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Shay No. 7
Shay No. 7
Ken


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Trains & Railroads (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: LaPorte, Indiana
Date: Oct 21, 2006
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50 sec
Galleries: Black and White, History
Date Uploaded: Oct 22, 2006

 This restored steam train is at the Hesston Steam Museum in NW Indiana. I called Hesston Volunteers and got permission to come early before the museum opened. If you like steam trains, tractors, saw mills, etc. it's fun and cheap (free admission).

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Shadow/Highlight
A lot of dodging/burning to bring out detail in train and darken smoke
Cloned out a foot and hand attached to front of train (Halloween "Ghost Train")and some small distractions in background/foreground
Colored 7 plate in front - it's actually red
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I wish I could get rid of the wood bin and trash can on lower right. One memeber of SC said I could probably get rid of trash can but I'd be taking a chance since there wasn't enough time to get more opinions.

It was drizzling at time of picture so the sky is kind of boring.

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 196
Avg (all users): 6.1345
Avg (commenters): 6.8182
Avg (participants): 5.9541
Avg (non-participants): 6.3070
Views since voting: 961
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 223
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/29/2006 04:58:34 PM
Love these engines and you have captured it beautifully.
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 10/28/2006 02:08:15 PM
That's some smokestack!
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 10/25/2006 03:57:44 PM
Nice find! My only quibble is I'm not fond of the bit of red at the front. I do like the pirate flag, though!
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 10/24/2006 06:36:55 AM
I like the smoothness of the highlights on the engine...gives it a surreal feeling. The smoke is a big plus but the non-descript sky brings it down. I wonder if the background elements were softened and muted into wispy shadows if your subject would carry the impact it deserves...
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 10/23/2006 10:32:02 PM
I like the single item in color
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 10/23/2006 05:32:36 PM
the smoke is awesome... and i like the little bit of color in there... but my favorite part... the pirate flag!!!
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 10/23/2006 05:20:07 PM
Ooo nice train
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 10/23/2006 04:36:21 PM
I like this shot. I may have pulled out a couple more things for the selective coloring. Maybe the bell and smoke
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 10/23/2006 09:23:05 AM
nice pic
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 10/23/2006 08:04:08 AM
Nice touch of red on the front of the engine. Nice light. I think the cropping is a little too tight.
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 10/23/2006 06:14:09 AM
Nicely composed photo and the specimen is well detailed in the DOF you selected.
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 10/23/2006 05:45:45 AM
The selective desat works great - cool shot!
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 10/22/2006 09:21:01 PM
this is pretty badass. love that smoke and everything
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