Running for a train

[7zark7]

Afternoon all,

last sunday's great run against the train was on and one of my mates entered the 13km course to race Puffing Billy to Emerald.

in short i did not see him but i was there to take a couple of photos of the event.





i think i will head back and re-shoot the train image as i am not entierly happy with it.

[BT*ist]

I like the first one, actually - the effect of the steam and the bridge places the train apart from the remainder of the image, which is more modern. It's like an inadvertent selective desaturation - without being one!

[tbgphoto]

I actually like both, the only thing that might help the first one is a little bit of dodging to darken up the steam, at the moment it is a bit blown out. I still like the shot however.

the second one I just like the feel.

[Laurie]

I like both.

i prefer the 2nd. the title should be Running Under a Train!

nice work

[7zark7]

thanks for the feedback,

Tbg,

what do you mean by dodging ?

i presume it's something like darkening the smoke plume

[tbgphoto]

I'm talking about the dodge and burn tool in Photoshop, It just lets you do selective darkening.

[7zark7]

ahh Ok, i'll check it out, i cannot say i have ever used it.

[Hudo]

That's a great spot for getting train pics. Only 5 mins from home for me so we really enjoy that actual spot. Have spent a few weekends there when nothing else is on.

Mark

[Oneputt]

I like both but prefer the first. It tells a story and tells it well.

[Pehpsi]

Great shots. Like the first better, but both have good contrast and colour