A Few Pictures (dial-up warning)

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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I’m no professional by any standard…but here’s a few of the shots I’ve taken since about the end of April of this year.

April 29, 2010
CTH GG Crossing just north of Oshkosh, WI. CN Train 199 heads North where it will “turn left” at Neenah towards Canada.

May 10, 2010
Oshkosh, WI On Broad St. again but this time it’s Train 198.

May 23, 2010
Winnebago, WI Just north of Oshkosh, WI we are at Butler Ave catching a manifest (no ID#)

May 26, 2010
Oshkosh, WI WSOR’s L595/HK Job finishes with Olson’s Mill and heads to Bemis in a light rain.

May 28, 2010
Atcheson, KS Old and new idle together (SD40-2 and ES44AC)

July 5, 2010
Neenah, WI Heat waves can be seen (and some zoom distortion) as a CN local gets ready to knock down an Intermediate Green. Seen from Kampo Rd. Crossing.

July 9, 2010
A busy afternoon. I saw 3 trains this day. First was 341 seen at Broad St.

Next up was 335 seen peeking past the Intermediate Signal from Sherman Rd. just north of Oshkosh.

Last was 198 seen at Kampo Rd. in Neenah in the warm evening light.

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[tup] [tup] !

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WHAT CARL Said!

Thanks for sharing![8D][8D]

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Nice shots, Dan. Thanks for sharing!

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1 & 2 are standard shots, but I like the springtime scenery, and especially how you included it in #1. #3 is a bit dark, likely due to the skylight. You might want to practice playing with camera settings and seeing how including more skylight darkens the picture, and to what extent to tweak the settings to fight this problem. Only practice will do it. I love #4. I don’t like B&W for the most part, so #5 just doesn’t stand out to me, but that’s likely personal desire. #6…maybe centered the train, though I don’t know what you may have been avoiding on the right in terms of distractions…maybe cropping would’ve worked best. Nice shots overall.

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I like them. Thanks for sharing.

If you are interested, take a look at the “rule of thirds” for composition. (you can google it - there are tons of sites with info) You might just like how your pictures turn our if you frame them or crop them with this rule in mind.