Ever been obsessed

[mdmc]

Comments welcome.
Mark

[jar_e]

Very interesting use of long shutter speeds. I love the second one, how you have the light trails and still the nice, warm feeling of the sun.
Great shots!

Jared

[mdmc]

Thanks Jared, nice of you to comment.
I had hoped that there would still be snow on the ground or there were stars in the sky.
Mark.

[Ryguyinlj]

Comments welcome.
Mark

I like the one of the man walking away. The movement is easily recognizable by the viewer, which can sometimes be the hardest part to convey correctly. One of my favorite forms of photography is with a slow shutter speed and a flash. It's fun for things that naturally involve movement because if you get it right you can make it seem more chaotic. Here's one of mine I thought I'd share:

[opus]

Just be careful. I've got two friends who were killed by trains, the one while taking a photograph on the tracks.

[mdmc]

I'm very sorry to hear that Kelly. I was not very comfortable with the trains going by, but I was there with a camera so I shot, but I made sure I was off the tracks and also placed my equipt out of the way in case I could not grab it. I was thinking I should at least have safty glasses on as the rush of air pushed me around a bit. I can see getting absorbed into making a picture so much that you forget just where you are!
I din't wish to be morbid, but could you tell the story of the photographer freind?
I know that I will be taking more picks of tracks & trains.
Again very sorry for your loss.
Mark.

[mdmc]

I like the one of the man walking away. The movement is easily recognizable by the viewer, which can sometimes be the hardest part to convey correctly. One of my favorite forms of photography is with a slow shutter speed and a flash. It's fun for things that naturally involve movement because if you get it right you can make it seem more chaotic. Here's one of mine I thought I'd share:

Thats a way cool shot Ryguyinlj! I like slow shutter flash at night also, thanks for sharing,
Mark.

[opus]

Mark, it happened a little less than a year ago. My friend was on a driving vacation with his wife and 13-yo daughter...they were in northern Texas, I believe, when it happened. He went up on the tracks to take a picture, and walked out onto a trestle. I guess he could see really far in one direction, and apparently thought he could see far enough the other direction, although the track curved. While he was up there, a train came around the corner. My friend took off running, and almost made it to safety, but not quite.

And what makes it even worse, is his wife and daughter could only stand there and watch.

Here's the news article:


Web-posted Saturday, April 3, 2004
Train strikes, kills Wisconsin man walking on trestle

The Amarillo Globe-News

HARTLEY COUNTY - A Wisconsin man died Friday after a train struck him while he walked on a trestle. Timothy Hauke, 48, died after he could not get out of the path of a Union Pacific train that came through about 2:30 p.m., said Deputy Chanze Fowler of the Hartley County Sheriff's Office.

The incident happened about 35 miles southwest of Dalhart along U.S. Highway 54.

Fowler said Hauke was taking pictures on the bridge, which Fowler estimated is at least 60 feet above a creek bed. Hauke apparently did not see the train until it was too late.

Hauke's wife and child were nearby but not on the trestle when the incident occurred, Fowler said.

(http://amarillo.com/stories/040304/n...nstrikes.shtml)

[mdmc]

Kelley,
Thats a horribly sad story. Even before reading this I don't think I could make myself go out on a trestle bridge.
I hope that the family is doing ok.
thank you for sharing this,
Mark.