On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:01:54 -0500, Robert Palmer wrote: >Another topic that would be good for discussion is the weather.
Even though my profession is the weather, I promise not to start a debate about how you amateur hobbyists are ruining my profits. :-) I'm from the Government, and I'm here to *help* you. >Many of >us fall victim to wanting every shot with a pure blue sky. Trains run >in bad weather too, and under the correct circumstances, this can be >used to your advantage. I'd like to recommend Roger Ingbretsen's book _Spectacular Railroad Photography_ (Hundman Publishing, 1988). I was just paging through it again, and I noticed how each photo uses the environment to add to the beauty of the railroad object in the foreground. If I were to attend a slide show and see a number of images of this calibre, I would be most impressed. Fog is great, if it happens in your locale. Last December, I saw quite a few of Lon EuDaly's fog shots. They were a welcome change from the 500mm portraits of locomotive cabs in trees and weeds. I haven't had much luck shooting in the rain, but the scenery right after a rainfall can be beautiful. Find a puddle and get a reflection of a headlight. For you folks who shoot color, block signals are really pretty against a gray sky. Once you are into foul weather shooting, I think you will change your definition of "poor conditions." Do you think we'll get any snow in the midwest this winter? Later, Warren (a meteorologist, even though I don't play one on TV) -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs -> Message © SPORRS® 1998 - All Rights Reserved
