Image description Railroad Tressels
Artist D.B. Hughes
Make FUJIFILM
Model FinePix S5000
User comment Railroad Tressels
Orientation upper left
X resolution 72
Y resolution 72
Software Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Datetime 2004:08:10 18:45:41
YCbCr positioning co-sited
Copyright D.B. Hughes
Exposure time 1/250 s
F-number 2.8
Exposure program Normal program
ISO speed ratings 200
Date/time original 2004:08:06 19:20:19
Date/time digitized 2004:08:06 19:20:19
Component config YCbCr
Shutter speed value 1/250 s
Aperture value 3
Brightness value 5.38
Exposure bias value 0
Max. aperture value 3
Metering mode Pattern
Light source Unknown
Flash
Focal length 8.4 mm
Colorspace sRGB
Pixel X dimension 430
Pixel Y dimension 640
Focal plane X res. Unknown
Focal plane Y res. Unknown
Focal plane res. unit Unknown
Sensing method One-chip color area sensor
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To answer some of the questions.. This is a bridge in Catawba North Carolina. This is not the bridge from the movie Stand by Me, I just named it that because it reminded me of the movie. I had another version where I had the top white area cropped out but deicded to go with this one. Thanks for all the nice comments.
Very grainy - I think it makes it look like a vintage photo. Unfortunately some will mark it down because it is grainy. The phot would be better if the rails or sides were more highlighted or clear at the far end.
The superstructure makes this more than your usual tracks into the distance shot. As I moved the picture down in my browser, I cut off a lot of the foreground, and the first set of girders formed a great frame. I think cutting it there would be a great improvement - but a great shot anywayt.
In my humble opinion, if you would have cropped out more of the top portion (gotten rid of that white space) of the shot you would have a much more dramatic presentation.
I really like the old feeling to this shot.. Although the flare around the sky at the top is quite distracting.. I'd be tempted to wander back there with lower light and re-take this shot for my wall.. Well captured simple shot. Ignore the folks who complain about the noise/grain, it looks great.
I was just looking at old photos of my great grandparents and I was thinking to myself, "why do people take in their old photos to get redone? I think the old ones look better and I try hard to recreate this look with new photos." You did a better job than I have ever managed to. Congrats on a great image. 10
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