c&c welcome

still learning... but i like this one, no PP at all, only the frama and w/mark...

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the whole thing looks OOF to me. it looks like you were using AF on the kit lens in low light... the kit lens is very effective, i use it all the time, but in low light like this you really need to manually focus it. also, just a wild guess, but the exposure for this was probably somewere near 1/5th a second, and sometimes when shooting trains with that slow of speed it's fun to find a moving train... it gives it a very nice sense of motion without becoming to abstract.
it's a good start, keep it up!

i use 50mm 1.8...

File Name IMG_1622.JPG
Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Shooting Date/Time 8/31/2008 8:13:16 PM
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 0.5
Av( Aperture Value ) 2.2
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF50mm f/1.8 II
Focal Length 50.0 mm
Image Size 3088x2056
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
Picture Style User Defined 1(Standard)
Sharpness 5
Contrast 0
Saturation 1
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0isable
High ISO speed noise reduction 0isable
Highlight tone priority 0isable
File Size 1652 KB
Drive Mode Single shooting
Camera Body No. 0570120918

I don't think anyone would intentionally shoot a 1/2" exposure hand held, but if he did, that would account for the OOF look.