Hustling Home
I'm not sure if I love this or hate it. I was trying to convey speed but the Alaska Railroad mainline is no Northeast Corridor so I probably needed a bit slower shutter for a touch more motion blur, thought to be honest I kinda wish I'd just shot this at a high shutter speed for a traditional sharp freeze frame image. But you can't go back in time and photography is an evolving process of trial and error as you learn new skills and techniques and decide what you come to like.
So I don't completely hate this but nor do I love it. Thoughts?
Anyway, as for the train this the northbound Coastal Classic passenger train (210W) behind a standard SD70MAC/GP40-2 making its way home to Anchorage, 111 miles from the south end of the railroad in Seward. They are leaning into the curve approaching Beluga Point near MP 95.2 on the ARRC mainline. The tide is high in Turnagain Arm and the mud flats are hidden beneath the deep blue water while the Kenai Mountains sparkle in the distance a dozen miles away across the fjord like waterway.
On this day the sun rose at 4:22 AM and won't set until 11:39 PM so the passengers aboard will have a glorious view over the top of the mountains at Grandview and then along the shore of Turnagain Arm with a scheduled arrival back in the big city at 10:15 PM.
South of Anchorage, Alaska
Wednesday June 13, 2013
Hustling Home
I'm not sure if I love this or hate it. I was trying to convey speed but the Alaska Railroad mainline is no Northeast Corridor so I probably needed a bit slower shutter for a touch more motion blur, thought to be honest I kinda wish I'd just shot this at a high shutter speed for a traditional sharp freeze frame image. But you can't go back in time and photography is an evolving process of trial and error as you learn new skills and techniques and decide what you come to like.
So I don't completely hate this but nor do I love it. Thoughts?
Anyway, as for the train this the northbound Coastal Classic passenger train (210W) behind a standard SD70MAC/GP40-2 making its way home to Anchorage, 111 miles from the south end of the railroad in Seward. They are leaning into the curve approaching Beluga Point near MP 95.2 on the ARRC mainline. The tide is high in Turnagain Arm and the mud flats are hidden beneath the deep blue water while the Kenai Mountains sparkle in the distance a dozen miles away across the fjord like waterway.
On this day the sun rose at 4:22 AM and won't set until 11:39 PM so the passengers aboard will have a glorious view over the top of the mountains at Grandview and then along the shore of Turnagain Arm with a scheduled arrival back in the big city at 10:15 PM.
South of Anchorage, Alaska
Wednesday June 13, 2013