Even though evening shots as the sun dies in the western sky create great light for photos, it is the morning when I prefer to shoot with the really soft, orange light of sunrise. A westbound CSX stack train crosses the Hudson River in Pattersonville, NY on the CSX Selkirk Sub in late April of 2001, not more than half an hour out of Selkirk Yard.
Very nice Corey! I love dusk/dawn shots and that one is very nice. I do a lot of railfanning early morning especially in the summer months. This is usually due in fact to most freight trains run in the morning here in the city. Happy railroading! Russ
Wow! How do you take those Corey? Do you use automatic settings on your camera, or do you use manual settings? Excellent result, whichever way
Killer shot, bro. Ya gotta know how to work with the light; that's what it's all about. Generally, the best light for railroad photography in the exists from sunrise to about 10:00am and from about 4:00pm until sunset. In the winter, however, the sun doesn't get as high in the sky, and acceptable photos can be obtained all day. Here's another example, a very late Amtrak 40, the Three Rivers, accelerates out of Deshler, Ohio and into the sunrise on January 12, 2003. (Nikon N80, 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 AF Zoom-Nikkor, Fuji Sensia 100, handheld, exposure unrecorded.)
Alan, I am 100% manual. That was shot with a Nikon N50, 75-240 Nikor AF f4.5-5.6 lense on Fuji slide film (not sure which one I was shooting then). Not sure on my exposure either, but I did have a tripod. Oh, and it was about 06:45 in the morning. Brian, another killer sunrise shot. I've got a lot more, as they tend to fleet west out of Selkirk in the morning. Have to get them scanned. [ 16. February 2003, 17:15: Message edited by: Harron ]
Thanks Paul, it was just easier for me with only having a year of school left (and therefore and end to my free webspace at school). More to come as they get scanned.
