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6 hours ago, westerner said:

Once again I have to disagree Gilbert. I've been many photos of real track s approaching stations which have that look about them. It could be that in real life foreshortening makes the curves appear sharp. So to me your photo works.

Gilbert

 

I am inclined to agree with Westerner, but as I don't like foreshortened photos, it is not one of my favorites. It does look as though it could be a photo of the real thing, though, so in that sense is successful.

 

May I wish you and all your helpers a very happy New Year, and many thanks for the hours of fine entertainment that you have given us.

 

Looking forward to more!

 

Lloyd

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1 hour ago, great northern said:

So here is anothe  close up of an oncoming A4. The cameraman will be stepping back smartly now he's go the shot.

 

 

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It is much safer up on Spital Bridge, provided you don't lean out too far.

 

 

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I do like these aerial shots from the bridge.

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10 hours ago, thegreenhowards said:

I do like these aerial shots from the bridge.

Still a bit difficult to access Andy, so I don't try too many from down there, but I shall keep experimenting, as I don't think I've quite achieved the best angle yet.

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I have rather a lot of pictures in reserve, so here's another to be going on with. 60105 going round a bend which shouldn't be there, but taken mainly to show some details of the stock .

 

 

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A washer will be put in to correct that sag in the triplet, when I can remember to get some.

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1 hour ago, great northern said:

Two more shots taken on the same day. The first is on the camera's daylight setting, and with my choice of exposure settings.

 

 

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I get a brown hue when the sun is coming in diagonally at this time of year, and this is the best I could do to get rid of it. The next one is taken at the other end of the room, within a few minutes of the first, and the brown effect was even worse, so I switched to auto, and this is what the camera came up with.

 

 

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Quite a dramatic difference, and a much colder feel, but which do  you prefer, please? Colder isn't really the word I'm struggling to find, but I can't think of a better one.

 

 

 

They both look good to me, but I think I prefer the first one. If the second was much browner/ warmer on the daylight setting then you did the right thing to change to auto for that exposure.

 

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Warm and cool are *exactly* the terms to use, Gilbert.  It's the colour temperature of the light.

 

I know you don't use it, but in Photoshop, you can even apply a simulated photography filter - in this case an 82 (blue) to remove the colour cast:

 

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Cheers,

 

Scott

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Right, I'm going to settle down now. By sheer coincidence, this morning's first locomotive is....... a Thompson Pacific.

 

 

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This is a horrible image, but it genuinely is the next one in the store. Not the sub class Hornby have just announced, hardly surprisingly. This is what I get as reward for trying to take pictures when I know there isn't enough light, and it is no more than I deserve.

 

Meanwhile, it is time for the Flying Scotsman, which has diesel (under)power this morning.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, great northern said:

 

This is a horrible image, but it genuinely is the next one in the store. Not the sub class Hornby have just announced, hardly surprisingly. This is what I get as reward for trying to take pictures when I know there isn't enough light, and it is no more than I deserve.

 

 

 

Never mind, its got a suitably '1950s' quality to it!

 

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19 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

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Ummmmmmm, almost makes me want to go BRER...…..I can hear MR Wright screaming, from here in 36E!!!!!

There's more......

 

Is that the same Mr Wright who said there would never be a RTR Thompson Pacific :nono:

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1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Is that the same Mr Wright who said there would never be a RTR Thompson Pacific :nono:

He was supported in his view by Mr Barnatt. I can't believe it, and when we get not one but two, and the W1 as well,I suspect that I have been in hibernation for three months, and woken up on April 1st.

 

I feel that the very least I can do is to support Hornby by purchasing at least one or two, if not more. Though of course I don't need any more. I fear that I may have recaught locoholism from that nice Mr Mortimore, who is obviously suffering from it at present.

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