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Semaphore Blur
After snapping a blue hour shot of the Levy semaphores, the thought occurred to me to check to see where Amtrak was. If it was on time, I should have seen it near Raton, but I had not. I assumed it had passed by while out of sight of the freeway, but a check of the Amtrak site showed it was running late...in fact, it was less than 10 minutes away!
In a panic I quickly setup at the intermediates between Levy and Wagon Mound, and with little time to even get off a test shot, I went with an obvious composition.
During my test shot, the semaphore lit, and seconds later, here comes Amtrak barreling towards me, snow blowing like crazy, a truly dramatic sight! Click went the shutter, and the train was here and gone in seconds. Here is the result. The shot certainly captures the speed and blowing snow, but I'll always wonder if I'd had more time if I'd been able to pull off a far more dramatic shot.
Semaphore Blur
After snapping a blue hour shot of the Levy semaphores, the thought occurred to me to check to see where Amtrak was. If it was on time, I should have seen it near Raton, but I had not. I assumed it had passed by while out of sight of the freeway, but a check of the Amtrak site showed it was running late...in fact, it was less than 10 minutes away!
In a panic I quickly setup at the intermediates between Levy and Wagon Mound, and with little time to even get off a test shot, I went with an obvious composition.
During my test shot, the semaphore lit, and seconds later, here comes Amtrak barreling towards me, snow blowing like crazy, a truly dramatic sight! Click went the shutter, and the train was here and gone in seconds. Here is the result. The shot certainly captures the speed and blowing snow, but I'll always wonder if I'd had more time if I'd been able to pull off a far more dramatic shot.