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Greetings,
Per Gary Zuter's shot: and Dave's comments:
At first, it looks out of place among the 'standard' train shots, but
then
when you look at it, you begin to see something more, something that you
don't get with a RR 'wedgie'. When I look at Gary's shot, I think of
all
of the vast and barren cold places across the countryside that the
railroads run through and the moment in time that he captured (you lose
this in a video), and a train in Gary's shot would have absolutely
ruined
the mood of his picture. That is art. A full frame picture of an
SD40-2
is not.
The Greg wrote and wrote and wrote some more...
I'd like to add to Dave's comments. I too liked Gary's shot and for
some of the same reasons Dave meantion. I do think however that a train
in shot might not have ruined it. I could relate to a similar shot with
a feint out of focus head light just peeking around the curve, perhaps
only to paint the rail head with a touch of light.
Rooster shots and photographic history are all ok (to each there
own) but there is more to this pursuit than sunny shots. Last month we
had some great shots on the voting board but many had the traditional
view to them. Stop and think of the shots on the page that you can
picture in your mind right know..I'll bet they're the atypical ones
[e.g., Dave's hopper car sunset, wide angle steam train, and even the
European contributions (new subject material for them)] are the ones
that stood out.
I don't claim to be professional nor have my shot been published,
but I do know that my shots got a lot better once I started listening
more to my photography friend, than to just pure railfans.
I print some of my shots into 8x10 even poster sized shots and
decorate my Dilbert style cubicle with them at work. I usually get some
good nature grief about being a rail fan, but when I get a good shot
with the artsy stuff in the right place they'll concede that it's a neat
shot. Trying to only please another railfan with your shot is like
preaching to the choir.
Have you ever noticed that some of your most creative shots are when
you're bored waiting for a train, or are trying to finish off a roll of
film. My best picture during last springs trip down the California
coast to Tehac. and Cajon wasn't even a railroad shot, but a damn seal.
How many of you are so fickled that you wouldn't have bother with non
train shot?
Now I'll have to go out and shoot some nice sunny wedgies; who knows
maybe I'll practice what I preached.
Greg Anderson
St. Louis
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