Steam!

While coming back from a high school marching band competition on Saturday I decided to swing through Grapevine, Texas and see if the old steam locomotive was in operation and sure enough.. she was there, getting ready for a run to Fort Worth. I've always loved trains, old and new.. couldn't resist this shot. Hope you've all had a productive weekend.



Taken with the Leica D-Lux 3
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I like it! And the human element really makes this one a winner.

I was planning to get some shots of the fall leaves today, but it rained all day. I have off work tomorrow, so I'll try again.
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Nice Jim. Gotta love the D-Lux 3 for it's portability and take everyday everwhere size and IQ. I'm still using my D-Lux 2 as it's a fine camera also.
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With all the disparaging remarks, I presumed Leica couldn't do trains. I will submit some shots with the M8 soon.

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Great shot.

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So perfect...looks like it was set up.......

Nice shot....

Par70 said:

So perfect...looks like it was set up.......

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Sometimes you just get lucky.
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The ability to 'see' the shot is more important than the gear.

everything sharp, from Paris to Texas.
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Beautiful! Since the train looks so beautiful and clean I feel as if I were seeing a photo of scale model. I like trains, too. They are fun to ride and take pictures of.

Whilst I enjoyed the pic, sometimes I wonder if I am not Jono,Jim, Irakly,digslr, would my pics get the same number of comments ?
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Catatac said:

Whilst I enjoyed the pic, sometimes I wonder if I am not Jono,Jim,
Irakly,digslr, would my pics get the same number of comments ?

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I don't think it matters who you are.. I've posted images before that got next to nothing in the way of comments. I never take it personally. It's just that sometimes the image one posts, while appealing to the poster, do not interest others in the forum.

This image is quite different from what has lately been posted in this forum and there is nothing really remarkable about the image itself.. just an old train... now, if I had done a BW conversion it may have drawn more comments.. just speculation. Lately BW street has dominate here.. and this image is a far cry from that genre.

As for commenting on images... if I view an image that really speaks to me, I comment. I do not enjoy being over critical of the images of others as I am just an amateur and it is always easy to criticize others. In fact, too often I think many of the images here are over-analyzed. I shoot for fun 90% of the time and it's my enjoyment that really matters. If others like my work, that's great. If others are critical of my work, I try to see their point and learn from it. If I totally disagree with a criticisim.. I don't argue about it.. I just move on.

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The ability to 'see' the shot is more important than the gear.