Peterborough North

[Welly]

Missed the trees for the loco!

[great northern]

Tracery heading south, the rear three quarter view of an A3 I like so much.

then a very similar shot to the recent one of the W1, but no zoom this time, so less background problems.

Never occured to me that some of you don't notice the background, so I had a lie down in a darkened room to ponder that, as I spend ages trying to get the whole thing as good as possible. But do I really need to do that? I have reached no conclusion.

[37Oban]

Hi,

 

as much as I like your photoshopped images my personal view is that the photographers of the past didn't have such technology so, unless they were willing to spend hours of time in a darkroom developing and modifying their photographs, we get the full 'warts and all' photos!    So, unless it's something blindingly obvious, such as a signal growing out of a chimney, or maybe the walls of the room, I'd leave the photo's just as they come!

 

Roja

[great northern]

2 hours ago, 37Oban said:

Hi,

 

as much as I like your photoshopped images my personal view is that the photographers of the past didn't have such technology so, unless they were willing to spend hours of time in a darkroom developing and modifying their photographs, we get the full 'warts and all' photos!    So, unless it's something blindingly obvious, such as a signal growing out of a chimney, or maybe the walls of the room, I'd leave the photo's just as they come!

 

Roja

My parents were both photographers and they spent hours developing and printing. And yes, any manipulation was frowned upon. My father once took a photo of a font in a church on long exposure, and realised when he got the print that he had put a cigarette on the top of the font to help with focus, and forgotten to remove it. Just to see if he could, he spotted it out with many tiny brush applications, and when he finished, it had gone. But the Royal Society would not have liked that, so it was never exhibited.

 

However, and to my mind this is the important bit, the background to his photo was the part of the church behind the font. It was the real view. The background to my representation of Peterborough North though is that of a room, blinds. walls, door frames etc, and for me that ruins any hope of sense of reality and context. And that means, in turn, that I shall have to carry on the sometimes laborious and often rather tedious process of photoshopping.

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, great northern said:

My parents were both photographers and they spent hours developing and printing. And yes, any manipulation was frowned upon. My father once took a photo of a font in a church on long exposure, and realised when he got the print that he had put a cigarette on the top of the font to help with focus, and forgotten to remove it. Just to see if he could, he spotted it out with many tiny brush applications, and when he finished, it had gone. But the Royal Society would not have liked that, so it was never exhibited.

 

However, and to my mind this is the important bit, the background to his photo was the part of the church behind the font. It was the real view. The background to my representation of Peterborough North though is that of a room, blinds. walls, door frames etc, and for me that ruins any hope of sense of reality and context. And that means, in turn, that I shall have to carry on the sometimes laborious and often rather tedious process of photoshopping.

A photo which hasn't been photoshopped from my last visit to Gilbertborough. I thought he was trying to hide the bus so took this photo without him knowing, only for him to ask me if I want his buses about 10 minutes later.

 

Still considering Gilbert's kind offer.

 

[great northern]

More happy holidaymakers head for Skegness on the 1108 from KX.

but they will have to sit for five minutes here before they can get any closer.

As usual, attempts to shoot into the light result in a need to revert to black and white.

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, great northern said:

More happy holidaymakers head for Skegness on the 1108 from KX.

Are you sure you can use happy and Skegness in the same sentence?

[great northern]

34 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Are you sure you can use happy and Skegness in the same sentence?

They haven't got there yet. Although I accept that it is more appropriate when you are looking back, and seeing it receding into the distance.

[Oldddudders]

"The best thing about Boston is the 5 o'clock train back to New York!" Another Boston, obviously.....

[Welly]

23 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

"The best thing about Boston is the 5 o'clock train back to New York!" Another Boston, obviously.....

But New York never had a station

Google maps

Edited June 25 by Welly

[Oldddudders]

15 minutes ago, Welly said:

But New York never had a station

Google maps

Very good!

[great northern]

17 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

A photo which hasn't been photoshopped from my last visit to Gilbertborough. I thought he was trying to hide the bus so took this photo without him knowing, only for him to ask me if I want his buses about 10 minutes later.

 

Still considering Gilbert's kind offer.

 

What's that squiggle?

[great northern]

3 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

"The best thing about Boston is the 5 o'clock train back to New York!" Another Boston, obviously.....

I should hope so. Boston Lincs is a very noteworthy place. Some important people were born there.

Edited June 25 by great northern
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[Clive Mortimore]

8 minutes ago, great northern said:

What's that squiggle?

My attempt at hiding something.

[great northern]

7 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

My attempt at hiding something.

But what?

[Clive Mortimore]

29 minutes ago, great northern said:

But what?

The first person to guess what is under the squiggle gets a prize. 

 

Gilbert is not allowed to join in cos he might remember what he just dumped on the floor.

[woodenhead]

2 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

The first person to guess what is under the squiggle gets a prize. 

 

Gilbert is not allowed to join in cos he might remember what he just dumped on the floor.

If he cannot remember doing THAT then he's in trouble. 💩

[Clive Mortimore]

8 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

If he cannot remember doing THAT then he's in trouble. 💩

You would think someone would remember leaving a xxxxxxxx on the floor.

[Denbridge]

41 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

The first person to guess what is under the squiggle gets a prize. 

 

Gilbert is not allowed to join in cos he might remember what he just dumped on the floor.

His address?

[great northern]

The B1 pulls away, and Skeggy starts getting closer.

 

and here is what the camera saw.

I accept this is not one of the worst true backscenes that I get, but surely the shopped one is better?

 

There is a clue in these images as to what is under the squiggle, by the way, but you have to get it completely correct to get Clive's prize. Goodness knows what that is.

 

That Doncaster slow that runs via the GN/GE also appears on a Saturday, when a March B17 appeared regularly, given the number of prototype shots to be found. Doncaster Rovers is a very appropriate choice, but not deliberate, the sequence said it was the one.

 

[Clive Mortimore]

29 minutes ago, Denbridge said:

His address?

I think he knows were he lives by now.

[Rugd1022]

33 minutes ago, great northern said:

The B1 pulls away, and Skeggy starts getting closer.

 

and here is what the camera saw.

I accept this is not one of the worst true backscenes that I get, but surely the shopped one is better?

 

There is a clue in these images as to what is under the squiggle, by the way, but you have to get it completely correct to get Clive's prize. Goodness knows what that is.

 

That Doncaster slow that runs via the GN/GE also appears on a Saturday, when a March B17 appeared regularly, given the number of prototype shots to be found. Doncaster Rovers is a very appropriate choice, but not deliberate, the sequence said it was the one.

 

 

A genuine 'wow' from me on that first photo - it's like looking through the pages of one of the fabulous Ian Allan colour portfolio books. The colour palette is particularly good!

[Clive Mortimore]

5 hours ago, Welly said:

But New York never had a station

Google maps

Which New York are we on about cos this one does?

 

Of course the real one doesn't.

 

Edited June 25 by Clive Mortimore

[31A]

2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Which New York are we on about cos this one does?

 

Of course the real one doesn't.

 

 

Well several of those places had stations, but I don't think New York was one of them!

 

The Skegness train would have passed through New England on its journey.... 🤣

[St Enodoc]

10 hours ago, Welly said:

But New York never had a station

Google maps

Dogdyke and Tumby Woodside, just up the road, did, as immortalised by Flanders and Swann.

Edited June 25 by St Enodoc