grande man
Bonafied Grande Nut
I was out with LGM fooling around railfanning yesterday and thought run these images by ya'll for some feedback, pro or con. Either way, I hope someone enjoys them.
We got to Garden City (South Hanceville in RR terms) and found this empty coal drag sitting on the siding. A northbound train went by and we high tailed it back to the south to shoot this train coming thru town. It didn't take long to realize from the radio traffic that the coal train wouldn't be going anywhere soon due to another southbound train scheduled to overtake them where they sat at south hanceville, so we returned to get a shot. Unfortunately, I missed the first opportunity as I was getting set up when the southbound came blazing by! That was a disappointment because I've been wanting to try a shot using neutral density filters in front of the lens in just such a situation. ND filters cut down the light coming into a camera and allow slow shutter speeds in bright daylight conditions. Slow shutter speeds allow motion blur in photos...
Interestingly enough, the unfortunate crew of the empty coal train had to wait on another southbound to overtake them. Talk about low priority! That gave me the time I needed to get set up.
I'm talkin low priority...
Empty southbound at South Hanceville.
The runaround. Southbound mixed freight blurs by (1/4 sec exposure) at track speed.
We got to Garden City (South Hanceville in RR terms) and found this empty coal drag sitting on the siding. A northbound train went by and we high tailed it back to the south to shoot this train coming thru town. It didn't take long to realize from the radio traffic that the coal train wouldn't be going anywhere soon due to another southbound train scheduled to overtake them where they sat at south hanceville, so we returned to get a shot. Unfortunately, I missed the first opportunity as I was getting set up when the southbound came blazing by! That was a disappointment because I've been wanting to try a shot using neutral density filters in front of the lens in just such a situation. ND filters cut down the light coming into a camera and allow slow shutter speeds in bright daylight conditions. Slow shutter speeds allow motion blur in photos...
Interestingly enough, the unfortunate crew of the empty coal train had to wait on another southbound to overtake them. Talk about low priority! That gave me the time I needed to get set up.
I'm talkin low priority...
Empty southbound at South Hanceville.
The runaround. Southbound mixed freight blurs by (1/4 sec exposure) at track speed.
