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Old and Withered
Old and Withered
WickedSound


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Challenge: Trains & Railroads II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D100
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Nikon
Date: Apr 14, 2009
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2009

 On the Sunday before this challenge started, I sat at a train station for 2 hours waiting for a train to come in. Didn't like any of the pictures that were taken.
The last day of entries, I went down to a place that had a lot of high cross tracks.

The biggest problem is it was raining and the sky was a flat grey. No textures from clouds, nothing.

I tried to keep the sky out as much as possible. Knowing how bad it looked. I hadn't submitted anything within a month and needed to get back on track.

Not one of my favs, but the ones who commented on the lines/angles in the pic are correct IMO. Without those, it would have been even worse.

Thanks for comments, they are always appreciated!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/21/2009 10:28:09 AM
Lovely.
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 04/21/2009 06:25:14 AM
Old and withered, yes, but other than that it's a little hard to tell what I'm looking at. If this weren't in the trains challenge I don't think I'd know it had anything to do with trains. I like the diagonal lines in your composition though, to me that makes this pic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2009 12:38:50 PM
nice soft lighting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2009 05:58:29 AM
Overall it's a nice shot, I would like to have seen the sky blue in this shot,(JMO) I like the darkness of it but I also like my photo's on the darkside.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/17/2009 05:29:20 PM
A good idea, but over saturated steel supports, the overly darkened structure shot against a flat sky wash out any interesting details and do not affect the image in a positive way. It is a unique angle and presentation which is a positive, but the execution is lacking in both a technical and artistic sense.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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