track structure, and the highway in the background.
The photo placed the locomotives at a certain point, you could see they were going downhill, and being light motors, the photo made you wonder what they were doing there without a train behind them.
It captured you attention by making you think about what it was showing you!

The photo from last week, with the CN power, how often do you see GP9s, and in that paint scheme?

Take a hint from O Winston Link's work.
He took fantastic shots of the workings of steam locomotives, but he excelled at shots where you could see what the locomotive was doing, and where the locomotive was.
Rare was the basic ground level head on wedge shot.
One of the best photos he ever took, in my opinion, was of a locomotive going away from him in a curve, he took the photo at night, and the light from a station was just right, to show the inside of the cab, the engineer and the fireman working at their trade.

Unless your a steam fan, you cant see enough of the locomotive to tell what kind it is, but you know exactlly what the two people in the photo are doing.
The fire door is open, the fireman is shoveling coal into it, the engineer has his head out the window, trying to look around the nose of the loco, the exhaust is blowing back over the top of the photo, framing the entire shot against its cloud.

The photo ties the men to their machine, in one brief glance, it conveys the fact that, as powerful as the locomotive is, these two men are what makes it move!

Look for the out of the ordinary shot.
Thanks again for your compliments,
got a new digital camera, still exploring its capabilities.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[edblysard]

Thanks Guys,
Either Bergie likes my work, or they dont get a lot of photos.
My bet is both.
A little hint, look for the unusal when your shooting photos.
I would bet Trains archives has a million photos of a SD40.
I would bet they have very few of a SD40 with a work crane in tow, or a odd shaped or oversized load.
Tons of photos of Amtrak out on the open plain, but not to many of Amtrak crossing a high open truss bridge with the sun setting behind it.

Take the photo of the E unit.
Early morning soft light, and even though it is a wedge shot, I made sure you could see the passenger cars curving around in the background.
And the angle is higher than if I had stood on the ground, because I am standing on the tailgate of a pick up, to better make the locomotive's lines merge evenly as they receed away from you.

All of us have boxs of train photos shot from the side of the tracks at ground level.
Try taking photos from a bridge, or other high place.
How many photos do you see that shows the top side details of a SD90MAC in action?

Bet you send one in, and Bergie would look real hard at it.

Take Quinten's photo form a few weeks ago.
Not only did it show locomotives, but it included the track structure, and the highway in the background.
The photo placed the locomotives at a certain point, you could see they were going downhill, and being light motors, the photo made you wonder what they were doing there without a train behind them.
It captured you attention by making you think about what it was showing you!

The photo from last week, with the CN power, how often do you see GP9s, and in that paint scheme?

Take a hint from O Winston Link's work.
He took fantastic shots of the workings of steam locomotives, but he excelled at shots where you could see what the locomotive was doing, and where the locomotive was.
Rare was the basic ground level head on wedge shot.
One of the best photos he ever took, in my opinion, was of a locomotive going away from him in a curve, he took the photo at night, and the light from a station was just right, to show the inside of the cab, the engineer and the fireman working at their trade.

Unless your a steam fan, you cant see enough of the locomotive to tell what kind it is, but you know exactlly what the two people in the photo are doing.
The fire door is open, the fireman is shoveling coal into it, the engineer has his head out the window, trying to look around the nose of the loco, the exhaust is blowing back over the top of the photo, framing the entire shot against its cloud.

The photo ties the men to their machine, in one brief glance, it conveys the fact that, as powerful as the locomotive is, these two men are what makes it move!

Look for the out of the ordinary shot.
Thanks again for your compliments,
got a new digital camera, still exploring its capabilities.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[JoeKoh]

I liked Links work.I didn't have a chance to get 2 CSX trains running side by side(both westbound this weekend.But I did get one coming round a curve.
thanks again ed. good luck
stay safe
Joe

[JoeKoh]

I liked Links work.I didn't have a chance to get 2 CSX trains running side by side(both westbound this weekend.But I did get one coming round a curve.
thanks again ed. good luck
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

Hi all. Where do you find the photo of the day? ( For idiots like me) Are they archived as well? Thanks, Richard

[Anonymous]

Hi all. Where do you find the photo of the day? ( For idiots like me) Are they archived as well? Thanks, Richard

