Caught on camera at Creeton 20250702--002
91101 Flying Scotsman passes Creeton, working 1D23 17.03 King's Cross - Leeds. [Pole, 3/6 sections (~4m)]
I was filling in time between leaving work and going for 66501 on 4E56 at Werrington (again - but using a 50mm lens rather than 31mm, and, I hoped, focussing correctly), and went to try to find some locations for 91s north of Peterborough. I found the spot at Greatford, but it was a bit windy to use the pole at the necessary height, so came here for 1D23 - even though I'd done this angle before (and, I later discovered, with 91101!). However, that had been an hour earlier, before the sun had moved properly onto the front, and when I tried it on 1D23 the sun dipped.
Unfortunately, waiting around for 66501 was a waste of time: I didn't get a shot as I discovered the Werrington Diveunder was temporarily out of use and 4E56 used the old route where there isn't a clear view of the train.
Manipulation notes: Because it was windy, the pole was wobbling backwards and forwards a little, even at only 4 metres. The frame with the 91 in the optimum position had too much sky and not enough foreground. Cropping it to 16:9 format made it too much a shot of just the train, but I've added extra foreground (and cropped some of the sky) using parts of the last frame in the burst (after the 91 had run out of the frame).
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Caught on camera at Creeton 20250702--002
91101 Flying Scotsman passes Creeton, working 1D23 17.03 King's Cross - Leeds. [Pole, 3/6 sections (~4m)]
I was filling in time between leaving work and going for 66501 on 4E56 at Werrington (again - but using a 50mm lens rather than 31mm, and, I hoped, focussing correctly), and went to try to find some locations for 91s north of Peterborough. I found the spot at Greatford, but it was a bit windy to use the pole at the necessary height, so came here for 1D23 - even though I'd done this angle before (and, I later discovered, with 91101!). However, that had been an hour earlier, before the sun had moved properly onto the front, and when I tried it on 1D23 the sun dipped.
Unfortunately, waiting around for 66501 was a waste of time: I didn't get a shot as I discovered the Werrington Diveunder was temporarily out of use and 4E56 used the old route where there isn't a clear view of the train.
Manipulation notes: Because it was windy, the pole was wobbling backwards and forwards a little, even at only 4 metres. The frame with the 91 in the optimum position had too much sky and not enough foreground. Cropping it to 16:9 format made it too much a shot of just the train, but I've added extra foreground (and cropped some of the sky) using parts of the last frame in the burst (after the 91 had run out of the frame).
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.