Dan Hadley wrote: > > > I know that most of us don't have 90 days to spend in the field only to take > one shot each day but the concept is what intrigues me. How about going out > on a railfan photo safari for the day and restricting ourselves to just two > or three shots; rain, snow or bright Sun.
Well said, Bro. Hadley. And to expand on that...how about doing some really creative, in-depth photography right in your own neighborhood. Sure, we like to beat our chests and tell what great photo safaris we've taken to far-away places, but I'll bet many of us haven't even scratched the surface of the photographic potential right where we live. I live in Southern California. As a start, I've determined that I am going to keep my trips to Cajon an Tehachapi this year to a minimum, and concentrate on maybe a dozen spots with 30 minutes of my house...places with great photo potential that are unknown to most railfans. If I go out to point "a' and it's raining, that'll be part of the coverage. My real inspiration for all this is a Greg McDonnell slide show all about the trains that run by his house. You've probably never heard of his town and couldn't even guess what main line he lives next to. But the slides & the story that goes with them are wonderful... --Dave Busse -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs
