Re: PAW-Happy Daze (follow-up)

[Stan Halpin]

Thanks Shel. I had stopped in Farley to take pictures of a 
snowman, walked across the tracks to the other side of the 
levee to see if the wintering geese were up and around. 
Heard the train coming and knew immediately that I wanted 
some shots of it coming and going. What I did not count on 
was that the train's passage would stir up the fresh fallen 
snow (we had had 3-4 inches overnight.) So I didn't switch 
from long to wide lens during the train's passage, as I had 
intended. I thought I would be doing a wider shot!

I agree, I think this one works well. I have several in the 
sequence, some looking from the outside of the curve, some 
as here from the inside.

Stan

Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Stan,

while many of the other photos are fine, for me the Farley train
speaks the loudest.  The subtle colors, the mist, and a
reasonably good composition all come together to set it head and
shoulders above the rest.  Granted, the subject and style are
completely different, but that's what makes it so nice.
shel

Stan Halpin wrote:


I put up a small page as a follow-up to my Happy Daze shot.

For me, the only two 'keepers' in the bunch are the original
Happy Daze shot (here shown as Chan2) and the picture of
Chan's owner (that is Spectator 2 Boris.) However, the gull
shot will go into my slowly building folder of wallpaper for
my computer.
The Farley train is included because I took that with Anders
in mind and haven't gotten it to him yet. Anders, go get it.