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Bill Maltby wrote: > > > I wonder if anyone out there can give some tips on taking > photos in locomotive shop buildings. I have been on several > shop tours and it seems like getting any kind of decent > image is really tough > > My questions are what film do you use and what do you do > about the weird colors the lights cause. Since most railfans > use fairly slow film I was wondering if you go to something > faster for indoor work like shops. I don't know how > receptive the workers and management would be to flashes. > > Dave Crammer's photo of Barstow in the most recent Rail News > is well lit and free of the odd colors I seem to wind up > with. I have had excellent results with Kodachrome 200. Two weeks ago I was shooting inside the Grand Canyon Railway shop in Williams. Every color temp under the sun, including frosted daylight, mercury vapor, incandescent, etc. I shot K200 off the tripod at very slow (1/2 sec) shutter speeds. Results were excellent. Flashing in these places makes the shots look like you are in the middle of the Cascade Tunnel. About the only thing I can suggest if you are faced with a lot of sodium vapor lighting is to open some nearby shop doors and let as much daylight as possible stream in. --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 =======================================================
