I took a trip with my camera club to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC on March 24th. I have had several past challenge entries with subjects from this site. Trains and railroads are themes that I keep going back to over time. I tend to see something different almost every time I look at these subjects. In my humble opinion, these close-up views provide an insight to why we like certain subjects. When I'm out shooting, shapes and textures tend to catch my eye faster than anything else. Since I'm a fan of black and white images, shapes and textures tend to dominate my portfolio.
I haven't entered a challenge in a long time. I'm not sure why I'm entering this one. This image isn't one that will find many fans, but it's one of my favorite of 2007 so far :)
EXIF:
File: IMG_1396.JPG
File size: 3,063KB
Image Serial Number: 113-1396
Camera Model: Canon EOS 20D
Camera serial number: 0420100366
Firmware: Firmware 2.0.3
Owner: John M. Setzler, Jr.
Date/Time: 2007:03:24 10:16:17
Shutter speed: 1/40 sec
Aperture: 2.8
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
ISO: 400
Lens: 24 to 70mm
Focal length: 58mm
AF mode: One-shot AF
Image size: 3504 x 2336
Rotation: none
Image quality: Fine
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Picture Effect: Normal
Sharpness level: 0
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 2: Long exposure noise reduction: On
CFn 8: ISO expansion: On
Statistics
Place: 357 out of 561 Avg (all users): 5.4097 Avg (commenters): 5.5000 Avg (participants): 5.3738 Avg (non-participants): 5.5135 Views since voting: 1005 Views during voting: 205 Votes: 144 Comments: 3 Favorites: 0
I expected this to score much higher(I gave a 7) - I like the composition, and am impressed with your tonal range; I suspect it may work better as a print.
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two three now and I'm running late, sorry.
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