Steam Locomotives at night

whiteflyer wrote in post #2147456
They are lovely. It looks a windy night in No.3

what shutter speed and lens ?

Thanks Mark, it was a mix of the 16-35 L 2.8 and the 24-70 L 2.8, most were shot between f4 and f8 and SS was about 5 secs at 100 ISO wherever possible - first 5 shots were and on tripod with mirror lockup. I shot RAW and adjusted white balance (I can't find the custom gas light setting ).

I used the flash gun not attached but holding it on some shots to get a bit of ambient light usually on front of locomotive - I fired it sometimes a couple of times, other times possibly 5 blasts and moving about so as to stop just getting one light source.

Although taken in Yorkshire the wind wasn't too bad I guess its the long exposure.

Mike R, canonadian, Skip Souza, WilliamL, Carzee Thanks for feedback

Very nice shots. Like them all.

Woolburr wrote in post #2144732
Excellent series. #4 looks like Thomas is the only one missing.

I was thinking the same thing...other than that I really like them alot.

Very nice night shots. I like the last one best.

Very nice images.

Thanks for feedback

They do have a Thomas weekend so when is on I might just wander down and take some night shots of him in the shed with his pals