I like this picture. Probably mostly because of the clouds. I really like clouds. The only thing I don't like about it are the reflections of the lights from inside the train.......but otherwise it's very good.

Shit! Why do i feel so small in front of you ?!

God.
I love trains.

I actually like the reflection in the clouds in the upper left corner~
Like a highway in the sky..
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very moody shot, as if leaving and not arriving :-)
reminded me of daniel's (objective-view) shots of rails, same darkness arriving feel
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I have just discovered your site, and am really impressed with your photography. I am assuming that you are not a pro (just from your comments generally), but the quality of the photos shout 'serious professional' to me. You obviously have a great eye for details, colour, shapes - and with good retouching skills. Did you used to do wet-darkroom work befroe digital? Anyway, fine work and brilliant photoblog

David, im glad you chose to include a link to the original image from yesterday. Not only does it give insite into the technical methods used to achieve the end result, but more importantly (at least for me), it gives insight into the 'minds eye' of the photographer.

It is in the comparison that much can be learnt about one's photography. I sometimes find the changes more interesting than the final result. During the manipluation process, the conscious chooses what to dissapate and what to accentuate. Untill a point where the subconscious decides it is 'right'.

For instance in yesterdays image, information has been removed in order to make the foreground less of a distraction. The focus of the eye then goes to the structure in the distance, then follows the perspective lines of the reflecting lights, and onto discover the ghostly face. The eye has a journey across the image.

Todays image is also interesting in that the vanishing point of the window frame co-insides with those of the rail tracks. So much so that with a similar technique as yesterday, the wondow frame information is reduced to highlights that appear to be tracks as well. It gives a ghostly atmosphere as the 'feild' of tracks dissapear into the darkness.

I hope this is constructive in some way.

Keep up the interesting work David.

Beautiful shot. Great job keeping just enough detail in the sky and just enough on the ground to make the photo work.

Thanks for posting the original of yesterday's image. All of my photos pass through photoshop in some way, normally for just contrast and levels adjustments. However, there are some that just beg for a lot more tweaking. I'm a firm beliver that the end result is more important than the process, and seeing other people's starting point helps inspire me to be more confident in experimenting.

I actually like this photo more than the previous one. it's more vintage, more sense of reality. The tones turned out good, the lighting and the details on the tracks are excellent.
It's weird that you kept the blue in the sky, but I like it because it gives the old effect a modern feel.
Once again, good manipulation.

Salamander: no, I'm not a pro (though I'm attempting to make some progress in that direction). As for darkroom experience: I used to do quite a lot of b&w developing, but never got around to doing colour.

cam: as with a lot of my shots yesterday's 'evolved'. One of the tools that I think is most useful for digital work is Photoshop's Curves tool - I often spend 10 or 15 minutes trying out different settings till I get something that I know looks right, in my opinion at least.

east3rd: go for it :-)

I would like it a lot more without the flourescent lights reflecting in the window - because then it's not clear it's through a window, and you're left wondering why it all goes black at the vanishing point.

I'm really glad you posted the before and after. I've been wondering exactly how much you're massaging each image. You told me in an email once that you don't like to crop after the shot so I find it interesting you don't mind modifying every other aspect of the image. To each their own :-) Your photoshop work is very impressive btw. I'm definitely going to look at your work from a different perspective now. A very different perspective. Thanks-