Here in the New York City area, the leaves still haven't changed colors. However, I was in "upstate" New York last week, in the Binghamton-Elmira-Horseheads area, and the fall foliage was the brightest I have ever seen it. During my free time after work, I shot more exposures of trees and hills than I did of trains.
My friends at Conrail's Elmira Yard run the local "YAEL-01". They practically posed the train for me on cue. (Ex-RDG GP40 for power, ex-LVRR engineer!). I had them stop in the most scenic, colorful locations. They thought I was nuts, taking so many photos of a "lowly local", but they run on historic (ex-Northern Central) ex-PRR trackage into Horseheads, and this was probably my last chance to see a CR train operating over it. Next time I'm up there, it will belong to NS. CR Blue photographs much better than NS Black. (There will be some humor next year photographing the NS "horse" in Horseheads!) I had plenty of E100 to waste and I had time to take three exposures of each pose --one over, one under, and one right-on. I used a polarizer for most scenes. I know you are supposed to slightly underexpose your slides, but I wanted the foliage to really flame and so I am looking forward to viewing the over-exposed shots. Since the leaves still didn't change down here, I will have more opportunity to shoot foliage in about a week. Your tips and tricks to make foliage stand out would certainly be appreciated. Bernie Ente Conrail Historical Society [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects
