I went for a ride today. My artistic impression of a train trestle:

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Marc

OMG....never knew a bunch of rust could be so beautiful!!!!

Ya did it again, Marc.

Thanks,
Jackie

SWEET!!!

Your pretty good at that!.....LOL  :D

I always enjoy your talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laurie

I like that!  At least your artistic impression didn't include the train  ;).

Hmm, I think you've got something there, Kurth..........perhaps a website and some pricing charts???

:DCathi

I thank you all for the kind words!

Sometimes rusty old things still have some life in them - you can ask Jimi if you don't believe me  ;)

Marc

Marc wrote on Jan 9^th, 2009 at 7:29pm:

Sometimes rusty old things still have some life in them - you can ask Jimi if you don't believe me  ;)

LMMFAO!!!!....Sorry, Jimi.  :-/

deltadarlin wrote on Jan 9^th, 2009 at 5:48pm:

I like that!  At least your artistic impression didn't include the train  ;).

The train was behind him.  :o

Seriously....Great shot Marc.

Beautiful as always.  I'm so jealous.  I wish I had an ounce of your talent.

That is really beautiful Marc :)

I want that picture for my art classroom! What a great visual of one point perspective! It's beautiful.

Charlotte

What I found interesting is that that "narrow gage" wasn't being used...hence the rust.

Great pic Marc. Not gonna comment on the rust part, but only because I don't want to deRAIL the thread. ;)

 Go eat some Birthday cake or something Jimi and stop worrying about rust.   Did Ruthie get you some WD-40, btw?

Jimi wrote on Jan 9^th, 2009 at 10:29pm:

Great pic Marc. Not gonna comment on the rust part, but only because I don't want to deRAIL the thread. ;)

Good comeback...LOL

And what a great pic!  Thanks for sharing.

Langa

Beautiful!! Love the backdrop of the clouds, too. The rust against the grey... Really striking contrast!

'nother beautiful pic Marc.

Beth

That pic is awesome Marc!  I can even see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Cat

Nice!  I enjoy every pic you post Marc.

The narrow gage is seldom seen anymore except in the west and NW territories.  I believe it was for mountain passes and edges of mountains that the narrow gage was easier to install.  Anybody know if this is true?

I hope you had eyes in the back of your head when you took the pic.   ;)

-P.

I thought that this thread was long gone by now....wow, I'm really in awe (and appreciate) at so many unexpected supportive comments from everyone.

My wife asked the same question: "How did you know a train wasn't going to come up behind you?"

Freight trains are are flat out loud! I've been following the river on my bicycle up and downstream from there - believe me, you can hear them coming from 2-3 miles away in this flat landed area. Between the tracks vibrating and those air horns - you DO know that they are on the way!

Again, I thank each one of you sincerely for the kind words.

Marc

cash5542 wrote on Jan 9^th, 2009 at 8:23pm:

I want that picture for my art classroom! What a great visual of one point perspective! It's beautiful. Charlotte

I wasn't just saying this when I asked. One of my students was telling me today that her Dad was teaching her to draw using a vanishing point. I told her that was one point perspective then I went over to my computer and got your picture up to show her. She was so excited and said that looked just like what her Dad is teaching her. Of course when she got all excited, several other kids jumped up to look and they all loved it asking how it works! Part of my job as an art teacher is to make children aware of their environment. Your picture served to make many little minds inquisitive and excited. Thank you... and I want that picture!!!

Charlotte

You know what else is really cool? The blue of the stones against the orange of the rust. Orange and blue are complimentary colors. I think that's another reason for the strikingly beautiful image. :)

nice pic....  those graffitti artists sure are brave.   :D

Thanks Marc, you have the talent to capture for sure. This one is by far my fav, mind if I use as my desktop pic? 8-)

Too late, I already did it, but thought it would be polite to ask first. [smiley=grin2.gif]

Marc, I am enjoying your pics as well.

I have a question...please keep in mind that I am not a photographer and do not know the correct jargon to ask the following...is this picture one of the HDR pics whereby you take a digital pic and then recreate it one F stop above and another F stop below and them super impose the three of them to create the vivid reality?...or is this pic just "as taken"?

Paul

Neat picture and like Linda, I wonder about the narrow gauge. Good stuff.

Charlie

The "narrow gauge" are in fact guard rails. If a car derails it is (hopefully) caught by these rails and doesn't swing out and damage the bridge structure.


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.....................................is this picture one of the HDR pics whereby you take a digital pic and then recreate it one F stop above and another F stop below and them super impose the three of them to create the vivid reality?...or is this pic just "as taken"?

Paul
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Paul,

Yes, it's an HDR image. (High Dynamic Range)  But I use a fixed f stop and vary the shutter speed and shoot 3 to 7 images of the same scene at vastly different exposures. Then I blend them together. The image at the top of this thread is 4 frames blended together.


The image below is one of the four frames used to make the final image.

I used to do something similar with film by actually stacking slides on top of each other and shooting a copy of that composite. The important thing to remember is that you have to have a solid image to start with. (A pig is still a pig, even with lipstick)

Not long ago, I avoided digital processing techniques like HDR because most of my stuff was intended for magazine publication. Now I realize that I like to play with more fanciful imagery  :)


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Hope all of this makes sense!

Thanks for the explanation Marc. This HDR stuff really catches my eye these days and i cannot quite figure out what it is about them...the depth of detail and vibrancy of colour I guess...a new visual dimension.

Nice work!

Paul

Sweet pic my friend!

My kid being a Thomas nut would love this.

It would never even occur to me to even try to  take a picture like that.  I have no artistic presence at all.    Thank you for sharing.  It is really beautiful!

Jeannie

Good stuff as always.

   Potter

Marc, when you retire from your day job I can so totally see you making a great retirement living in selling your photographs as well as maybe teaching it.   ;)

Marc, I love your photos, they bring everything to life in them!
Very talented indeed. 8-)