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Very, very occasionally I find it difficult to find something to say about a shot that I put up, but on this occasion I really can't think of anything other than that I quite like it.

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10.34am on 9/2/05
Canon 20D
EF 17-40 f/4L USM
38mm (61mm equiv.)
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comment by paul at 09:38 PM (GMT) on 12 February, 2005

looks like auto pilots working :)

rotation is cool, like the dark moody contrast.

comment by Ryan Rahn at 10:28 PM (GMT) on 12 February, 2005

Yes, the contrast is very nice. Very simple and definite subject as well. What's with the rotation?

comment by moscon at 12:09 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

I quite like it too. ^ The auto-post seems to be very efficient, I need to look into movable type.

comment by Fellow Eskimo at 12:26 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

Is it crooked on purpose? Is the autopilot a little tipsy with posting your pictures? Just curious.

I have to say this one appears...flat? There isnt much to it, nothing that immediatly takes my eye. Maybe its the colour.

comment by Thinh at 12:29 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

Yeah? How come the photo's crooked? I hope that it's not suppose to be that way and just a broken plugin.

Too much detail, to distracting to me.

comment by miles at 02:14 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

Gritty and pretty.

comment by Turfdigger at 02:51 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

Now I know that there must be some puzzle to be solved here, what with the rotation - II'll be scratching my head for a bit:-) All things railway - love every last bit of ballast here!

comment by frisky? at 02:54 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

wonderful. frisky likes.

comment by fernando at 02:57 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

is it me or do your photos look better with the grey template?
always seems like that to me!

comment by quasi at 06:12 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

Mmmm, I quite like this too, though the rotation is strange.

Clever title. :)

comment by fraxinus at 10:49 AM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

The 'slipped' mount is a very neat touch and absolutely in tune with the image. At the risk of further play on words I'd say you're stretching the boundaries again Dave. We need more humour (or, for our transatlantic friends, 'humor') like this...
I hope 'the London showing went well.

comment by anonimous at 12:35 PM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

Preciosa composición, preciosa toma, super acertado el tono sepia.
fecilitaciones.

comment by glen at 02:32 PM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

this type of tone always seems to work well with railroad photos... maybe having the "40" in the upper right of the photo would have been a bit more effective, as the center of visual focus it leads the eye right off the left of the photo... love the color effect and the highlighting of the rail spikes... excellent shot

comment by matt at 05:51 PM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

What I like most is the way your exposure goes to complete black (or brown) in the lower right. Also, that 40 is randomly elegant.

comment by Jayaprakash at 07:41 PM (GMT) on 13 February, 2005

A very nice dynamic picture, good framing! Congrats

comment by Yvette at 01:51 AM (GMT) on 14 February, 2005

Congrats on the exhabition - well deserved I say! Love the contrast in this shot. I like the 40 too... not sure what it means but it adds just a little something.

comment by David at 02:16 AM (GMT) on 14 February, 2005

That wouldn't be a 40 degree angle would it?

comment by o2c at 08:44 PM (GMT) on 14 February, 2005

very nice picture, like the color and the composition...
a little flash back in the past....
;)

comment by djn1 at 09:49 PM (GMT) on 15 February, 2005

Thanks everyone.

As for why this was rotated: I decided that I would have preferred this shot if I'd rotated it a little as I took it, so I thought I'd try rotating it and then cropping. But after rotating it I decided that I quite liked the black border, particularly the way it complemented the dark corners, so left it as it was.