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Now that winter has waned I may be one of the few around here to lament that. So here is a shot from a cold day several months back that I like as it captures a bit of everything: the classic local freight, the human element, the interesting interconnected track work, 'heritage' New England colors, and that wintery feel.
After NECR 611 got out of their way headed north the Mass Central Railroad local crew alighted from their single unit to line the switch at the south end of their property to enter the interchange track and swing east down to the small yard to drop off and pick up interchange to/from CSXT on this chilly afternoon. GP38-2 1751 (ex PC 7997 blt 7/72) looks sharp in her Boston and Maine inspired bluebird scheme that has has some historic relevance to a small portion of surving B&M trackage operated by the road though most of the line is comprised of the surviving south end of the former Boston and Albany Ware River branch that reached north from here to Winchendon.
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Palmer, Massachusetts
Friday January 7, 2022
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While the start of March would usually signal spring, a cold snap sweeping in from eastern Europe created some of the coldest conditions the UK has experienced in decades. Nicknamed "the Beast from the East", what can only be described as a freak weather event brought bitterly cold temperatures and heavy snowfall. Schools everywhere closed and traffic was brought to a standstill, but the weather also meant some remarkably picturesque scenes across the country, particularly last Wednesday when the snow was thick and steady enough overnight to settle for several hours.
Central London rarely sees snow this heavy, so it was a wonderful opportunity to photograph the capital in a different light. The window to capture the scene undisturbed was narrow: by 5:30am the snowfall had stopped and the snow on the ground was fresh; by 6am snow plows and street-cleaning crews were shovelling the snow and gritting the roads; and by 7am the busy morning commute was grinding the snow into the ground, although an afternoon blizzard provided an extra layer to this, much to the delight of children and big kids everywhere.
I was near the More London complex shortly after the snowfall stopped, and although the view towards City Hall and Tower Bridge is one I've photographed many times, the scene in this weather was like something out of a fairytale. I spent the morning shooting in the area, but an image I captured before sunrise, when there was barely a soul in sight and only a hint of warmth on the horizon, was the one that seemed to capture the essence of the city in the snow.
The final image is a blend of nine exposures combined in Photoshop using luminosity masks, with the weighting towards the brightest exposures for the shadows and midtones and with highlights from the darker exposures to restore detail in the lamps along the walkway and inside the buildings. Using a refined luminosity mask targeted to the highlights and midtones in the sky, I was then able to selectively adjust the foreground to a mixture of soft blues and cyans while playing up the red and magenta tones on the horizon, as well as to enhance some of the highlights in the snow and across City Hall without blowing out detail in the street lights or the sky.
Inside Nik's Silver Efex Pro, I gently lowered the shadow structure in order to soften some of the detail and contrast, as well as amplifying the whites in the foreground to emphasise the brightness and vibrance of the snow covering the scene. Finally, inside Colour Efex Pro, I used a sparing amount of the Pro Contrast filter to add a little more definition to the buildings, and the Glamour Glow filter to enhance the dreamy atmosphere.
I wouldn't have been disappointed if I'd come away without a single image I was happy with, as the experience of seeing Central London under heavy snow was an extraordinary one that I can't imagine will be repeated anytime soon. But I took several photos that morning that seemed to capture the magic in the air, and although it's bizarre to be working on snow-covered images in spring, the UK's recent weather conditions were both bizarre and wonderful.
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Traditional red telephone boxes are a favourite winter subject. Season's Greetings to you all!
Calderdale, Yorkshire, UK
3 exposure image, of Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, UK.
Tonemapped in photomatix, then a bit of a tweek with the levels in photoshop.
Arrived here at 7:30am for the sunrise. There was a hard frost on the ground. I wanted to try to convey the feeling of just how cold it was.
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Cold sunrise.
I couldn't resist a quick visit to the Loch Lomond tree this morning. -8 degrees but some lovely light. Not my usual or preferred type of image but it's nice to try different things.
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"Pendennis Castle" crosses Stanway Viaduct and heads north along the Broadway extension of the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway during a Jack Boskett photo charter.
Locomotive: Great Western Railway Castle Class 4-6-0 4079 "Pendennis Castle".
Location: Stanway Viaduct, near Toddington, Gloucestershire.
Cold is the night
Lonely till dawn
Cry for the light
For the love that won't come
You said that you'd never
Leave me alone
I gave you my heart
You cried for my soul
Good weekend everyone. Stay warm!
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