Lighting

[mark woody]

I thought the lighting made this shot,wrong I guess, oh well FLICKR loves it, LOL.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...30&key=2841223

[RobJor]

Originally Posted by mark woody

I thought the lighting made this shot,wrong I guess, oh well FLICKR loves it, LOL.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...30&key=2841223

You need to wait until it is completely dark and then hit it with a lot of flash. Then , You can get rid of all the nasty shadows that show up on a cloudy day, not sure how that happens. You don't want those alternating light and shadows and the tension of a late in the day image with a sliver of light hitting the nose.

Seriously, very attractive photo.

Bob Jordan

[mark woody]

Thanks Rob for guiding me onto the straight and narrow. The clouds literally opened up seconds before this shot and closed again just as quickly, I have 5 or 6 frames each side of this one and no light on the loco at all.

[Noct Foamer]

It works for me. That kind of light is known in landscape photography circles as "break though" light. It's great when you can catch it.


Kent in SD

[miningcamper1]

That sign centered in front of the power is not a plus...

[mark woody]

Probably, but i see it as a sign of how thin that sliver of light really is.