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My obligatory shot of the very heavily photographed Alstom Avelia Liberty consist that has been testing on the Northeast Corridor. This was very much a grab shot as I arrived on the platform at Edison, NJ seconds before the train passed.
Amtrak has ordered 28 of these sets to handle the next generation of Acela Express service.
AMTK 2102 Avelia Liberty/Acela Express
Leica M2
35mm 8-element Summicron replica (yellow filter)
Fomapan 100 in Clayton F76 (1:9 @ 68 deg for 7 min)
this morning, I made some digital test shots exploring the possibilities that exist within the idea of artistic blur. here is one... I plan to make some of these on film in the near future.
I ran across this photo in my archive. It's really a throw-away image; it was a lens test of Nikon 180mm f/2.8 ED on a Canon 5D. I bought the lens to use for astrophotography, but I took it out one day after work to see how the lens worked in general. I think I shot this to explore the lens's foreground blur. The quality of the light struck me, though.
Lockheed Martin F-35A 13-5074 blasts away from Nellis Air Force Base. This aircraft is part of the 422nd Test & Evaluation Squadron based at Nellis.
Aircraft: Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II AF 13-5074/OT.
Location: Cheyenne Avenue, Nellis AFB, near Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
After trading places a few days before with BMEX 259, RPRX 2010 finally hits the main line performing some tests that will possibly lead to the Union Railroad buy some gensets. Here 2010 leads a train of 10 slabs past the class yard bound for Irvin, the 259 struggled up the grades in the Mon Valley with only 7 slabs, the 2010 on the other hand handled the train with no problem.
Kentmere Pan 400. Xtol stock, Agfa Compact 935
The Agfa Compact (Optima 935) is a quite rare camera, and even more difficult to find in working conditions so I'm very happy of this finding.
It was the last camera built by Agfa in Germany in 1981
Testing how the film works in the new old camera. Will need to give an extra stop. However, this shot at the winery came out interesting.
Canon Elan II
Canon 50f1.8 (Shot at 1.8)
Svema MZ3 (ISO3)
Photographing a Test Train on HS1 in any kind of light is a hard thing to do. Eurotunnel have the contract to haul them with their Krupps Locomotives and they always go out at night after the last Eurostar and are back home before daylight. This one was booked back at D Moor at 0447 but I watched it on RTT during the night and it was running 30 minutes late which meant its seen here about 0510 in the morning with just enough light amongst the mist to record 0004 & 0003 on the 2312 D Moor to D Moor test train with it running up to Stratford International twice up HS1.Seen here dropping down the Freight Chord to D Moor at the end of its long night.
After checking the weather for days, on Thursday morning June, 29 I decided to head east as weather forecasts were showing it was the only direction with a chance of good weather.
Riding with me that day was my mother who was visiting for the week and my wife. It was out the door at 5 AM, and eastbound we headed. All week long the smoke from the Canadian wildfires had been chocking out any sun there had been. By Painsville, OH, we were in full sun. We eventually made it to Erie, PA.
With a heads up from a friend, I was informed that even though workers were striking at the Wabtec management would be out testing locomotives and off to the Erie East Commercial test track we headed.
Not long after arriving at the only grade crossing on the test track 4 units made a slow pass eastbound. Knowing it would not be long before they came back west and I set up for this shot.
Heading back west under a heavy load, at slow speed CSXT 7276 a newly rebuilt CW44AC, now a CM44AC leads GECX 2015 & 2014 both ET44AC's, and NS 7635 a ES40DC, back towards the plant.
The three of us hung around for 3 more passes while they kept testing the CSX and NS units as I changed photo angles.
67008 is seen at Dorrington working 3A07, a Cardiff Canton – Crewe Carriage Sidings test working, prior to the Marches loco hauled services having a fifth coach in the consist.
Spanish built Alstom/GM-EMD Colas Class 67 Bo-Bo’s no.67 023 "Stella" leading, with 67 027 "Charlotte" bringing up the rear of the high speed test train, as it passes through Bolton Percy on the ECML.
control of the contrast.
Orwo NP20 plates 6.5x9, Rodinal dev
Ilford Ilfospeed paper 4,35 M, Medium 180 (grain)
@f8 interval 5s
Ilford multigrade dev, economy it can be used at 1:14
Durst M605 + Rodenstock 75/4.5
224/365
This was my only test shot before the rain caught up with me.
I have 30 mins to do this and somehow I was rob of that time.
Maybe because frolicking in the fields with a white fabric is not weird enough. Try to imagine it trailing behind as the person runs for cover. Probably the kind where nightmares are made from.
Or maybe because it's a dire reminder that my camera is not waterproof and it had enough adventures these past 224++++ days.
I doubt.
Anyways, this taught me 2 things.
1. You really have no control of the weather whatsoever. (Trust me, I pathetically told the cloud to hold it for another extra 30 mins!!)
2. And always, always treat your test shots as real cause you never know.
You never know.