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Greg Anderson wrote: >Todd Novak Cumberland Mine: >It's seems flat and with a greenish tinge. I suspect >Kodak film is what was loaded in the camera (not picking a fight here, >just a guess). It looks like an early spring shot but yet the that >doesn't account for the hue. It could be scan problem. Sorry about the poor color of the image. I was just learning how to scan for "internet" purposes. I have become more familiar with scanning and image preparation over the last few weeks by reading and asking questions. Once Dave requests more images, I will submit a few and I think everyone will see the improvements. I can assure you that the CM slide is a very sharp, rich, vibrant image....I just didn't know how to transfer that to a digital file. BTW....Nikon F3HP, 50mm lens, F4.5 @ 1/250. >LTV F9 shot. Much better color than the last shot yet the gravel in the >foreground has a greenish cast. You might want to check out your >monitor or scanning process, or it could be a film thing. A slight typo >in the caption since you dated the shot for September 3 1998. Now >that's a fast shutter speed :^) I also think the gravel fore ground is >too excessive and should've been cropped out. I agree that I should have shot the train slightly lower in the frame. Of course...this could easily be taken care of in Photoshop. The date was 3 Sept 1997. >Todd was this shot taken on >a hill side or from the shoulder of an overpass. I like the curve of >the track and would like to bring that out more by tightening the angle >of the shot, use a longer lens and move a bit to the left (can you float >in mid-air). I like the farm setting and wish more people would try to >bring those elements into their shots. I'm reminded of one of Don >Ball's shots with a train running in a little valley with farms and >houses. This shot needs a little longer lens and a dash of fall foliage >to make that farm really stand out and vring out the contrast in the >Conrail blue. The shot was off a hillside.....the roads around the MGA are driveway-size gravel paths. I enjoy good spring settings. It is a time of year with it's own unique colors. I would have never shot this particular location with a telephoto. I think it would take away from the effect of the train creeping through the contours of the farm valley. It would have done nothing more than draw in a nice set of powerlines and removed the farm in the valley out of the shot. I do have plenty of fall color shots from here, as I have been photographing the area for almost 10 years. > Please take these comments as constructive or objective >observations. Perhaps I'm missing something here. Last comments: I appreciate the comments on my photography. One good way to learn is to hear what others think. I do shoot for myself.....but I do like to know what others think and sometimes it does make me stop and think how I could have shot a particular scene differently. > Todd do you have a longer lens? I notice that all your postings >seem to be shot at 50mm and I think you could rework these areas with >longer lens and get some entirely different images (not better or worse) >but just different. Most of my photography is done with a 50mm lens. As I said in earlier email...I like to see the train part of an overall scene in it's environment. I do use a Nikon 135 F2.8 and a Nikon 180 F2.8. I generally use these lenses to draw in a nice background or simply for the effect/drama of action. I am sure a telephoto would offer a different perspective on all the locations that I have shot. After looking at these images again, however, I don't see any that I would really like to use a telephoto at. Thanks again for the comments and suggestions. It would be nice if a few more of the 130+ members would comment on everyone's images on the SPORRS website. It seems only a few people participate and the others sit and read..... Todd Novak Medina, OH ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
