RMweb Premium Welly Posted July 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2012 To photograph a train passing at 100mph+ you need to have a shutter speed no slower than 1/500th second, preferably 1/1000th second. But that means a wide aperture for other than bright sunlight. So pre-focus on the area where the train's front will be in your picture and watch through the SLR viewfinder before pressing the button. I'm afraid compact cameras with preview screens won't cut it because of "shutter lag" where the picture is actually taken 1/4 - 1/2 second after you pressed the button! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Damn, my S2950 won't cut it without guesswork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 As Coldguner says, pre-focus on the spot where the trains front will be, then pan the train and release the shutter when the front end reaches the spot. A slow shutter speed is preferable if you want the background to have speed blur. I once took three photos at a particular spot on the North Wales line involving Class 37's on speeding passenger trains shot side-on. The first was shot was at 2000th of a second to freeze the motion and background. The second shot was at 30th of a second while panning the loco so the engine was sharp and the background blurred. The third shot was also taken at 30th of a second letting the engine enter the frame and pressing the shutter. This caused the background to be sharp but the speeding loco blurred. All good fun! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted July 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2012 It also doesn't work on some mid-range cameras which don't have manual over-ride. Such as my current model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 As Coldguner says, pre-focus on the spot where the trains front will be, then pan the train and release the shutter when the front end reaches the spot. A slow shutter speed is preferable if you want the background to have speed blur. I once took three photos at a particular spot on the North Wales line involving Class 37's on speeding passenger trains shot side-on. The first was shot was at 2000th of a second to freeze the motion and background. The second shot was at 30th of a second while panning the loco so the engine was sharp and the background blurred. The third shot was also taken at 30th of a second letting the engine enter the frame and pressing the shutter. This caused the background to be sharp but the speeding loco blurred. All good fun! Ah! a while back, I asked the Coach to explain his technique for one of his photographs; he replied, with a smiley,: "How much can you afford...." But now, a freebie! You're slipping, coach! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Grandstand view of the Red Arrows practicing over Rhosneigr on 16th April 2003 as 47770 passes shortly after departing Holyhead... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) RUDg1022, to me you post too many pictures on one go. There are some really good shots amongst the overload but it is impossible to make a valid vote for individual pictures by using the Like This button. You've raised a good point there Larry, sorry... I've never really given 'individual voting' much thought, it's just that when I load the images up in batches they often come from the same group of files in my hard drive, so it's easier to bung them all on in one go while I've got the file open on another page. Looking back at what I've recently posted though, it does come across as a bit of a visual bombardment! Edited July 25, 2012 by Rugd1022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) Not sure about this one Edited July 28, 2012 by big jim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Down amongst the vegetation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Heading up the Valley 37214 with a mixture of unfitted 16t and 21t minerals working from Radyr to Aberdare, 3/11/81 cheers 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2012 Heading up the Valley 37214 with a mixture of unfitted 16t and 21t minerals working from Radyr to Aberdare, 3/11/81 Passing the junction for the Nantgarw branch (which had probably closed by then?) and as it's loaded wagons it would be heading for the Phurnacite plant at Anercwmboi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Passing the junction for the Nantgarw branch (which had probably closed by then?) and as it's loaded wagons it would be heading for the Phurnacite plant at Anercwmboi. Mike, the coke works was still producing traffic, I photographed 37235 working loaded MDVs out, then later reurning from Rdyr with empty HCOs cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 A couple from Bardon Hill... Night shift, waiting for the peg as usual... Kicking around and waiting for the call... 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Catching the train. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2012 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Whats at the bottom of your garden? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted July 30, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2012 River Adur, Shoreham-by-Sea. Waiting for the road towards Lancing. 1976 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted July 30, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2012 Custom House (Victoria Dock) station. Midnight snow. 1978. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJones Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 A selection from my Flickr Photostream: On the drawing board II by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr EOM @ Dduallt by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr Smoke & Steam by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr Lyd at Gysgfa by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr Approaching Garnedd Tunnel by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr Weight Issues II by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr Weighbridge by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Whatley-bound stone empties. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Not the Chuckle Brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 30, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2012 No mistaking the location in Poole!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted July 31, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2012 Sunlight and shadows at Hertford East yesterday. I hasten to add the litter is not mine... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I'll be up there today but the weather wont be like this unfortunately. High summer in the Lledr Valley with a Class 156 en route to Blaenau Ffestiniog... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Lovely shot Larry.... and it's a dead ringer for some of Ivo Peters' Claverdon Wier shots from his diesel era book (Railway Elegance - Western Region Trains In The English Countryside) Stud Farm Quarry, Leicertershire... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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