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Challenge: Entrance II (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2010
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Date: Mar 29, 2010
Aperture: F3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Transportation
Date Uploaded: Mar 29, 2010

 Once again, the Fort Worth Stockyards comes through for me with something of interest. This is a couple of cars of the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, which runs between the stockyards and the nearby city of Grapevine. I had gone there hoping to get some photos of the old steam engine that pulls these cars. It is now running again, but apparently not on Saturdays. The engine that was running this day is of the same variety that hauls freight all over the country, but with an eye-catching gold trimmed maroon paint job.

I'm pleased with how this came out. The lighting inside Stockyards Station responded quite well to some modest use Topaz and clarify.

Anticipated critiques:
-Too centered
-Ceiling beams are oversaturated

Post-challenge notes:
Pretty happy with this. Just enough people disliking it to keep it away from a 6.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 114
Avg (all users): 5.9282
Avg (commenters): 7.3750
Avg (participants): 5.1739
Avg (non-participants): 6.1852
Views since voting: 888
Views during voting: 275
Votes: 181
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/08/2012 12:31:08 PM
Very cool shot Steve.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/06/2010 07:37:20 PM
I really like your tones in this...detail is really good...well done
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 04/05/2010 01:11:25 PM
Great perspective and love the colors...especially for a Basic challenge that limits HDR, etc. Lighting is superb.
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 04/04/2010 04:03:28 AM
Beautiful colours of the coaches. On most of the photographs, this colour doesn't come out that beautiful.
All parts of the photograph are well detailed. Did you use some HDR on it? The ceiling makes me think this, but I'm not sure.
- If I'm not mistaken I see number 1808 behind 209?
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 04/02/2010 06:50:48 PM
I like the colours and related tones in this. I also like the varied lines, upright for the train and windows and sideways horizonal on the ceiling.
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 04/01/2010 04:29:51 PM
Its a long Drop. Afer better idea than some I have seen good subject as well.
te train colour is nice 2 aswell8
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 04/01/2010 08:15:43 AM
Geef hier uw commentaar, en vervolgens uw stem uit ...
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 03/31/2010 09:25:42 AM
I like the textures shown and the vivid color and the perspective shot. I wonder why didn't you use a horizontal crop with the diagonal perspective moving in a horizontal fashion? I suppose that is a matter of taste.
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 03/31/2010 06:36:46 AM
This looks very HDRish (especially the ceiling), which makes me vote it lower
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