RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted January 30, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Ahem... I think it's time to clarify what this thread is for, Creative Railway Photography only! Creative Editing and non-railway subjects will need to find their own homes... [Edit] While I'm posting, can we also keep the railway shots here to those of a more creative composition, and not have too many that are a bit close to 'just' being nice shots, lovely though they are. [/Edit] Edited January 30, 2010 by Ian J. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Don't know if this counts as creative or not; though surely all photography is creative is some way. Not sure if the picture looks better with or without the fencing on the left. I think it balances the picture better, so left it in. The view, by the way, is Bournemouth Depot this lunchtime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binesrail Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Hi all here is a photo i took at the beginning of the year at the West Somerset Railway. Hope you all like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Framed by a footbridge window, 5855 Teddington, Thursday 11 February 2010 A bit of intentional contre-jour 5722 Wimbledon, Thursday 11 February 2010 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Evening falls..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 One from the old forum... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANT Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Hello Passing through High Wycombe, on the way back from Stratford upon Avon, in 1986, hauled by Clan Line. Thanks SEEYA ANT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binesrail Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hi all, I have noticed that this topic is not as populer as it was on the old forum (as im sure many of you know) So i am asking if any of you lot out there have somthing that you think is a nice shot and a creative one, even if you use a small compact camera or a realy expencive SLR. I am putting up this reply because i quite like this topic on the forum and would hate to see it wither and die... I have attached a shot of a loco lamp on the footplate of GWR 5553 on the West Somerset railway. Chris Bines 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 King's Cross, November 2009. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Brunel Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Does this count? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandman Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 A study in motion - on shed at the Bluebell Railway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowvanman Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 3 CIGx2.. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9-70 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 GNRI 85 MERLIN York Rd 06-06-2004. K9-70 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binesrail Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I was taking photos of Bideford station when i saw this in the corner of my eye. hope you all like it. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 The sight of S.A.C.Martins picture prompted me to dig this one out. A more modern or older variation....? 24047 on Mk.I's and a 47 on Mk.II's standing in the rain at the carriage shed at Llandudno Junction in 1978. An ancient gas lamp contrasts with 'modern' motive power in the shape of 24 073 and 25 158 on shed at Llandudno Junction, 26 June 1977. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Hello I am really enjoying the pictures on this thread, so much so here are a few of mine... I am always looking for something different. Missy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Landscapes with & without trains. Virgin in the upper Lledr Valley..... Virgin at Deganwy Quay... Large Logo @ Conway Castle... Lull before the storm over the River Conwy... Early morning on the bird sanctuary, Llandudno Junction... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted May 12, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2010 5051, 5322, 7808 and 7827 inside Didcot shed on 6th May during a photo shoot. 70013 crossing Forth Bridge on 18th April on the first circular trip from Linlithgow to Stirling via Alloa. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 A couple of pictures by a friend and ex BR fitter, with his permission. Manchester Victoria, the sign seems appropriate to the engines. Steam and diesel at Springs Branch in the 1980's. Tom. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted June 5, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hi these three photos were taken on a wet day on the Welsh Highland Railway in June 2005. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 There's light at the end of the tunnel: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9-70 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 GSWR 186 waiting to depart Lisburn for Whitehead on the 03-10-2004 @ 00:29am 38mm f7.1 @ 1 sec (tri-pod used) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick White Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 I like this shot because i wanted to capture the extreme weathering of the sleeper, both in the deterioration of the timber and it's bleaching to almost white. I also wanted to contrast the aging of the rail showing the degree of pitting of the steel. Maybe it's just as well that trains no longer run on this line. Location is at Coolac goods station on the abandoned branch line between Cootamundra (junction with mainline) and Batlow terminus in New South Wales, Australia. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Ahem... I think it's time to clarify what this thread is for, Creative Railway Photography only! How is 'creative' defined here?! Do these count? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted June 19, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 19, 2010 How is 'creative' defined here?! Difficult to say. For me, creative means taking a picture in a way that is 'out of the ordinary', so it might be better to define what is ordinary rather than what is creative. In my eyes, ordinary includes the standard three-quarter view, and any picture that is simply trying to be a straightforward view of the subject in order that it can be examined for its shape or detail. So creative then becomes something away from that. Also creative can include unusual use of lighting, whether during the day or night. Of the two pictures you posted, my personal view is that the first is more towards ordinary, while the second is more towards creative. In the second it's the composition of the shot using the rail lines in a fan spread merging to a vanishing point in the distance in an equally balanced way that makes it less ordinary. The first one, though shot at night, doesn't quite 'have that certain something' for me. Others will no doubt have a different view. At the end of the day it's very hard to make a judgement call on what is and is not creative as each person's eye for composition is different, so I certainly wouldn't want to specifically exclude anyone from submitting images. But the more ordinary they are, the more this becomes just another 'nice photos' thread (of which we have plenty already, and quite a few galleries too). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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