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... colour though!!!
Posted a mono version originally with this [colour] shot as a variant. Having come across it again I decided it deserved it's own airing ... hope you don't mind.
Taken in the pleasant company of Andy, Graham and Fran early morning back in March ... a great day, cheers guys 
Enjoy your weekend folks.
Paul
| Title: | Swirling Stacks ... |
| Username: | 
sut68 |
| Uploaded: | 11 Jul 2008 - 12:21 PM |
| Camera: | Canon Eos 40D |
| Lens: | Sigma 17-70mm F2.8 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Tags: | Bittern, General, Grosmont, Repton, Sir nigel gresley, Transport, Union of south africa |
| Votes: | 113 |
Comments
A chuffing great shot! And to capture all those engines in one shot, too...amazing.
TrevB
Quote: certainly looks like a windy morning.
A very soft breeze actually Richard
Quote: Fabulous shot. Looks like a photo to hang in a gallery.
Looks very nice indeed at 18x12
Quote: Running low on new stuff eh
How can you tel? 
Quote: I added this comment to the mono version but unfortunately i can't add any colour to this, hope you dont mind
I'll let you off
Cheers all,
Paul
The limited palette and excellent quality deserve to be shown Paul. I'm sure this wonderful image has lost buckets of tone and subtle colour in the conversion for the web, it still holds it's head up well, fine detail and powerful composition such as we've come to expect from you Paul. Delightful image beautifully processed.
Dougie
i dont mind at all mate.this is beautiful mate, mind you, having said that. all your images are. not a bad un amongst them.
ps. wish i could get my sharpening as good as this paul. still cant get it right. i need an idiots guide on how to do it .lol.
daz.
I remember this one from earlier. It was good then and it's just a s good now. A lovely image from the good old days.
Swirling stacks, three trains (though apparently important/significant ones).
Hmm, not sure I get this train lark, perhaps that's why I had to steal John's (Strawman's) anorak, but I know a pic when I like it.
Being me, and being picky and I'm sure it's there for a reason, but I find the orangey thing (don't do technical when it comes to train or railway bits) is just a bit annoying. I keep finding my gaze anchoring to it because it is about the only bit of colour. I would possibly crop it or desaturate it.
Thanks folks.
I'm assuming by the orangey bit you mean the two lit lamps on the front of the middle engine Cheryl? I suppose I could've desaturated it/them, but then it/they wouldn't be 'on' ... that said, it certainly doesn't detract on the large print, which is the main criteria for me. Cheers for donning your [or should I say John's] anorak though
Ta Roy
Paul
Thanks Lesley, our posts must've crossed. The exposure for this was 1/2 second just to try to get some movement in the smoke. There was also some ND grads involved to hold the sky back too ... I think I used 5 stops here.
Paul
Ah, now I see what you mean. That is a valuable piece of heritage railway equipment, though you may know it better as a skip There's also a piece of orange ironwork too.
I can see what you mean about dialling out the colour on it, and I may investigate that, but as it really doesn't bother me that much - please don't hold your breath for a variant.
Enjoy your weekend though, whatever you get up to.
Paul
Great stuff mate.Its raining outside the hotel so I have come on the internet for half an hour.Great moody shot and glad to give this my user award.Flying home tomorrow night.See you Weds.
Tom.
Lovely, thanks for your comments on my landscape shots. I thought I'd have a look and see what your background is and as I thought you've got it spot on with your lighting. I'll be looking at your landscape shots to learn I think. I've always been wildlife orientated.
Thanks for your comments and please feel free to suggest things as I'll always take it on board.
Thanks Andy
The three engines together, plus the tones, make for a very special shot
This is a fantastic photo for all the colour and light really convey the steam age.
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