How u doing up there??????

[napatom2005]

After having horrible shooting conditions on sunday and figuring that most of the shots i took were crud, i found this. i did a black and white version for Railpictures.net and got it accepted, but left it color on flickr. what does everyone think? i think its more a human element shot than a train shot.



Tom

[thenimirra]

could you post up the one that's in black and white. I would love to see it. I like the steam, especially with the black train as the background....I wonder if B/W would make the pic look more timeless, as if it could have occurred at any time in history.

[napatom2005]

sure here ya go

[sunsetter]

I like the B/W best although the other one is good. Sometimes B/W just brings out things that color does not.

[prrs4me]

I like the B/W also. It's close because they are both interesting.

[windrider86]

I agree, I love the b & W version even the sky is pretty white

[epeyton@tampabay.rr.com]

Some how I am all ways different, I like the color

[shannonje]

i like bw better but i'm not a huge fan of the crop/composition - feels a bit tight - it would have been great if you could have gotten this wide angle from the right with this image in the prominent foreground the train trailing off in the background. or at least gotten the guys feet on the platform

[napatom2005]

I went with the tight crop for a reason. For a good number of railfans, its just about the train. But some also try to bring the human element in. like taking a picture of a person taking a picture of a train, to show what their form of photography is all about. and now that you mention it i did cut his feet off. oops. lol. but i think if i would have backed out on the zoom anymore, i would have lost the focal point of the shot, which was the conversation.

[WooD]

Tough choice, but I think I like the b&w best too.

Both are really nice thou.