Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dick, it's not always easy to get a shot in that shows the engines the way I'd like to - and going shorter than a 28 mm distorts the perspectives too much. But I personally think that a couple of shots showing the "environment" are not all that much out of place. It is a fascinating place, very sad in parts when you see the engines they haven't yet get the finances for to refurbish (there's more or less a maratorium on that because they need a lot of cash to replace an important bridge), and getting a locomotive back into running condition is a very expensive business. I would love to see the S160 back in steam, it's a real monster. Thanks for taking a look and your kind comments Cheers Douglas Richard Taylor wrote: > Douglas - There's alot of really nice shots here though I found myself > skimming past qute a number of images that had stuff: plants, fences, > a sheet of plywood, steam, etc. between the viewer and the subject in > otherwise fine shots. Maybe those had interest for someone with an > abiding interest in these locomotives, but for me the blockages were > distracting. > > For me, photographically, these are the best: > > 0244, 0351, 0363, 0380, 0407, 0414, 0428, 0015, and 0260. Nice > catches, all. > > Looks like an interesting place. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Sep 30, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> as usual when I'm on vacation I took a day out on the North Yorkshire >> Moors Railway, a preserved line running from Whitby on the Yorkshire >> coast to the market town of Pickering on the other edge of the North >> York Moors. >> >> Here's the crop of shots taken on that day - for the technically >> minded, the digital shots are those with an MG in the filename, the >> rest are on film. >> All are displayed in black and white. >> >> Comments and criticism more than welcome: >> >> They start here: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Transport/Railways/NYMR_2008_BW/Steam_MG_0241.jpg.html >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for taking time to take a look >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> The cameras were a Canon 20D with Canon, Zeiss and Leica lenses, a >> Rollei 3003, a Pentax P30 I found up in a charity shop in Pickering >> and my late father's Yashica T-AF (Zeiss lens). Negatives scanned on >> a Canon 9900F flatbed 24 at a time - my Nikon V ED needs servicing >> and a clean. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information