RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2013 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Very good shot, Jim. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2013 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 A 50 throuh the blocks at Laira. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Container heaven 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Container heaven Hardly a curved line to be seen, and nearly all bright colours - looks like a kids' construction set. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 7, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2013 another "wheels" shot, this time a pair of 56s from earlier 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Another "wheel" shotDidcot again....With a little increase in contrast & saturation,but nothing that couldn't be achieved with a littlecreative printing & toning, in a more "traditional" darkroom.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Around the back of the shed, at Didcot last weekI saw this old tender, with weeds growing out of itAgainst a clear blue sky, I could have been back in Barry scrapyard in the 1970'sThere was very nearly a tear in my eye..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Someone gave up on trying to convert these to P4..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Thought I'd put some of my efforts into this topic..... you will let me know if I need to get my coat? (A week ago I bought myself a 20mm lens for my DSLR and to give it a first run out I spent the morning wandering around the engine yard at Ropley on the Mid Hants Railway. ) Black Five Bulleid Pacific (spam can) wagon headstock rusty firebox scene the coat's on the hook.... Chaz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 you will let me know if I need to get my coat? Well since you asked, I like the textures and also the simplicity of the two rivet pics, the rivets and chain in particular. Valve gear and wheels - maybe a bit deja vu. Leave your coat where it is (unless it's cold next time you take your camera out). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted July 10, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2013 Firebox and chain particularly good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Well since you asked, I like the textures and also the simplicity of the two rivet pics, the rivets and chain in particular. Valve gear and wheels - maybe a bit deja vu. Leave your coat where it is (unless it's cold next time you take your camera out). Thanks for the comments. "Valve gear and wheels - maybe a bit deja vu." Quite so, a well trodden path, but I couldn't resist them.... a couple more from the archives NYMR - LNER Gala Watercress Chaz 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Superpower. For the real anoraks, note the different positioning of the lettering/numbering on each of the cabsides. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Loughborough 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 NYMR LNER gala (again) Chaz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2013 i like that, almost timeless 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted July 12, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 12, 2013 I like the shot as a regular photograph, but I struggle to find what was creative in the composition or layout of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I like the shot as a regular photograph, but I struggle to find what was creative in the composition or layout of it. Well Ian, as you don't specify to which photo' you are referring I will assume you mean the distant shot of the 2-6-2T in the landscape. All I can say is "One man's meat...." But then if you "like the shot as a regular photograph" that's enough for me! Chaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted July 12, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 12, 2013 Sorry, yes, it was the one of the Ivatt 2-6-2T. I was replying to big jim's post but not quoting it as it was immediately above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) Well Ian, as you don't specify to which photo' you are referring I will assume you mean the distant shot of the 2-6-2T in the landscape. All I can say is "One man's meat...." But then if you "like the shot as a regular photograph" that's enough for me! Chaz Although the photo doesn't necessarily follow any of the classic rules of composition I do like the fact that the shot includes much of the surrounding environs... To me, the fact that it is light-engine strengthens this feeling, and demonstrates the railway complimenting the scene through which it runs... That's not always that easy to achieve BTW.... As railway enthusiasts, many of us concentrate purely on the locomotives and rolling stock, however, the setting in which the railway runs is sometimes neglected by the railway photographer.... As you say Chaz, one mans meat.... I'm really enjoying this thread Keep posting folks Marc Edited July 12, 2013 by marc smith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Spot No Evil, Jot No Evil, Spot No Evil....... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Ffestiniog Railway I would argue that what art there is in photography is largely a matter of selection. The photographer chooses a subject, a viewpoint, and those technical aspects that control the image - choice of lens, DoF etc. She/he might add image manipulation to the mix, in the past in a darkroom, now (most likely) with a computer, but the scope for creativity is necessarily limited when compared with that of a painter. Artistic merit is, and always will be, a matter of opinion, in photography as much as any other creative medium. Chacun a son goute. Chaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted July 12, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) Speaking purely subjectively, for myself what interests my eye is shots that see things differently to classic and/or regular composition. I particularly like it when a photographer comes up with something quite unusual, even if that challenges conventional notions of how we might normally view a subject. What I least like seeing here is images that would more accurately be described as 'picturesque' or 'nicely framed three quarter view'. To my mind those belong in some kind of thread titled 'Nice Railway Photography' or 'Picturesque Railway Photography'. I created the thread to challenge photographers to view our mutual subject through less conventional 'eyes', not normal ones. However, as I stated earlier, I am not out to be the arbiter of what is and is not 'creative' photography, so though the above is my subjective view, don't let that put anyone off submitting stuff here. Edited July 12, 2013 by Ian J. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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