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Old 05-07-2009, 04:39 AM
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Default An old country railroad in black and white

In the dead of winter, I was working on a friend's water heater and while it was draining, I thought I would take a quick jaunt down the road and see if there was anything of interest to shoot. I came across a railroad crossing and thought I would back up and park the car and just wander around a little. These shots are the results of about a five minute photo session before I went on in search of other stuff.

rr bw 5

tracks bw

rr spike bw

rr bw1
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Old 05-07-2009, 08:37 AM
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i love the last shot... like a scene in a horror game i played...
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Old 05-07-2009, 08:44 AM
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great shots in black and white. the second one looks mysterious and the last looks like a path to heaven.
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Old 05-07-2009, 08:48 AM
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Love the shots where you're looking straight down the tracks. You can see all the little ripples on the tracks themselves.
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Old 05-07-2009, 10:33 AM
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Very nice Patrick. I can't decide if I want to see what's around the bend or just stare off down the straight away. Great work as always...
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Old 05-07-2009, 10:58 AM
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very nice, I especially like the 2nd one. very cool.
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Old 05-07-2009, 11:09 AM
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Patrick, this is a great set of shots that are nicely done. I love the second one. That bend in the track makes me wonder to where it is going. Good job
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Old 05-07-2009, 12:52 PM
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Nice images. I like the closeup of the spike and the ripples in the second one are intriguing. Like the others, I can't decide whether to go around the bend or take off down the straightaway.
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Old 05-07-2009, 03:00 PM
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that's the beauty of rr tracks .. this one train station where I catch the commuter train, is right across from the rr yard .. and there's tons of tracks running every which way .. and I never get tired of looking at them .. thank you Patrick for stirring up happy moments .. these are super images
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LOVE that last one!
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