Thank you so much for your comments. (and your votes of course) I'm amazed, and soooo pleased. I will be grinning stupidly all day!
Seriously folks, thanks for all the congratulations and comments, I'm thrilled, never imagined I'd win any ribbon, let alone a blue. Must say that my husband is the reason I take photo's, he gave me my first camera, I'd never taken a picture before. Now, I love it, obsessed is a word that is bandied around frequently. And Lydiatoo, he kissed me.
Here is one of my out takes
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This is SO AMAZING! I love train photos anyway -- but this one has all the glam and drama that definitely make it a blue ribbon winner! Congratulations!
I love this picture. You captured both, emotion and mystery in this photograph in such a wonderful photograph. Congratulations on your first ribbon. You deserve it dear....Be proud of your accomplishment, you did a fantastic job!!!!
The only complaint I have is that the engine is a little less detailed than it could have been, but the overall ethereal effect is excellant and the image has terrific impact. A complete artistic success and a nitpicky technical success. Well done.
Back to comment. This is one of the stronger entries. The idea is good, but there is perhaps a bit too much steam - in an ideal world you would have cauht the engine driver where there is a break in the steam, and the photo is just a little too dark for my tastes. That said, it is up there in my top 5 of the challenge.
I like this concept alot but think it could have been carried out better. For one thing, I would like to see the engineer's face better. Also, wish there was more detail in the train and not so much dead space to the left.
I think a closer crop on the right would be better, the dark void of the train is really fighting for my attention here, especially since his face is so obscured (which I like).
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