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Railroad Crossing

Posted by Tracey (Maryland, United States) on 24 June 2008 in Transportation and Portfolio.

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Comments (11)

Rags from Plano, United States

Lovely image.

24 Jun 2008 5:44am

Brian from Seattle, United States

fantastic capture with just the right shutter speed. You have a interesting vignette there.

24 Jun 2008 9:58am

@Brian: Thanks Brian. There is a story behind the vignette, but it is a long one. Short version...I had to grab the camera quickly and only had time to change the shutter speed to 1/30sec. I couldn't go slower due to it being handheld and I didn't have time to change the aperture. SO, the highlighted details in the background were blown. To reduce the distraction from that, I added the vignette. It turned out to be a long story anyhow!

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

For me this is sort of an American icon that immediately floods me with a lot of pictures and impressions (mostly from movies) - and this is so cool!

24 Jun 2008 10:00am

@MadScientist: Yes, it is, in my opinion, an American icon. I just love trains...particularly freight trains or old steam passenger trains. They are fun to shoot too!

pLusOne from cheonan, South Korea

cool image with the nice colours and lightings

24 Jun 2008 12:02pm

Chris Osborne from Sumter, United States

I love the speed of this one. And the colors make it even better.

24 Jun 2008 2:02pm

sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Excellent capture! Love the red and motion blur.

24 Jun 2008 3:20pm

Chris from South Jersey, United States

Great action - I love the blur with the still sign. Really neat effect (and the vignetting works well for it also).

24 Jun 2008 6:38pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Awesome shot, and extremely well captured. The vignette adds a real nice touch to the shot.

24 Jun 2008 7:28pm

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Very cool shot! love the motion!

25 Jun 2008 4:18am

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

Great movement, motion, blur...love the vignetting!

25 Jun 2008 1:34pm

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Railroads still retain their charm after all this time . . I like how you have selected just the right speed for this take.

26 Jun 2008 8:15pm

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Canon EOS 5D
1/30 second
F/22.0
ISO 400
70 mm