Post Your Best Train Shot......

They only problem with the grey box is that it's an electrical equipment cabinet, and that tends to tip off the era of the photo. Still, it's a wonderful shot, and I wouldn't worry about the blow-out highlights onthe top of the engine. There's no important detail lost, and it can be argued that it adds to the image.

J T - Thanks for you comments and the offer of taking my old lens off my hands - very generous of you
I'll more than likely keep it for travelling 'light' (holidays etc.) the 24-105 will be a bit heavier! (I also take the grip off my 20D when i am on holiday)

Belmondo - my thoughts about the cabinet as well - it does give the game away about the era...

Had to do a quick climb up the side of a snow covered hill of a highway overpass to get this one today. I fell and slipped halfway down the hill on my ass after getting the photo. The whole time I had my arm extended all the way up to protect the camera. Fortunately no one was around, or else they would have had a good laugh.

There was a strong late afternoon sun hitting this east bounder today. I sure wish this would have been heading west instead. Oh well, can't always have the perfect lighting.

Nice shot!

Very nice JT , That kind of lighting is a nightmare to meter for - sometimes I just wish the sun would go behind a nice thin white cloud!
Hope your a** feels better now

Great thread!
Just to jump on the band wagon, although not as exciting as the trains seen across the pond. i just love those BIG engines.

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Bump. This thread has been dead way too long. Let's get it going again.

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LOL ok you asked for it... since my post a page or two back my photography has changed quite a bit... I am not actually a staff photog for a railroad... and shoot railroads about 90% of the time...LOL

Fall in Ct. on the NECR

Technically not a "Canon shot"... taken with my Mamiya 645 TL Pro during the 1st Annual Nightshoot at Berkshire Scenic Railroad Museum....

One more... this time with my 5D and 17-35 Tamron...

Orgnoi1:
Those are great shots. The b&w image could easily have been taken in the 1940s or 50s (except for the plastic trash can and vending machine:lol.

Just a reminder, though. There is an 800 pixel limit on posted images---that is, 800 pixels on the longest side. If you want to share images larger than that, you will have to be satisfied with just posting links to them.

I'll leave yours here to give you a little time to make the change.

Thanks,

Tom

Shots of this one were posted earlier in this thread. This is the 700 when in Salem, Oregon earlier this year.

something a little different.

Taken from a Eurostar train looking at other Eurostar trains (my trip to europe, last summer... taken with a Minolta Dimage F300)

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