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Greg wrote: but the powerlines were distracting (yes I > hate powerlines and he had little control of that aspect of the shot. > Keith can you bump up to a longer lens and crop those things out, or > does the loss of the horizon/sky hurt the resulting image? If you've > ever shot > Cajon you'll quickly learn to hate power lines. My heart goes out to our > > European electric power and east coast corridor shooters who have to > deal with that on a regular basis. I agree with you about how distracting powerlines can be. However, I see a distinction between Cajon-style high tension lines and railroad catenary, such as in Europe and in the NEC. Yeh, the stuff can still be distracting, but at least it is part of the rail scene. One is less and less able to do this, because of fences and safety considerations, but basically the best way to deal with catenary is to get inside it and shoot with a long lens. Where the right-of-way isn't fenced (I've done this between New Haven and New York) you can snuggle up to a catenary support post with your tripod, and shoot a 200 or a 300, lining 'em all up like soldiers. You can certainly do this from public station platforms. The wires can really glisten in rain or in low-light "into the sun" golden glow shots. So it can be done. Brian ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
