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06/11/2014 12:32:28 PM |
| Ahh, a beautiful Maine fall. Great colors, as to be expected. I really like your composition. The high perspective makes me feel like I could be on that train, and the leading line of the tracks makes me feel like we're going somewhere. It would be a really fat train, but it seems possible that a person on the train could have taken this photo. Though, I will say, watch out for that branch! |
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03/17/2009 10:47:03 PM |
| Nice shot, I like the long train line across the shot. |
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03/17/2009 09:58:22 PM |
| Oh, WOW. What a beautiful composition. It looks like a paiting. One of my high scores. Good Luck. |
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03/17/2009 12:55:52 PM |
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03/17/2009 12:39:24 PM |
| like the view would like to be on the train |
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03/17/2009 12:19:10 PM |
| Nice scene with good feeling of depth created by the railway tracks running right through the frame. |
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03/17/2009 06:43:40 AM |
| Nice composition and colours |
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03/16/2009 11:02:53 PM |
It's almost like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. I wish it were a bit more in focus in parts... like the town name sign.
Not voting yet. |
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03/16/2009 07:34:38 PM |
| This doesn't really connect with me, but I'm having trouble putting my finger on why... I think it's just that I don't have an emotional connection with the subject. Nice autumn colors though. |
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03/16/2009 06:52:08 PM |
| Almost has the tilt/shift toy effect without the excess blurring. Very nice. |
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03/16/2009 06:12:15 PM |
| nice morning light, very serene setting. |
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03/16/2009 05:43:57 PM |
| great capture - keep up the good work |
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03/16/2009 01:16:17 PM |
| Good shot. A lower angle might even score higher for you. |
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03/16/2009 05:13:43 AM |
| Conveys depth nicely. Well shot. |
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03/16/2009 03:55:16 AM |
| Awesome capture and presentation. Gorgeous. Great colors. |
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03/16/2009 12:14:08 AM |
| Nice leading lines, and good colour. |
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03/15/2009 10:55:11 PM |
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03/15/2009 08:14:25 PM |
| Nice depth, seems too bright on left. |
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03/15/2009 02:45:49 PM |
not so sharp and a bit grainy but nice perspective , i give just 4 sorry
brano ;D |
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03/15/2009 11:59:10 AM |
| A beautiful autumn scene, I like the leading lines of the track. Seems a bit too contrasty. |
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03/15/2009 11:12:22 AM |
Good leading line. Having it on a slight diagonal adds a dynamic aspect to the image. The train station anchors the shot.
The colouring bothers me a bit. The blue/purple of the gravel doesn't look natural (though may very well be). Shadows can change the colour. There's just a coupld of hot spots in the grass and treed areas but they aren't really a distraction. |
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03/15/2009 07:13:35 AM |
| there seems to be some noise in this image |
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03/15/2009 03:14:06 AM |
| excellent perspective and colors, 7 |
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03/14/2009 11:59:57 PM |
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03/14/2009 11:20:51 PM |
| a feel of isolation, the shadows add to that |
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03/14/2009 11:00:01 PM |
| could use a bit of sharpening, but other then that i really like this. lovely color and perspecive. lighting is nice too |
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03/14/2009 10:54:59 PM |
| Excellent leading lines, I like how bright the tracks are. |
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03/14/2009 05:18:20 PM |
| Digital zoom generally produces out-of-focus and poor quality images. Aside from that, the scene is quite good, nice composition and colors :) A beautiful fall scene. (5 because of the digital zoom) |
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03/14/2009 03:25:22 PM |
| The rails really draw the eyes |
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03/14/2009 12:02:58 PM |
| Angle is nice for the photo. |
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03/14/2009 11:00:50 AM |
| vibrant colors and a pleasant image |
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03/14/2009 06:00:20 AM |
| Nice autumn view of this railway station and the rails leading to the end (of the photo). |
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03/13/2009 07:22:12 PM |
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03/13/2009 07:08:56 PM |
As the sun dropped on the idyllic scene, Old Man Bartleby closed up shop on another lazy day. Not too many folks took the train anymore, and though he still had rather steady work, it wasn't like it was in the old days.
No, back then this place was always a scene of such barely ordered chaos, meetings of old friends, hurried gentlemen and harried mothers, and all the social trappings of being the main source of transportation for any small and populated village of its kind.
Now, he was lucky to see a couple hundred people a week, and then only if a sight-seeing tour came through. However, it was work, and he loved what he did, and Lady Marple still came through to see her son out Biddeford way now and then, and he always had a wonderful chat with her, and kept abreast of the family and the goings on of the big city.
