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Steam engines
I photographed these steam engines in Colorado last week.
http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/steam A lot of the shots (nearly 2 rolls) were overexposed, probably because of the dark engines driving the meter crazy. I had dialed in 1 stop of compensation, but probably 2 would have worked better. Anyway, I find steam engines a great subject, esp. when they are operating like the ones in Colorado and where you can compose to eliminate modern building, cars, people and so on. Scanning the negatives helped me get the exposure back, something the photo store didn't do well on the prints. Lot more scans to do, I'm tempted to use my Canon 300D instead next time. I'll be doing a lot of research on steam trains. The ones above are "K-36" (From a website) but not sure who made them. Dave |
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On 13 Aug 2006 11:32:22 -0700, "David L" wrote:
I photographed these steam engines in Colorado last week. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/steam Looks like narrow guage.. -- Colyn Goodson http://www.colyngoodson.com |
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"David L" wrote in message
oups.com... I photographed these steam engines in Colorado last week. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/steam A lot of the shots (nearly 2 rolls) were overexposed, probably because of the dark engines driving the meter crazy. I had dialed in 1 stop of compensation, but probably 2 would have worked better. Anyway, I find steam engines a great subject, esp. when they are operating like the ones in Colorado and where you can compose to eliminate modern building, cars, people and so on. Scanning the negatives helped me get the exposure back, something the photo store didn't do well on the prints. Lot more scans to do, I'm tempted to use my Canon 300D instead next time. I'll be doing a lot of research on steam trains. The ones above are "K-36" (From a website) but not sure who made them. Ahhh, steam :-) Your pictures take me back: I went to Durango with my dad about 28 years ago. Fun to see them again, though I have to say I can't imagine any British preserved railway keeping its engines so grubby - here they all seem to have a mania for cleanliness and metal polish! I loved all things steam as a child - and I still do (or still am, depending on your point of view). There was a railway footbridge near our house and I loved to watch the trains go under it. Steam trains were much more exciting then the new-fangled diesels as the smoke and steam gushed up between the boards of the bridge and enveloped me as I stood to watch the train speed by beneath. I remember seeing the last 'normal timetable' (ie. not a 'steam special') BR trains from there. Years later I got to drive one of the ones I'd seen, just for a mile or so. The combination of nostalgia with gleaming paintwork, interesting shapes, and polished metals does seem to make for great photographic subjects. I'm very fond of steam traction engines, road-rollers, big stationary pumping and winding engines, ploughing engines, etc. too, and can spend days (literally) going in close and making almost abstract compositions from them. With road engines I've done slightly more driving, and it is a great experience. Your shot of the two trains passing really evokes the age - it could be a movies still from a cowboy flick. I'm blessed living where I do: lots of preserved railways in reach of me, and my GF is near lots of preserved narrow gauge lines (Wales). We get a lot of rallies for traction engines too: I went to europe's largest (the Great Dorset Steam Fair) for a week the year before last and had a great time. Peter |
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David L wrote:
I photographed these steam engines in Colorado last week. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/steam A lot of the shots (nearly 2 rolls) were overexposed, probably because of the dark engines driving the meter crazy. I had dialed in 1 stop of compensation, but probably 2 would have worked better. Anyway, I find steam engines a great subject, esp. when they are operating like the ones in Colorado and where you can compose to eliminate modern building, cars, people and so on. Scanning the negatives helped me get the exposure back, something the photo store didn't do well on the prints. You can still see it in the two photos with landscape in the background. Looks kinda' like the backgrounds are painted on. Still, they're nice images. |
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