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by higssy

Hi all. Where do you find the photo of the day? ( For idiots like me) Are they archived as well? Thanks, Richard

I wouldn't bet my life on it but they might be talking about the one on the main train.com page on the left side. The most recent one I remember is of the U P 's E units.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by higssy

Hi all. Where do you find the photo of the day? ( For idiots like me) Are they archived as well? Thanks, Richard

I wouldn't bet my life on it but they might be talking about the one on the main train.com page on the left side. The most recent one I remember is of the U P 's E units.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by higssy

Hi all. Where do you find the photo of the day? ( For idiots like me) Are they archived as well? Thanks, Richard

Just Scroll all the way down, and it will say "Photo of the day" it's pretty hard to miss.
You can also do search, i think it's on the left side- under "Resources" it's photo, audio, video. Then select a " photo of the day" category.
They have like 200 pix there.
don't call yourself an idiot either[:)]
Leave that title to people who deserve it.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by higssy

Hi all. Where do you find the photo of the day? ( For idiots like me) Are they archived as well? Thanks, Richard

Just Scroll all the way down, and it will say "Photo of the day" it's pretty hard to miss.
You can also do search, i think it's on the left side- under "Resources" it's photo, audio, video. Then select a " photo of the day" category.
They have like 200 pix there.
don't call yourself an idiot either[:)]
Leave that title to people who deserve it.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

don't call yourself an idiot either[:)]
Leave that title to people who deserve it.

Hi Alex, well You know who I would nominate [}:)] but I won't go there.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

don't call yourself an idiot either[:)]
Leave that title to people who deserve it.

Hi Alex, well You know who I would nominate [}:)] but I won't go there.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

don't call yourself an idiot either[:)]
Leave that title to people who deserve it.

Hi Alex, well You know who I would nominate [}:)] but I won't go there.

Like you wanted, we were almost on the same thread at the same time.
Some people can real a-holes sometimes, excuse my French.[}:)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

don't call yourself an idiot either[:)]
Leave that title to people who deserve it.

Hi Alex, well You know who I would nominate [}:)] but I won't go there.

Like you wanted, we were almost on the same thread at the same time.
Some people can real a-holes sometimes, excuse my French.[}:)]

[edblysard]

Go to the top of this or any page, click on the TRAINS.COM title or logo, then scroll to the bottom left side.
Got to view some of Link's work and others at the Houston Muesum of Fine Arts a few years ago, left the checkbook home on purpose!
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[edblysard]

Go to the top of this or any page, click on the TRAINS.COM title or logo, then scroll to the bottom left side.
Got to view some of Link's work and others at the Houston Muesum of Fine Arts a few years ago, left the checkbook home on purpose!
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by higssy

Hi all. Where do you find the photo of the day? ( For idiots like me) Are they archived as well? Thanks, Richard

I sometimes look at the photo as I rush into the forums. Usually I am in such a hurry to get into the forums that I don't read the writing about the print. After the posts tonight I took a few seconds and did look. Low and behold the photographer was Ed. Very nice pic, Ed. The E units are one of my all time favorites. Of course the Alcos are my very Favorites--especially the RS 1 s, RS 2 s, and the RS 3 s. The RS series had something few other locos had or will ever have-- C H A R A C T E R. Nothing GE makes has character. EMD had some.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by higssy

Hi all. Where do you find the photo of the day? ( For idiots like me) Are they archived as well? Thanks, Richard

I sometimes look at the photo as I rush into the forums. Usually I am in such a hurry to get into the forums that I don't read the writing about the print. After the posts tonight I took a few seconds and did look. Low and behold the photographer was Ed. Very nice pic, Ed. The E units are one of my all time favorites. Of course the Alcos are my very Favorites--especially the RS 1 s, RS 2 s, and the RS 3 s. The RS series had something few other locos had or will ever have-- C H A R A C T E R. Nothing GE makes has character. EMD had some.

[Anonymous]

So I take it we e-mail our pics to Bergie? I just got some nice pics of a Wisconsin Central with both WC and CN power crossing a 100+ year old swing bridge in
Sault Saint Marie, Ontario.

[Anonymous]

So I take it we e-mail our pics to Bergie? I just got some nice pics of a Wisconsin Central with both WC and CN power crossing a 100+ year old swing bridge in
Sault Saint Marie, Ontario.