47004 Sydney Gardens 25th April 1998
Bath's Sydney Gardens park is a famous location for railway pictures but difficult to get the sun lighting up a train at the right time along with plenty of colours. The timescale is narrow as shadows are soon cast once the sun comes round. Luckily I live a 5 minute walk for the park so over the years have had many tries at getting the ultimate shot. I don't feel I've ever achieved it but one of the better attempts was this shot of D1524 (47004) passing the spring blooms on 25th April 1998 with the Bristol bins. In my opinion the suns is to head on making it dark on the sun soaking two tone green livery although I've manage to miss the shadows. Taken at 14:00 that spring day 22 years ago I'm thinking it was 20 mins too early. This shot is still on but Network Rail decided the low wall was too dangerous to train watchers and put a temporary metal fence back in 2016, why they can't put something up in sympathy to the park is disgraceful.
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47004 Sydney Gardens 25th April 1998
Bath's Sydney Gardens park is a famous location for railway pictures but difficult to get the sun lighting up a train at the right time along with plenty of colours. The timescale is narrow as shadows are soon cast once the sun comes round. Luckily I live a 5 minute walk for the park so over the years have had many tries at getting the ultimate shot. I don't feel I've ever achieved it but one of the better attempts was this shot of D1524 (47004) passing the spring blooms on 25th April 1998 with the Bristol bins. In my opinion the suns is to head on making it dark on the sun soaking two tone green livery although I've manage to miss the shadows. Taken at 14:00 that spring day 22 years ago I'm thinking it was 20 mins too early. This shot is still on but Network Rail decided the low wall was too dangerous to train watchers and put a temporary metal fence back in 2016, why they can't put something up in sympathy to the park is disgraceful.
This picture is best viewed by clicking on it.
Pentax 6 x 7 Slide Scan