Bernard Ente wrote:

> I would appreciate your tips on how "hold off" on the shutter until the
> proper moment when photographing an approaching train.      

1.  Wait until you think it is too late, (then it probably will be!).

2.  Put your motor drive on single frame and after you have fired too soon,
fire again.

3.  Move to St. Louis, Missouri where they run so few trains into the sun
when the sun is actually out that when you finally see one, after nearly
passing out from the excitement, you rip through the whole roll of film on
it and the discard all but the frame where the train is situated to your
liking.

4.  In the hours before the shoot, try to live, eat, breath and be
surrounded by trains so you don't become so exited by the sight of a live
one that you nearly pass out from the excitement (I was told about this
one).     

5.  Go to a town or place where they run lots of high speed trains and
practice, practice, practice!  (Please tell us where this place is if you
find it!). 

Dave Cohen
Photographer
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