Southbound Sante Fe

M38A1

SW of Crockett, TX getting way too close to the tracks...
Fuji Neopan ASA100

rainbow

Wanted to give some feedback so you are not stranded. I see a nice photo of a train from a good shooting angle. But I am totally unexcited by it as there is nothing else to capture my interest.

M38A1

Thanks..... I was riding my m/c before Christmas in East Texas between the megatropolis of Austino and Midway, TX, and sitting just off the highway was this magnificantly large train track with multiple trains in a guys front yard. His setup had to have covered an area 200 feet by 75 feet.

I'm actually surprised nobody has keyed on the fact it's a model train. With the 50mm, I was right next to the track for this and could feel the breeze as it passed by my head each time going clickity-clack-clickity-clack. It's a "G" scale model and rather large with each car being about 14" long by 6 or 7" tall.

And shooting the film body is always fun since you can't chimp your shots!

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DonRicklin

M38A1 wrote: »

Thanks..... I was riding my m/c before Christmas in East Texas between the megatropolis of Austino and Midway, TX, and sitting just off the highway was this magnificantly large train track with multiple trains in a guys front yard. His setup had to have covered an area 200 feet by 75 feet.

I'm actually surprised nobody has keyed on the fact it's a model train. With the 50mm, I was right next to the track for this and could feel the breeze as it passed by my head each time going clickity-clack-clickity-clack. It's a "G" scale model and rather large with each car being about 14" long by 6 or 7" tall.

And shooting the film body is always fun since you can't chimp your shots!

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Now you mention it and one looks for the clues, one should know this is a Model Train from the fence its tracks are riding on!

Good one!



Don

lizzard_nyc

DonRicklin wrote: »

Now you mention it and one looks for the clues, one should know this is Model Train from the fence it tracks are riding on!

Good one!



Don

I still don't see model train , but I did think maybe you were using a tilt shift lens or processing method:)

I do like that you are shooting film and that you managed this shot without the ease of using a dslr.

I do agree with Rainbow though, I wish there was something more to it.

rainbow

M38A1 wrote: »

Thanks..... I was riding my m/c before Christmas in East Texas between the megatropolis of Austino and Midway, TX, and sitting just off the highway was this magnificantly large train track with multiple trains in a guys front yard. His setup had to have covered an area 200 feet by 75 feet.

I'm actually surprised nobody has keyed on the fact it's a model train. With the 50mm, I was right next to the track for this and could feel the breeze as it passed by my head each time going clickity-clack-clickity-clack. It's a "G" scale model and rather large with each car being about 14" long by 6 or 7" tall.

And shooting the film body is always fun since you can't chimp your shots!

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The thought had briefly crossed my mind that the train looked funny. Good one on us! But kudos to the train builder for his work and for your shooting to make the environment fit in perfectly.

M38A1

Thanks for the comments.....

Sort of fun now that you know the 'why' behind me taking the shot, eh? I was trying to see if I could get a model to look real enough. Nothing more than that. It was my personal challenge to myself in many ways to see if I could pull it off.

Liz-
If you look at the train front, you'll notice there are no hoses to interconnect one engine to another. If you look at the railroad ties, you'll see there's no gravel/roadbase material between them, and if you look at the trestle it's riding on, it's "C" channel material on fence posts. There's even a huge phillips screw holding one of the plates. If that were real, I can't imagine the size the screwdriver would have to be let alone the person to turn it!

Here's another I shot trying to specifically focus on the side of the train that says "Santa Fe". I got lucky and grabbed the text while still keeping a shallow DOF in front and after the text, thus the title "Sante Fe". It's just not as crisp/contrast as I wanted so it wasn't my first choice to post.



I figured since it was taken from the side of a highway it could be considered 'street', but that in my own mind was stretching it. The more time I spend in here, the more I learn, so I thank you all for that!

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