In our new online feature, Trackside with Erik and Mike, Trains.com staff members Erik Bergstrom and Mike Yuhas go trackside and share with you their results, as well as what they’ve learned. In each installment, we’ll include let our users vote on who got the best shot. Read this week’s installment.
Really liked both photos. So it was hard to decide on just one.
santafemike
gotta go with a close up! 6 inches of snow?how bout some csx steath pics?fell in a snowdrift hole and was up to my waist in snow.Matt was taller than me!
stay safe
Joe
I voted for number 1 but am not sure why. They both were of equal quality and it was a choice made by eeny, meeny , miney moe. No great scientific reason here.
Just got a Fuji S5000 FinePix for Christmas from my son so I retired my Nikon film camera & have joined the Digital World . I think alot of readers will really enjoy this series because I’m sure a lot of other railfans have gone digital,too Keep up the fine work & will look for next installment with glee. Dave Powell Algona,Iowa USA
In photo 2, the loco was the centerpiece as in photo 1, but referenced and scaled by the vegetation on each side. Photo 2 also showed more of the drag and utilized vanishing perspective to a greater degree for apparent depth than Photo 1.
I like the scale relationship between the landscape and the train in photo 2 which gives more relevance to the motion of the train.
Photo 1 was better composed and I think it is the digital.
I voted for #2 because I liked the angle better - it showed more train. I am stuck living in an area where most of my shots as like #1 (a nice shot by the way) because it’s a low traffic area and I do what I can. I guess #2 was more like what I was wanting to do.
John
liked #1 better…more loco in it than #2!
Number one is a great “smoking wedge” Picture. Ive seen millions of these. Number two is better composed and more striking.
Both were great shots. The only reason I picked # 1 was the fact that it just caught my eye by the loco filling more of the frame.
At this point the vote is tied and the reasoning for votes it looks like is going for composition. If you want this to be a digital vs film contest you need to have similar compositions
Both are certainly good photos. Just allowed to choose one, however, so I did.
Both photos were good, but I have to go with #2. Back in High School Photo Class (which I flunked) we were taught that in all shots you should always include (if possible) something to give your subject depth such as a tree, building person,etc.etc.
It will be a lot of fun to see what you two come up with in the future…Keep up the good work.
I liked photo one because I felt like it filled the frame a little better.
- Qustion to Erik or Mike. I have several lenses that use the pentax k mount. Is there a digital SLR camera body out there that also uses this mount and would allow me to use these lenses that I already have? I used them on a sigma “zoom man” camera (remember them?) from 1984.
Question 2. Will the Canon rebal eos digital camera body take other canon lenses?
Question 3. Years ago, 1986 I think, a camera service man told me he did not like the canon rebels because they were not mechanically reliable. Is there anything to this?
Question 4. Are any of these cameras anywhere near reasonably priced?
Thanks,George
I like the angle on shot #2, shows more of the train not just the engine and the first few cars. In the second shot the train seems to disapper in to the storm. But with a CP locomotive and the great action red paint you can’t go wrong with both> About the weather, colder the better. Railfanning is just more fun when you can’t feel the shutter below your finger.
mc367
I really liked both photos,good closeup,and the 2nd shot had pine trees for more scenery
Tom Boylan
Here are some answers to the above questions.
Question 1: I don’t know
Question 2: Yes, the dRebel accepts all Canon EF lenses.
Question 3: Not that I have experienced.
Question 4: Unless you consider $1000 reasonable, no. The demand for these dSLR’s is huge and I wouldn’t expect prices to drop just yet.
I am a dRebel owner and I couldn’t be happier with the camera. The small images on this site just don’t do it justice. Check out the latest update on my site for a full resolution crop and some shots from the Digital Rebel.
Photo 2 is a better composition, photographically speaking; Photo 1 gives us better visual detail of the target. But I also enjoyed the narrative! I look forward to the next post.