At 21:52 2/24/98 -0500, Scott Withrow wrote:
>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.
> ....
The use of long lenses isn't always very obvious. One of my own favorite
shots from recent years -- if you permit me to bring an image not on the
SPORRS site into the discussion -- is on my site at
http://www.robl.w1.com/I-951268.htm
That shot was made with my 300mm 2.8. It is also cropped very slightly
to fit my site's standard format. I have photos of both one train alone
and with trains on both tracks -- with another inbound empty passing
the depicted train (which was sitting still for a while very close to where
it is depicted -- but like the single train picture better.
Other data for the above cited photo: tripod; circular polarizer.
-- Ernest (who also likes unit trains)
--
Ernest H. Robl, Durham,NC,USA Stock photography; photojournalism; writing
Specializing in transportation and travel subjects for more than 25 years.
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