Dave Cohen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) was saying something along these lines: >Bill Seigel's East Java, Montana BNSF 500mm shot is great, I like the focal >length (and that lens - I miss mine!), and I even like the film he shot it >on (Kodak E100SW), which I no longer care to use, but I was bummed by the >shot being so tight. I almost couldn't use it because I had to crop a >little to make it fit the 408x600 space, and that nearly clipped off the >locomotive.
This shot had me staring at it for a long, long time. The compression of the 500mm lens is amazing, and yet the shot seems to have a very "normal" perspective to it. The icing on the cake is the neat linear pattern created by all three engines running cab forward, and all those matching racks. A mixed just wouldn't have looked as neat. I'd love to see it under full sunlight. I can't make up my mind whether or not the signal cutting the frame in half bothers me or not ... but I doubt that you could set up that shot any other way. Sometimes you just have to deal with what you have to work with and make the best of it. At first, I found myself wishing the signal was lit. But then I was kind of glad it wasn't, because that red beacon right in the middle of the frame might have been a bit too much. Good thing that track circuit isn't 6 feet shorter! Nice shot, Bill! Scott -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved
