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Greg & Denise Anderson wrote: > > ======================================================= > -> This is The 'SPORRS' Mailing List > -> Info File: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/infosporrs.htm > -> Note: Remember to include your name in each list post or reply. > -> Please delete all unnecessary quoted text from the original message! > ======================================================= > > Greetings, > > Looking over this last month's submissions I can't help but think > that we collectively seems to be suffering from War Bonnet bias. I > remember reading in Trains that they admit to having devoted more covers > and calendar spreads to War Bonnet draped units than to any other paint > scheme. I think we suffer from that same bias. Bias? Heck, it's just proof that the Warbonnet is about as pleasing a psint scheme as anyone has ever dreamed up. I am very sorry that you CR, IC, NS and SP fans think there is an unfair bias. There is. Light blue, black, or dirty red and scarlet units will never look as sharp, no matter what the background or scenery. I just spent 5-1/2 days shooting mostly Warbonnets in the snow of Northern AZ and the desert of Southern California, and seeing the red and silver against these dramatic backdrops confirms what most of us know...nothing else comes close. Too bad, because I am sure there a zillion great shots out there of other railroads and other paint schemes that will just fall flat when projected next to something dramatic in red and silver. I will never have enough slides in my collection of this paint scheme nor will I ever tire of getting out on the road and putting more of it on film. --David R. Busse Diamond Bar, Calif. ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
