This restored steam train is at the Hesston Steam Museum in NW Indiana. I called Hesston Volunteers and got permission to come early before the museum opened. If you like steam trains, tractors, saw mills, etc. it's fun and cheap (free admission).
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A lot of dodging/burning to bring out detail in train and darken smoke
Cloned out a foot and hand attached to front of train (Halloween "Ghost Train")and some small distractions in background/foreground
Colored 7 plate in front - it's actually red
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I wish I could get rid of the wood bin and trash can on lower right. One memeber of SC said I could probably get rid of trash can but I'd be taking a chance since there wasn't enough time to get more opinions.
It was drizzling at time of picture so the sky is kind of boring.
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I like the smoothness of the highlights on the engine...gives it a surreal feeling. The smoke is a big plus but the non-descript sky brings it down. I wonder if the background elements were softened and muted into wispy shadows if your subject would carry the impact it deserves...
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