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SWR’s Racing Ground
I was talking to some really nice trainspotters on Wednesday (15/11/23) in Potbridge who told me that the South Western Mainline was used as a racing track in the days of steam as the track was mostly straight around Basingstoke. I found this shot taken hours before and realised this was perfect for representing that in photography form in the modern era as I used a slow panning shutter speed to pan from above to really convey the energy and motion of the Class 444 passing below Old Potbridge Road. I took this photograph as part of my railway college photography project with the theme ‘the rush of the railway’. I hope you like it!
This week, I will post another photograph I took from this location (a light trail) which came out superb & I am excited to share it with you.
Thank you to Steve Poole who inspired me to visit this location through some of his Flickr photography work on his profile!
SWR’s Racing Ground
I was talking to some really nice trainspotters on Wednesday (15/11/23) in Potbridge who told me that the South Western Mainline was used as a racing track in the days of steam as the track was mostly straight around Basingstoke. I found this shot taken hours before and realised this was perfect for representing that in photography form in the modern era as I used a slow panning shutter speed to pan from above to really convey the energy and motion of the Class 444 passing below Old Potbridge Road. I took this photograph as part of my railway college photography project with the theme ‘the rush of the railway’. I hope you like it!
This week, I will post another photograph I took from this location (a light trail) which came out superb & I am excited to share it with you.
Thank you to Steve Poole who inspired me to visit this location through some of his Flickr photography work on his profile!