Steam and snow

Absolutely stunning photo. I'm in awe. Makes me long for a white Christmas instead of the t-shirt one we seem to be having.

I agree with the others. This should be on a greeting card or in a calendar or something. Definitely too good a shot to keep hidden.

Thanks for the feedback

Lesmac wrote in post #2394839
I though it was, here's one from the same area, although not a patch on yours

Nice shot Les great colour of yellow daffs contrast with the blue sky, its a nice railway line with many photo opportunities.

Frank_Hollahan wrote in post #2395506
You shot this last march and just getting on the fourm now! What other treasures do you have?
That's a beauti of a shot, thanks for posting

guitarman3 wrote in post #2399985
Only question I have is what took you so long to post it? It's awesome!

Thanks, I wasn't sure about the shot at the time, I noticed the railway are using it on their website and it looked ok so decided to post it.

Buggbairn wrote in post #2395856
Cracking photo

We don't see enough steam train/ landscape shots around here, with the combination of the weather and your composition you should be very very happy with this one

Thanks it was worth waiting for the train, even though I made the classic mistake of walking into the shot on fresh snow

AdamJL wrote in post #2396046
That is a beautiful image! Timeless is the first word that springs to mind

Thanks its a great place and fortunately the railway is well preserved line.

J T wrote in post #2396279
Awesome, Biko. I love trains and I love shots of trains in snow. Yours works perfectly together!

Thanks I wish the combination of snow and trains was more common, I got most of the shots of the trains running on that day.

CousinMadness wrote in post #2396677
Oh wow.

What a perfect picture. This would sell as Christmas cards. Get on the phone to Hallmark. What an awesome shot.

If you have a 1280 x 768 version... I know a desktop that would love to look like that... cough cough... hint hint.


Cousin - who is sometimes a bit obvious.

Thanks never thought of it as a shot for a commercial card.

halfmoonray wrote in post #2399941
very very nice...where was it taken?

Its in West Yorkshire Bradford UK if you have google earth the co-ordinates are: N53°50.469 W001°56.510 which is for Oakworth Stn.

Raindancer wrote in post #2406975
That's a great shot...the colours look great against the snow.

Well done for keeping the snow off the lens.......

Thanks, I learnt in the morning just how tricky as got a few ruined shots due to snow on lens.

Perfect Xmas card shot - I love steam engines!

This image reminds me of a scene out of an old movie. I love it.

Wow, all I can say is that I agree 100% with all the positive comments in this thread so far. It's such a postcard shot that it seems unreal. It's fresh and one of the nicest shots I've seen here in awhile. Can't wait to see what else is up your sleeve.