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Thread: A train

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    A train

    A few shots from a train near my new house.





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    Re: A train

    ZL.....the top one is very nicely composed....a nice feeling of a non-stop succession of railroad cars. As for the bottom, if you cropped out the sun's reflection in the creek, it would work better IMO.
    I almost missed this one.

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    Re: A train

    ok, i was trying to get the sun in there. i wasn't sure if it would work or not, but i can see that train out my window right now.... i'm sure i'll be back there soon

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    Re: A train

    ZL..do u mind if I post some crop suggestions on the bottom picture

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    Re: A train

    go for it!

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    Re: A train

    ok..take a look...theres a lot of different looks in every photo. 1st crop gives you that old western pano look...2ndkind of focuses more on the train dissapearing into the horizon

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    Re: A train

    it helps if i hit the upload button......

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    Re: A train

    yep and yep. those are good, i'm just going to re-shoot

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    Re: A train

    Good luck on reshoot...see if you can pull those mountains in too

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    Re: A train

    If the sky had been better these would have been a lot better. The composition works well. I think a grad or polarizer would have helped a great deal.
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    Re: A train

    Both shots are decent... although I would say that I like #1 more than #2

    #2 sky and sun being on the right side draws your eyes from the train, and also your wide angle on the 1D is giving you a bit much curvature on the train... trains having a lot of straight lines look strange when having curved edges.
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