Another steam train

[Swaffs]

Seeing a recent post reminded me of a photo I took a few months ago when back home in Cornwall.
6024 King Edward I wearing "The Great Britain", Penzance-Bristol - April 07 2007 Taken at St Germans station. This train comes through the village every few months, but I never had the camera when I was there.

http://www.swaffs.co.uk/gallery/albums/easter2007-web/Steam-StGermans-0286.jpg

Shot with EOS 20D and Sigma 24-70 f/2.8.

C+C welcome

Rich Swaffs

[lkb-28]

Hi Rich;

Aaaah - more great memories of my childhood!

I can remember being able to walk around Old Oak Common yards when I was a whipper-snapper, when the Kings, Castles & Manors were all around & about and nobody paid you any attention...

Great capture...

Cheers;

Lee

[Swaffs]

I'm hoping it will be memories for my two boy s (4, and 8) who I took to see it, they loved it so much, we went on a steam train ride the following weekend from Buckfastleigh;
http://www.southdevonrailway.org/

[casp3r]

Lovely shot, and I mean no offence by this, but it looks like a toy :)

[P51Mstg]

I agree, nice shot, but it does look like a toy

Mark H

[Woolburr]

Great shades of Thomas and friends...was this with a Tilt/Shift lens?

[yoyoboy]

Very nice! The little tiny bit of panning really helps to make it pop.

[Swaffs]

Thanks for comments, I can see the 'toy like' look.

to be fair I exected it to just trundle through the station slowly, but it actually came flying through at a right rate of knots!

I used a Sigma 24-70, at a shutter speed of approx 1/250

[casp3r]

I can see the 'toy like' look.

Don't take my comment as a critisism - I think it's a cracking shot :)