Gallery: B/W Verticals

[JRMDC]

In another thread Kevin M said: "Sure, you will find a winner here and there, but if you want to up your odds of bombing on RP.....post a Black and White Vertical! " Certainly true! But still interesting photography at times. Here are most or all of mine on RP.

PhotoID: 342092 Photograph © Janusz Mrozek

PhotoID: 211808 Photograph © Janusz Mrozek

PhotoID: 168797 Photograph © Janusz Mrozek

One from the old days:

PhotoID: 198462 Photograph © Janusz Mrozek

One that isn't B/W but has the feel of sepia, albeit with a bit of color. I include it because I started the thread and can do what I want! Bwa ha!

PhotoID: 452777 Photograph © Janusz Mrozek

[RobJor]

I tried one, not the rejection I expected.

Bob

http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...48&key=6610185

[railfanzone]

B&W verticals? Yeah, I've got a few like that

PhotoID: 557609 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 549121 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 507648 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 506907 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 418774 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 417028 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 401155 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 399732 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 398698 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 348139 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 294529 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

PhotoID: 288338 Photograph © Thomas J. Nanos - www.nanosphoto.com

And on...I only clicked thru the first 10 pages of my stuff here...

[miningcamper1]

Sure enough, this one took a long time to reach 1000 views.

PhotoID: 494455 Photograph © miningcamper

[miningcamper1]

Originally Posted by RobJor

I tried one, not the rejection I expected.

Bob

http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...48&key=6610185

Now that's a fine shot. I love the way the elevators loom over everything into the darkness. Unlevel?

You really ought to go back there for more!

[RobJor]

Originally Posted by miningcamper1

Now that's a fine shot. I love the way the elevators loom over everything into the darkness. Unlevel?

You really ought to go back there for more!

Thanks, there was a lot of distortion as I was shooting pointing up at 35mm, I corrected some of it, probably some left. It was a foggy night and I have several of these types of shots. thing is you are driving around at 1AM and you don't know what you are going to get until you see it and it doesn't last very long. Still it is neat being out there watching the lights even when you can't get a shot.

Bob

[John West]

Cancel this.

[Bruce Budris]

Originally Posted by RobJor

I tried one, not the rejection I expected.

Bob

http://www.railpictures.net/viewreje...48&key=6610185

That is oh so close to being an absolute gem of a b&w. If there was just some way to bring up the highlights/exposure on those silos a bit. And of course the leveling thing....

[RobJor]

Originally Posted by Bruce Budris

That is oh so close to being an absolute gem of a b&w. If there was just some way to bring up the highlights/exposure on those silos a bit. And of course the leveling thing....

Thanks for feedback. I'll give it a try with some layer blending, the leveling I think is just patience.

Bob

[Mgoldman]

Wait, what? Vertical AND B&W? That's a death knell on RP, lol. Might as well go all out and put a steam engine in the shot, lol. If this were FB, I'd tag Kevin Madore.

Turns out, I have a few - been some time:

PhotoID: 193316 Photograph © Mitch Goldman

PhotoID: 193615 Photograph © Mitch Goldman

PhotoID: 193618 Photograph © Mitch Goldman

PhotoID: 194128 Photograph © Mitch Goldman

PhotoID: 209173 Photograph © Mitch Goldman

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PhotoID: 217614 Photograph © Mitch Goldman

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/Mitch

[JimThias]

PhotoID: 216901 Photograph © Jim Thias

[Mgoldman]

I almost forgot!

PhotoID: 291969 Photograph © Jim Thias

/Jim

[JimThias]

Oh yeah! Don't know how I forgot that one.

[sullivan1985]

I've played this game, too. I haven't put one out in a long time though.

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[Dennis A. Livesey]

Originally Posted by railfanzone

B&W verticals? Yeah, I've got a few like that














And on...I only clicked thru the first 10 pages of my stuff here...

That is one master class in B&W verticals!

I was going to post a couple I have but I'll just go back in my room and forget such thoughts...

