Panachallenge #181 Framing (Revisited Again): Snow Train

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#181 Framing (Revisited Again)

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ysal
Feb 1, 2017

Congrats, beautiful shot!

Mepo
Jan 31, 2017

OF: I'm happy you liked it. They were probably serving some delicious pastries in the dining car :-)

Old Finn
Jan 31, 2017

Mepo, you are absolutely right about the composition, the rule of thirds and the looking flat if totally inside the bridge.

Mepo
Jan 30, 2017

Thnaks again for the comments. Always appreciated.

forkcandles
Jan 30, 2017

thought i recognised the bridge
the position of the engine was critical and it worked
thanks for the technical information

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Lo
Jan 29, 2017

I like the crop and the treatment. The light on the rails is a nice touch.

Patty
Jan 29, 2017

Perfectly captured. My favourite. Hope you did not get too cold waiting for the train to arrive.

jomari
Jan 29, 2017

Nicely composed - I like the emergence from the frame, you have timed this well. Top 3.

Mepo
Jan 28, 2017

I was very happy with this shot and was glad some of you liked it. This was taken as the train approached Ottawa at high speed - it had been on the leading edge of the storm for most of it's trip. Not long after it arrived the snow set in with a vengeance.

I arrived early and dug my tripod into the snow and packed the legs by stamping the snow around them. I was glad I had done this as the blown snow from the locomotive nearly knocked it over as it passed. From prior experience I had a long remote shutter cable so I could stand well clear. The loco is in focus but the falling snow destroys a lot of detail I got the shot with the loco exactly where I wanted it. As cookiejar, masarak and ysal suggested, if it is framed inside the bridge it looks flat. I wanted it breaking out of the frame of the bridge to give it speed and depth. Old Finn - I used the rule of thirds to give the lcoc space to travel into in the hope of giving an impression of its speed. Thanks for all your comments.
Edited on Jan 28, 2017

forkcandles
Jan 28, 2017

a really good frame

Jean36
Jan 28, 2017

Love the composition and soft feel of this pic. Definitely a fave!

ysal
Jan 28, 2017

This is one of those shot that I start to like more and more every time I see it. First I thought the train should be inside the bridge for perfect framing, but that may make the image look too flat. This has nice dimension. Overall effect is beautiful too.

Old Finn
Jan 28, 2017

Did you try to crop the picture to sguare? Nice view. In my favorites.

mazarak
Jan 27, 2017

Love the composition here - and the unusual take on the theme - the subject is coming at the viewer out of the frame!

NEAT
Jan 27, 2017

Looks rather painterly, not sure if it's on purpose or that the image was just out of focus. I don't particularly think this is framed as such, maybe if you had of taken it 1/4sec before :)

cookiejar
Jan 27, 2017

I love the impressionistic effect you have captured with the foliage here. The train emerging from it's frame with lights on works well for the theme.

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