SOLD with that mate, and what a shoehorn, nice tenuous linkWeek 48 - Juice
...Oh okay then, it's a train shoe-horn)
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Cheers Chris. I think I managed something different from the expected.Excellent take on the theme A fruit coloured mutiple-unit pulling juice from the rail
Thanks Allan. It's a shame I didn't manage exactly the shot I wanted, but I've done far too few shoe-horns recently.Only you......that said a fine idea well thought out
Ta Dom. I did quite like build, and Juice, well, it's me isn't it.Build
Just the job. It's as simple as that.
Juice/Juicy
Well with the explanation it makes perfect sense.
If you're going to put your ear to the rails to listen for a train approaching, don't do it on the live rail. 750v DC won't do you a lot of good.Very lateral thinking here, Tim and thanks for the briefs. I did wonder could the 3rd rails are for power pick-up.
Ta DK, but shoe-horn? where?SOLD with that mate, and what a shoehorn, nice tenuous link
Thanks Dave. See DK, someone think's it's on themeWell someone had to put a juice train in, nicely thought shot and on theme
Well, a bit of a train anyway.A train ... excellent!
Good clear shot for broad theme Tim, not to worry about it being a PABD.
Its an interesting shot with a good back story, so is fine with me...
Works well with the explanation there, looks like you have done the best with the area.
Yep, broad gauge is a good idea for the theme, can't help but think if you had stood closer to the platform edge the broadness of the track bed compared to the standard gauge track would have been emphasised more.
Well that's track lesson for me for today
I think you have done well with what you had Tim, leading lines being the main element sweeping in from the corner, good train'shoehorn'iness
You could tell us any old rubbish and we would believe you, I have to agree with sirch as to getting closer
What! no train!
I think it's a nicely framed image. I mean, you could emphasise the tracks but that would mean a different shot entirely.
Broad
I like a good little story to go with the theme.
The writing would be mirrored too then (the full size image has sufficient detail to read the signs). Is there a convention for leading lines?I was going to suggest flipping the image to get a leading line from bottom left to top right, but then thought this is more of a record shot and that wouldn't be a true representation.
+ve; on theme and not a single train or tracks in sight, not even the white Transit van.
-ve; can't spot any.
I like it, the brick wall being very amateurish built and what looks like surplus mortar the cat sits on. All very rustic.
Yes rustic indeed, I'd love more separation from the background but hey it was a temp shot, I was going to pop out on Sunday too as swamped on Saturday, rain stopped play again also but att least you have a box ticked
Its better than you think its a tad blueish that could be just me of course as said above a bit of separation would look better but it still works with the rather odd wall
Oh yes, a couple of days rest I did ponder some lighting effects in pp, but left it.Yes warmer is better, Tim, though the cat stands out even less now.:banghead: Strange wall that, definitly rustic. With this weather it's best to have a shot in the bank. Well done; at least you can relax until Thursday !!
I did like the St Paul's shot, but the crop into the tower on the left put it into second place for me.I like the warmer temp too. That wall is surely in need of some tlc. Definitely on theme.
Having a quick flick through your thread - I love your St. Paul's image - lovely light against the dark sky and background
I did take several different angles. I do quite like the over processing, but it is over processed, so...I like the Spinnaker Tower shot. I think it's really difficult to get a good image of this and I really like this composition. I don't think I've ever noticed it from that perspective - from the Isle of Wight we usually see it from the other direction!
You have some really nice old stations on the IOW, and I'm not thinking Havenstreet.I enjoyed the narrative on Broad. The old stations are so much more picturesque.
The '38 stock on the IOW are 3rd rail too.Juice - I've learnt another thing - thanks for educating us.
An interesting thought, but that location involves hold the camera above your head in the middle of a bridge, so perhaps notRemote and Build need no explanation - all on theme. I bet a time lapse of Battersea Power Station would be interesting with all those cranes.
I think the wall is just badly maintained. The cat is odd though, I agree. Scarecrow perhaps?Hi Tim, the edit has lifted the atmosphere in your Rustic image and just left lots of questions about the context of who and why planted the cat on that particular wall in that position, and why the wall is in the state it is
Looking back through the images you've posted since my last visit, I like all the activity you have captured in the area around the old Battersea Power Station for Build, and the dramatic light and sky above St Paul's for your Architecture re-shoot, but that set of images for Height includes a couple of crackers. Whilst your first choice does give a good sense of scale and height, I prefer the overall balance of #2, which I also gives a real sense of height because of the sheer size of the Shard compared to all the other buildings in the scene. I also love the perspective of #3, and although you think it's over-processed I think you get away with it here because of the low POV and the details you've brought out of the sky.
Cheers Michael. I agree, the edit is better.That's a good spot Tim, everything fits well with the theme, the warmer version does improve it as well.
Hmm, grittier, yes, that possibly would work. D'ya want to have a go?May be a curves tweak would make it a but grittier? It's a good find for the subject and TBH I think I prefer the tones in the original.
We doAnd once again in English southern rail passing through Vauxhall you have it tough down south
Well, I had to really, didn't I.Why oh why did I know you`d get a train shot in, getting away with the festive trains
It was the beginning of the Santa season on the railway, so avoiding it until after Christmas, hence Rustic was not railway related (although I had a couple of ideas I could have used).Rustic ... mildly disappointed by the lack of train. But some amazing brickwork there.
Festive ... nice shiny train shot just needs tinsel, balloons, that kind of thing.
... looking forward to Take 2.
Thanks Michael.Nice one Tim, like it....
You'd be disappointed if I hadn't, admit it.Festive
You somehow managed to get a train into a festive theme, well done
Thanks Chris.Excellent work of shoe-hornery there Tim.have a good Christmas