This is a shot of the famous Jacobite Steam train on its way from Fort William to Mallaig. This railway line has become very popular since it has featured in some of the Harry Potter movies.
The picture was taken in RAW and then adjusted in Adobe Camera RAW. Processing in PE9: levels, hue/saturation, dodge and burning, B&W, colours, cropping, adding border.
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I think this is a tricky image to critique - it is clearly highly competent but it is full of choices that have the potential to polarise opinion. Your scene is just about perfect; great train in great scenery but you have taken that from us - we can no long enjoy the view as you might have but now see a sepia-converted approximation - a less than perfect conversion too; highlight data seems to be compromised in the clouds. We can only imagine the greens and yellows we are missing.
You've done a lot right here - the rest of it is a matter of personal taste.
OH love this.. your processing is just perfection for this shot, looks just like some old train pix's I have from our family album! (Grandpa worked for the Frisco)
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