[Mgoldman]

Originally Posted by Dennis Livesey

Regarding Thomas's pics:

I was thinking the same thing, as I am sure Janusz, Jim and Michael were...

"Yeah - just go back in your room!"

Lol

Kidding, of course - indeed, a mighty find collection Thomas!

/Mitch

[JRMDC]

Originally Posted by Mgoldman

I was thinking the same thing, as I am sure Janusz, Jim and Michael were...

"Yeah - just go back in your room!"

Lol

Kidding, of course - indeed, a mighty find collection Thomas!

/Mitch

I did the smart thing, I posted before his! People have long forgotten my dreck by the time they get to his stuff!

[railfanzone]

Originally Posted by JRMDC

I did the smart thing, I posted before his! People have long forgotten my dreck by the time they get to his stuff!

Originally Posted by Mgoldman

I was thinking the same thing, as I am sure Janusz, Jim and Michael were...

"Yeah - just go back in your room!"

Lol

Kidding, of course - indeed, a mighty find collection Thomas!

/Mitch

Originally Posted by Dennis A. Livesey

That is one master class in B&W verticals!

I was going to post a couple I have but I'll just go back in my room and forget such thoughts...

You guys are killin' me...

Thanks for the kind words...means a lot, especially from three gents who's work greatly I admire (and one who keeps getting nods from that CRPA contest - he must be pretty good)

But only two were taken on "real" railroads - the rest really don't matter since they were on "non-real" railroads (even worse is some involve steam)...

(tongue firmly planted in cheek, if you couldn't tell...)

[JRMDC]

Originally Posted by railfanzone

Thanks for the kind words...means a lot, especially from three gents who's work greatly I admire (and one who keeps getting nods from that CRPA contest - he must be pretty good)

See? If I set myself up right, there is no way someone can crop me out of the sentence with Mitch and Dennis!

[coborn35]

Both of these did respectable on views.

PhotoID: 337864 Photograph © Max Medlin

PhotoID: 337042 Photograph © Max Medlin

[John West]

I like verticals and don't hesitate to do them when that seems appropriate for the image. But this thread made me curious about their popularity, or lack thereof. In terms of hits, my color verticals seem to be mixed in pretty well with my other stuff. I had to dig pretty deep to find a B&W vertical, but when I did it had done reasonably well, but that may well have to do with historic content rather than esthetics.

PhotoID: 390053 Photograph © John West

So then I looked for my least popular B&W vertical and found this.

PhotoID: 492914 Photograph © John West

Not sure I can draw any meaningful conclusions for all this, but it was fun looking through all the old stuff.

I seem to remember "back in the day" that Richard Steinheimer was very frustrated with the way his photos were reproduced in books, because almost all the books were vertical format and most of his pictures were horizontal. So when he published, I think it was, "Backwoods Railroads", he insisted that the book be done with a horizontal format to better fit his images. If you look at a shelf of railfan books, that is usually the one that sticks out from the shelf.

[Dennis A. Livesey]

Well, I have regained my courage after the tsunami of Nanos master class verticals to bravely offer these submissions. They are all I've got here.

PhotoID: 537629 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

PhotoID: 527740 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

PhotoID: 515089 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

PhotoID: 537922 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

PhotoID: 351944 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey-liveseyimages.com

PhotoID: 268514 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

PhotoID: 268148 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

PhotoID: 101899 Photograph © Dennis A. Livesey

[Mgoldman]

Originally Posted by Dennis A. Livesey

Well, I have regained my courage after the tsunami of Nanos master class verticals...

I thought you were just going back to your room...

/Mitch

[Dennis A. Livesey]

Bottle courage. I keep a fifth in my room.

[miningcamper1]

Originally Posted by John West

So then I looked for my least popular B&W vertical and found this.



Not sure I can draw any meaningful conclusions for all this, but it was fun looking through all the old stuff.

The answer is obvious: "Foreign".

Even though the engine could fit happily on the East Broad Top roster.