He sighed, and locked the door, and began his journey home, and so it was that he missed the growing sound of activity on the far side of the station, by the track. Had he been there still, and had he been quiet enough or lucky enough to not startle them, he would have been amazed, and full of wonder and of fear, for gathering there in the deepening dusk were the phantom shapes of people. People that quickly grew more solid, yet remained quite ethereal. People dressed in old costumes with the flavor of the old days, before the advent of the car. People milling here and there, talking amongst themselves, waving to each other, and looking as if they were expecting to leave at any second.
And as the sun finally disappeared over the horizon, and darkness settled in like a blanket on the chill of the evening, another sound was heard. The whispering call of a train whistle. It would be like a rush of wind to our ears, but at its call the ghostly figures all looked up, and happily gathered on the tiny platform, and indeed, they could be seen inside the station as well, though it was locked up tight.
The train, itself just a whisp of thought gliding through the air, pulled up to the station and stopped. It also took on a more prominent stature as it solidified to sight, but only just enough, and with a call from its phantom conductor, began to board.
The people seemed not to touch the ground as they boarded the train, and those inside the station simply walked, or simply moved, through the shuttered doors of the building, impeded not by any physical structure, until they too were lost to the interior of the train. As soon as they were all on board and settled, it sounded its whistle again, this time loud enough to silence the crickets and frogs, and pulled away.
For 40 nights, this spiritual scene had played out, and another night passed once more, and to what end these ghostly memories of the past went on to, none would ever know. |
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03/13/2009 03:47:56 PM |
| home sweet home... Maine! great shot :-) |
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03/13/2009 03:10:07 PM |
| I like the perspective and the color, great shot. |
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03/13/2009 01:04:17 PM |
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03/13/2009 12:42:34 PM |
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03/13/2009 12:06:08 PM |
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03/13/2009 10:07:30 AM |
| Lovely station. I wish we had scenery like this where I lived. |
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03/13/2009 09:38:17 AM |
| Nice looking station, I like how the track leads you through to all the great colours in the trees |
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03/13/2009 03:26:23 AM |
| I'm not exactly sure where the focus is. The composition is okay. |
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03/13/2009 03:03:45 AM |
| This is a great coposition. I wish you did not overprocess it. |
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03/12/2009 08:17:01 PM |
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03/12/2009 08:01:43 PM |
| Like the vanishing point and the composition, good work. |
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03/12/2009 06:34:06 PM |
| Pretty shot, maybe cropping out some of the extra track at the bottom of the scene would tighten up on the station itself - more of an impact that way. Good luck! |
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03/12/2009 04:58:53 PM |
| I like the way you've used the track in this |
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03/12/2009 03:29:48 PM |
| Is this in kennebunk maine, I didn't know about his place. Nice shot! I like how the railroad tracks just go off and kinda disappear. |
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03/12/2009 02:24:56 PM |
| Nice angle and great lines. The composition is really nice! |
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03/12/2009 01:34:51 PM |
| picture looks a bit flat, it has a lot of potential if properly post processed. |
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03/12/2009 12:19:43 PM |
| Interesting frame - nice job. |
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03/12/2009 10:07:05 AM |
| well composed image, a little over sharpened in my opinion nice colors |
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03/12/2009 08:33:57 AM |
| Looks like that tree branch on the left took your focus. Would have liked to see more focus on the tracks. Nice subject tho. |
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03/12/2009 05:04:21 AM |
| I like this - pleasant and warm and though the station looks empty at the moment, the picture does not at all feel lonely - indeed it feels quite friendly. |
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03/11/2009 09:36:09 PM |
| Nice line. Maybe getting down lower, or using a shallower depth of field would have helped this one. |
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03/11/2009 07:51:03 PM |
| A little oversaturated and oversharpened in my opinion. A good way to boost saturation naturally with good effect is selecting cloudy for your white balance. It will warm up the colors nicely without resulting in unnatural looking colors. |
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03/11/2009 06:55:08 PM |
| Nice fall colors at the old station. Only one track- must be a quiet stop. |
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03/11/2009 06:04:19 PM |
| Railroad tracks can be fun, and you've got nice strong lines and a decent vanishing point. Still, there's nothing here to create context or scale. I'm just not seeing what made you think "this would be an awesome picture." |
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03/11/2009 05:45:57 PM |
| Excellent DOF and great choice of colors. This is breathtaking! 9 |
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03/11/2009 01:46:20 PM |
| I like how this has the feel of a painting, almost sort of dreamy. Great colors and love the detail of the rails. Very pleasing. |
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03/11/2009 01:02:55 PM |
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03/11/2009 12:02:05 PM |
| this is a wonderful spot, did you crop this alot? it seems that your photo has more "grain" than it should... |
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03/11/2009 11:15:21 AM |
| way oversaturated and too noisy |
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03/11/2009 02:57:13 AM |
| Perhaps could do with being sharper |
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03/11/2009 01:31:44 AM |
| Nice composition - too much sharpening (lower left corner).. reminds me of Fried Green Tomatoes.. 6 |
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