Maureen
by zetos

Comment by TooCool:
From the Critique Club:

First thing I would like to say is that this is very nicely composed. I love how your lines lead you out of frame. This is something that is very powerful when done right and you did it pretty good here. I my only compositional complaint is the cutting off of the front of the train. I would have liked to see the whole train and a little breathing room in the front of it.

Now the hard part. The first thing I thought when I saw this is 'Damn that's harsh!' It appears that you took this shot during mid day in bright sunlight. This is a very hard time of day to make shots including sky come out nice without filters. Later in the evening or early morning are of course the best times to shoot but that may have been impossible with this subject...

The shot is extremely contrasty. This is a side effect of shooting this time of day. A side effect of being to high in contrast is that it looks oversharpened. Looking closely, I don't believe that this shot really is oversharpened but it has that appearance...

I believe that the time of day that you shot this is probably why it only scored a very low 5.xxxx. Unfortunately because of the subject matter, you may not have had a choice!

Keep on shooting!
TC

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by Prism:
The colour mix and subject of this shot really give it that "old photo" look. Well caught.

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by mpeters:
Looks like an old time poster. Some might consider the contrast to be too great but IMO it works.

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by KHolt:
I like the old fashioned look to this image. The blown out section in the top right is really harsh though. The soft focus works well here. Also the slightly tight crop is interesting

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by v5planet:
haha good idea. it's hard to get a photo to really look old though - you end up getting these weird highlights along edges. where did you find a locomotive like that still running?

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by yanko:
Too much detail has been lost due to the clipped hilights. I barely notice the smoke plume at the top because of it. The left side of the photo is fine even though there are hot spots but those don't bother.

Beyond that the photo is good. It's fairly sharp and it looks like you captured it while it was in motion. Composition-wise, I'm wondering if you had the front of the train more towards the lower right corner that way you'd minimize the highlight problems on the right and more focus would be placed on the front of the train. As it is now my eyes start at the front and make it's way down to the back of the train where the highlight problem areas are.

Anyway, just my opinion. Others might actually see the right side as adding to the style of the look.

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by persimon:
Great treatment. Image looks aged. i love the tons and contrast.

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by sherpet:
I like the strong color contrast.....

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by clay622:
Very nice, this truely looks like an old time photo.

Maureen
by zetos

Comment by MacDonald:
interesting train name.. and very well done photo