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Wed February 23, 2005 5:56pm
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Rating: 10
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Hi Doug!
GAD! You sure get around!
Cheers!
Rob
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ohlemeier
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Registered: June 2003
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Fri February 25, 2005 2:53am
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Rob,
I just seek out good photo locations of Amtrak trains in cities I have to visit on business. I've been to Texas twice in two years, so I know where most of the most scenic areas are. I now have trackside shots of every Amtrak LD train west of the Mississippi.
Photos located at
http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakphotos/
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Scenic Amtrak views at
http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakphotos/
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ohlemeier
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Registered: June 2003
Posts: 7
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Fri February 25, 2005 9:40pm
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Interesting, that train has locomotives on both ends, so can get good shots of the train going either direction, as in this one...
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=21172&sort=1&cat=500&page=1
A little trade secret here, I shot this location with TWO cameras.
My main camera, Canon SLR AE-1, was on a tripod with a 28MM wide angle lens.
The camera that took this shot, a 5 megapixel digital, I had set upon the concrete railing on the pedestrian part of the bridge. With my left hand, I had it set on continuous shooting.
I saved my most attention to the SLR with my right hand in terms of framing and focus. I of course had to crop the digital pics a littel since they weren't the primary camera.
The film camera has slide film which will be developed later. Would be good to compare the image qualities.
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Scenic Amtrak views at
http://www.trainweb.org/amtrakphotos/
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Fri February 25, 2005 9:59pm
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Hi!
Even after almost 40 years of Railfanning, I got a bunch to learn!
Keep up the good work!
Rob
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