06-20-2010, 03:28 AM
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And Another
Group,
Besides a chainsaw to cut down what a landscape engineer thought was a good idea, is there anything here to do better? Nice little steam loco and tender that's nearly impossible to get a picture of due to trees and bushes.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...d=826274&key=0
This loco is not in the database and I thought I would give it a try.
Thought? Suggestions? Hints? Tips?
Thanks in advance!
Missabefan
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06-20-2010, 03:32 AM
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American Gunzel
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Portrait crop with the sign square in the frame and the cab of the locomotive behind it on one side?
It'd more or less be the left 2/3 of your shot... might work.
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06-20-2010, 04:43 AM
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Flickr.com
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06-20-2010, 05:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Missabefan
This loco is not in the database and I thought I would give it a try.
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Just because an engine isn't in the database doesn't mean it has to be. There's plenty of display engines out there that will never make it on RP because of their settings.
Is that the only bush in front of the engine? If you can get a wide shot with only one bush, it might not be so bad. How about a head-on angle?
- Chris
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06-20-2010, 06:14 AM
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American Gunzel
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe the Photog
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I see a lot of good shots on Flickr now that aren't showing up here... 
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06-20-2010, 08:43 AM
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A locomotive has 6 sides, 5 of which you can usually photograph. You showed us 1.
If you dont understand what I am trying to say, there is always this...
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06-21-2010, 03:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troy12n
If you dont understand what I am trying to say, there is always this...
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Which will then lead to this:
 
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06-21-2010, 03:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Missabefan
Group,
Besides a chainsaw to cut down what a landscape engineer thought was a good idea
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That's a landscape architect who wastes money by spending way too much time pondering planting placement.
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06-21-2010, 06:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DWHonan
That's a landscape architect who wastes money by spending way too much time pondering planting placement.
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A least you don't resemble that remark, eh Dave! 
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06-21-2010, 08:33 PM
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JohnFladung.net
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This thread is a lot like reading a "picture book"...
Wow, I get it!
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06-22-2010, 03:01 PM
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Shoot from inside the cab looking towards the front. Use a wide angle on a off camera flash.
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06-23-2010, 12:34 AM
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American Gunzel
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Originally Posted by Missabefan
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There's nothing remarkable enough about either of those (as far as I know) to overcome the poor lighting. Let them go.
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06-23-2010, 12:40 AM
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Like Nick said.
Aside from the fact that they are your photos, and those always hold a special place in the heart (like mine do too), What makes them good enough to overcome the substandard lighting? I always click the shutter no matter how good or bad the result may be, but when it comes to uploading to RP, I ask myself "Will this shot help prove my credibility as a photographer, or hinder it?"
Loyd L.
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06-23-2010, 03:02 AM
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The reason I asked about the backlit rejects was the fact this one made it in the database:
 | PhotoID: 328986
Photograph © Missabefan |
which was taken about 10 minutes after the first reject and 30 minutes before the BNSF reject give or take a bit.
Back to the drawing board I guess.
Missabefan
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06-23-2010, 03:23 AM
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American Gunzel
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Missabefan
The reason I asked about the backlit rejects was the fact this one made it in the database:
| PhotoID: 328986
Photograph © Missabefan |
which was taken about 10 minutes after the first reject and 30 minutes before the BNSF reject give or take a bit. |
I think the GT/Bessemer power makes it just interesting enough to be passable.
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06-25-2010, 04:07 AM
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O.K. So back to my original topic. I went and tried a different shot of this loco and received another reject.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...&key=750507907
O.K. fine. Back to the drawing board.
But then I saw this shot and it got me wondering. I think it's basically the same shot IMHO.
 | PhotoID: 329291
Photograph © Jeff Terry |
So after viewing Jeff's, I appealed mine and it was rejected. Again.
Any ideas? Thoughts? Comments?
Thanks in advance.
Missabefan
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06-25-2010, 03:10 PM
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For me, your latest version would be good if the sweetlight could be a little less sweet and without the shadows on the bottom right. They are to me what the killer really is.
~Carl Becker
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06-25-2010, 03:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ottergoose
I think the GT/Bessemer power makes it just interesting enough to be passable.
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And that its clearly not backlit.
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I personally have had a problem with those trying to tell us to turn railroad photography into an "art form." It's fine for them to do so, I welcome it in fact, but what I do have a problem with is that the practitioners of the more "arty" shots, I have found, tend to look down their nose's at others who are shooting more "mundane" shots.
Railroad photography is what you make of it, but one way is not "better" than another, IMHO. Unless you have a pole right thought the nose of the engine! -SG
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06-25-2010, 03:49 PM
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I'm going to attempt to type this in a way that doesn't put me across as a d-bag, a-hole, d-head, and other letter + word descriptions.
Why push to upload a "meh" shot, just because somebody got their "meh" shot accepted???
I'm sure there's a shot waiting to be taken there, but the "walked up and clicked the shutter" shot isn't it. Sorry.
Loyd L.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Missabefan
O.K. So back to my original topic. I went and tried a different shot of this loco and received another reject.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...&key=750507907
O.K. fine. Back to the drawing board.
But then I saw this shot and it got me wondering. I think it's basically the same shot IMHO.
| PhotoID: 329291
Photograph © Jeff Terry |
So after viewing Jeff's, I appealed mine and it was rejected. Again.
Any ideas? Thoughts? Comments?
Thanks in advance.
Missabefan
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06-25-2010, 11:54 PM
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Loyd L. and others,
Your not at all sounding like any letter + word description. I want to hear what others are thinking when I make a thread because I'm trying to learn to play this game and hearing some advice only helps. All I'm asking is why his and not mine for learning purposes.
Sure we got different screeners and life is not fair but is that it? I would have let mine go and tried something else if not for Jeff's making it. Thats what just got me thinking. And asking.
Missabefan
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06-28-2010, 03:43 PM
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I like it Todd.
 | PhotoID: 329700
Photograph © Missabefan |
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I personally have had a problem with those trying to tell us to turn railroad photography into an "art form." It's fine for them to do so, I welcome it in fact, but what I do have a problem with is that the practitioners of the more "arty" shots, I have found, tend to look down their nose's at others who are shooting more "mundane" shots.
Railroad photography is what you make of it, but one way is not "better" than another, IMHO. Unless you have a pole right thought the nose of the engine! -SG
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