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RailPixCritic: Blur and Abstraction
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One person's musings on railroad photography, focusing on discussions of specific images or groups of same. Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Consider this image by Mitch Goldman, heavy on distortion/ blur (you will want to click through to see the blur at full size, it doesn't make sense in the thumbnail view). First, is it photography? Of course, but is it rail photography? The more important parts of the image. It isn't so evident what they support (signal bridge? The image does have an interesting delinia...
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RailPixCritic: Upcoming Rail Photography Contests
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One person's musings on railroad photography, focusing on discussions of specific images or groups of same. Monday, September 28, 2009. Upcoming Rail Photography Contests. I was unaware that Railfan and Railroad magazine has a contest. Unfortunately entry deadline is extremely. Trains magazine also has a contest (link here. Big file, 3.6MB), first prize is a Canon 50D! The theme: "Bridging the Gap." Deadline October 31; for details follow the link. Good luck, everyone! PS: I forgot all about Day In North...
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RailPixCritic: Telling the Story: Tension
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One person's musings on railroad photography, focusing on discussions of specific images or groups of same. Saturday, September 25, 2010. Telling the Story: Tension. This is a guest blog by Mike H. (RP images here. Taken with permission from a forum thread; I have added a few thoughts at the end. If anyone else wants to take a shot at writing down some thoughts, please let me know.]. The question is when is it OK to make the train the main focus and when is it ok to have more human interest? But I love t...
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The (Daily) Rail Photo: June 2006
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The (Daily) Rail Photo. Views and observations from a railroad photographer and writer. Sunday, June 11, 2006. Photos: http:/ filer.case.edu/sjl5/japan/yosakoi/. Posted by Scott Lothes. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Photos on railroadheritage.org. Photos on Railpictures.net. Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Help Amtrak: join NARP. Travel template. Template images by bopshops.
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The (Daily) Rail Photo: Shut Up & Love the Rain
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The (Daily) Rail Photo. Views and observations from a railroad photographer and writer. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Shut Up and Love the Rain. Former Souther Pacific wood chip car on the Portland and Western's Toledo Hauler near Eddyville, Oregon. Posted by Scott Lothes. It really should say, Shut up and lover the TRAIN! To me, whether theyre covered with graffiti or not, freight trains are traveling art. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Shut Up and Love the Rain.
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The (Daily) Rail Photo: August 2011
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The (Daily) Rail Photo. Views and observations from a railroad photographer and writer. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. January 2004: New River Gorge, West Virginia. CSX westbound empty hopper train in the New River Gorge. Posted by Scott Lothes. Labels: CSX New River coal train. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. January 2004: Berea, Ohio. Norfolk Southern eastbound freight train on the Rocky River Bridge in Berea, Ohio. Posted by Scott Lothes. Monday, August 29, 2011. December 2003: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.
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The (Daily) Rail Photo: January 2004: Berea, Ohio
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The (Daily) Rail Photo. Views and observations from a railroad photographer and writer. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. January 2004: Berea, Ohio. Norfolk Southern eastbound freight train on the Rocky River Bridge in Berea, Ohio. Posted by Scott Lothes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. January 2004: New River Gorge, West Virginia. January 2004: Berea, Ohio. December 2003: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. Editing and Organizing Photographs. Photos on railroadheritage.org.
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The (Daily) Rail Photo: December 2003: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
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The (Daily) Rail Photo. Views and observations from a railroad photographer and writer. Monday, August 29, 2011. December 2003: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad "Polar Express" passenger train with Alco C420 no. 365 stopping at the depot in Peninsula, Ohio, on the evening of December 18, 2003. Digital photography for me began in earnest on December 18, 2003. That was the day that I came home from work and found the box that contained the grand prize from the 2003 Trains.
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The (Daily) Rail Photo: May 2007
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The (Daily) Rail Photo. Views and observations from a railroad photographer and writer. Sunday, May 27, 2007. Posted by Scott Lothes. Last night, Maureen and I watched The Last Samurai. Starring Tom Cruise. If you're not familiar with the movie, it's a lot like Dances With Wolves. In Japan's still-rural north. Cruise is captured and (predictably) takes to the traditional life in the samurai village. When given the chance to return to his old post, he instead chooses to help the samurai. At home, I would ...
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The (Daily) Rail Photo: Editing and Organizing Photographs
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The (Daily) Rail Photo. Views and observations from a railroad photographer and writer. Monday, August 29, 2011. Editing and Organizing Photographs. In 2008, at the Center for Railroad Photography and Art's. Annual conference (which I help organize), photographer and writer Jeff Brouws. Made a presentation on organizing your archive. My plan for tackling this project is to get up early on most mornings and go through one file folder each day, and blog about it here. Posted by Scott Lothes.
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