Posted by amy (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 16 November 2007 in Transportation and Portfolio.
Roberta (www.uncommondepth.com) and my main intent on our day trip shoot was a little town called Big Valley. This little town is a train town. They're actually training new conductors there with a program out of NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology). The lady who heads up the program was actually there for an open house and was on the platform while I was trying to get some train shots. She approached not about my photography, which of course in my limited experience is what total strangers usually approach you about when standing with camera on tripod etc, but to actually recruit me to the course. LOL!!!! But when you think about it, can you imagine the amazing photo ops you'd have daily "riding the rails"?? Oh and I do have to admit that the thing I like most about this image is that you can see the prairie "through" the car of the train.
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Great sense of motion here - the car looks transparent. Good call to use the aperture to get a longer exposure. Took me ages to work out how to do that!
16 Nov 2007 12:28am
Stunning action shot! i can just feel it shooting pass!
16 Nov 2007 1:09am
great job at capturing this one. amazing to me to see the tracks in the distance not fenced off at all. never see that in new york.
16 Nov 2007 1:27am
I love it, Amy.
16 Nov 2007 1:34am
Fabulous again Amy. You are going from strength to strength!
16 Nov 2007 1:35am
Great sense of movement in this shot! I like it.
16 Nov 2007 2:32am
I can sense the speed! Brilliant use of shutterspeed Amy! Great work indeed!
16 Nov 2007 3:47am
WOW, this is a super shot!
16 Nov 2007 3:53am
You've captured excellent motion here! Love it!
16 Nov 2007 3:55am
Just how fast was it going? LOL I love trains and yes I love the sound of train in the distance, so sentimetanl and lovely :)
16 Nov 2007 4:21am
@Lorraine: Hey Lorraine! The train wasn't going all that fast as they were just doing some switching... but probably around the 20km mark I'd guess. It was so much fun getting this shot... always wanted to do this!! Thanks eh!
Wonderful work Amy!Very well captured it!Nice composition!
16 Nov 2007 5:49am
Amy, this is wonderful! I love trains, they are like transportation into the past, and you have done a splendid job on this one.
16 Nov 2007 6:10am
Amusing story! I really like the sense of motion in this one.
16 Nov 2007 6:23am
Great shot! I do love the reflecton of the prairie in the cart... Awesome!
16 Nov 2007 7:48am
Great shot Amy! I love trains - used to ride them when I was a child (giving away my age here...lol). The reflection in the window of the prairie landscape is wonderful!
16 Nov 2007 7:54am
Awesome beautiful and exciting!! A top piece!
16 Nov 2007 8:33am
This is going to be one of my favorites of yours. Turned out really well!
16 Nov 2007 10:14am
Wow! Speed and motion blur! You really nailed it with the small aperture and slow shutter speed setting. Love it! :-)
16 Nov 2007 3:32pm
Wonderful shot! Great feel of movement.
16 Nov 2007 4:00pm
I too love the fact that you can see through the cars. I can feel the wind swishing by.
16 Nov 2007 4:12pm
Cool shot. I've always wanted to take some pictures of the train that goes through town a couple times a day.
16 Nov 2007 4:27pm
Great motion capture!!
16 Nov 2007 5:22pm
Great motion shot. Well done
16 Nov 2007 5:40pm
I still remmeber time and time again waiting and waiting for the train to pass lol counting the cars. This is soooo perfect in every single way I do love it!
16 Nov 2007 6:25pm
Lovely still/action contrast amy - and it's amazing to see wooden platforms - they all seem to be concrete here! I love the limited palette!!
16 Nov 2007 7:14pm
Wow, kind of reminds me of a scene from a Sergio Leone film. Good work, love the movement here.
16 Nov 2007 7:55pm
Well look at you with all these comments. No wonder, this is a awesome image.
16 Nov 2007 10:57pm
Fabulous image! Looks like you could walk right through.
16 Nov 2007 11:27pm
Fantastic shot Amy! Did you take this on your outing with Roberta?
17 Nov 2007 4:35am
LOL Wipe that question. I'd started reading a little down and just read the top then! ;)
17 Nov 2007 4:36am
Wow! Amy what a shot! you've captured the passing train brilliantly, and the reflection of the landscape is amazing!!!!
17 Nov 2007 5:04am
phwoarrrr !! cutes what a result pal--fantastic image--be proud--bilyboyo
17 Nov 2007 6:27pm
Fantastic movement captured here... I think i just felt my hair blow up as i looked at your picture.
18 Nov 2007 1:01am
Awesome - and you really got lucky with the 'transparent' rail car...I'm sorry if that was actually intentional :)
19 Nov 2007 2:45pm
@bm: Thank you bm!! And yes it was intentional but I knew what you meant anyways!! ;-)
I have to keep coming back to this shot, it's SoOoOOo good and love the story to go with it. Love the unexpected, much better than getting the hassle we do here for shooting. I've even had the police question me photographing the moon, in my own yard. Want to trade houses? ;-) Thanks for sharing, gave me a good chuckle along with the view.
11 Dec 2007 4:02am
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