Coloradorailphotographer
Rods Down, Track Speed, South for Denver
Not the same frame I posted in July. A final look at the 2018 Cheyenne Frontier Days Denver Post charter. I generally pull 844 shots I get every summer after a few months a guy can have too many in his portfolio, though I really like this locomotive...
In this frame I had my needs met with rods down and some light helping 844 stand out from its background right behind the smoke deflectors. Taken at Platteville by the elevator standing in the native grasses capturing the moment as I waned to see it. I wanted a grain elevator this year since I am all about props and High Plains grasslands. With literally 1000’s of photos of this train at numerous locations mostly grade crossings and with the typical light conditions as they are along this line in the mid Summer I prayed for some weather. I chased this light from Greeley moving 5 times before taking a last bet, the last elevator and the last place I felt this works I was willing to walk away empty handed as I have countless captures of this train and 844 dating back to 1992.
How did I do it? I post edited my RAW file shot on camera with some basic settings to avoid blowing out the highlights and crushing the blacks. In the post process I made 2 panels with two different exposures set in Lightroom and layered them one to push the darks back and one to pull the lights up to increase the punch on the subject. I shot this with a quality 14/24mm zoom at 16mm at ISO 800 with the aperture set to f16. I am happy with the results. I planned something like this months in advance and needed to improvise in the field to get it. I have a lasting memory of 844 on a beautiful train in beautiful Colorado storm light.
Rods Down, Track Speed, South for Denver
Not the same frame I posted in July. A final look at the 2018 Cheyenne Frontier Days Denver Post charter. I generally pull 844 shots I get every summer after a few months a guy can have too many in his portfolio, though I really like this locomotive...
In this frame I had my needs met with rods down and some light helping 844 stand out from its background right behind the smoke deflectors. Taken at Platteville by the elevator standing in the native grasses capturing the moment as I waned to see it. I wanted a grain elevator this year since I am all about props and High Plains grasslands. With literally 1000’s of photos of this train at numerous locations mostly grade crossings and with the typical light conditions as they are along this line in the mid Summer I prayed for some weather. I chased this light from Greeley moving 5 times before taking a last bet, the last elevator and the last place I felt this works I was willing to walk away empty handed as I have countless captures of this train and 844 dating back to 1992.
How did I do it? I post edited my RAW file shot on camera with some basic settings to avoid blowing out the highlights and crushing the blacks. In the post process I made 2 panels with two different exposures set in Lightroom and layered them one to push the darks back and one to pull the lights up to increase the punch on the subject. I shot this with a quality 14/24mm zoom at 16mm at ISO 800 with the aperture set to f16. I am happy with the results. I planned something like this months in advance and needed to improvise in the field to get it. I have a lasting memory of 844 on a beautiful train in beautiful Colorado storm light.