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I'm starting a little series, drawn from various visits to Tanfield in the course of the last year.
Tanfield is the oldest railway line still in regular us. It dates back to the late 17th Century, when wagons were drawn along rails by horse-power.
Three miles of track are all that remain of the line that once transported coal from Co. Durham to the Tyne for shipping elsewhere. The line includes Causey Arch, the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world. Steam trains still run at weekends, and Tanfield is manned by a team of volunteers ranging from schoolchildren to steam veterans.
I'm starting with my friend Penny in the engine shed. (This image has previously appeared here in colour).
Penny was eyeing up possibilities for photographing the iconic oil cans. The first time that I saw them I innocently believed that I was the first photographer ever to spot their potential. I have since then watched so many others do the same.
But my take will follow tomorrow.
Thanks for looking,
Moira
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D90  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 50.0 mm f/1.8 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 5 Sep 2012 - 11:41 AM |
| Focal Length: | 50mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/1.8 |
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/50sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -1/3 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Shutter speed priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| White Balance: | As Shot |
| Title: | Tanfield Railway 1 – Penny in the engine shed |
| Username: | 
mrswoolybill |
| Uploaded: | 29 Jan 2013 - 8:30 AM |
| Tags: | Black & white, People, Photo journalism, Transport |
| Votes: | 73 |
Comments
Nathan, Penny is one of my favourite subjects. These are her hands.
Moira
Thanks, early birds. I should add that Tanfield has recently featured in John alsoppdigitalart's portfolio, but I don't think my pictures will overlap with his last series. I'm not uploading a single train!
Moira
... better than an image from behind the cycle shed!! 
Wonderful bit of lighting, Moira, picks out Penny and the cans perfectly whilst retaining a little background detail, and the sunlight is on a diagonal (I do like diagonals 
)
Dave
Atmospheric and moody, great lighting as it must have been difficult. I've never heard of the place but may take a visit in now. Many of 'my weekly club' colleagues are into steam trains ( I don't see the fascination myself but each to their own) and will be familiar with this place. Anyway, interesting image.
Quote: I haven't looked back for the colour version because this well timed and composed image works so well for me in mono.
Albert I deliberately didn't give a link, because I think the two work differently. I'm not sure that comparison between colour and mono is always helpful...
Thanks again folks.
Moira
Great use of light and the mans expression is classic a well observed shot with great timing
Great info Moira and it's a pleasure to see other shots taken from this great place, wonderful light well composed image, it has a lovely feel about it if you follow me. good tones works very well indeed in mono
John
The wonderful directional light across the composition which could hardly be better shows the detail here and throws enough of it's reflection into the shadows to make us pear and make out what lurks there.
Dougie
Great start to the series Moira.
Sandy, thank you so much for the UA.
This one is personal for me. I shall put more in a pm...
Moira
Beautiful low key image Moira. Intriguing, what is she looking at? what is she doing? Brilliant.
Andy
It's all about light.
Without reading your commentary, anyone viewing this would immediately notice the wonderful contrasts of light and shadow. Even more, one could wonder when it was taken. We cannot directly know what she is doing in the image, and that would pique our curiosity more. By itself, it is a timeless capture.
Anne
For photojournalism, commentary fills in the blanks, sets the time, identifies the persons and the place. But for me, often I like for the image to stand by itself before I read...........
Quote: To my mind she is the mistress of the cellars taking inventory of the stores.
Believe me, Penny will love that when I tell her!
Moira
What mysterious and haunting light. Well done recording it to perfection, Moira. I am so looking forward to this series and what a great opening image this is. You've inspired and reminded me to out up a railway series I meant to do a few years ago...
...just jotted it down on a Post-It But not for a couple of weeks, probably.
Thanks so much for the interesting info on the railway!
Andrew
Many thanks to Val for the GEA, quite a shock. And thanks to everyone else who has called in here. It's been a good day.
Moira
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