Two for the Price of One, a photo from North Yorkshire, England

Photographer's Note

Today’s post is a continuation from yesterday on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at Grosmont. This is for Tomi (t0mmm1), Antonio (ajcsousa) and Lars (Tue) who wanted to see a sepia version. I attach the original in WS to see which you prefer. On the sepia version I cropped a person on the seat and cloned two people out. Please before you look at the WS, see if you can find evidence of cloning and let me know. This was taken on the return from our walk, so about 4 hours later than yesterday’s post.
Engine 45212 was first built in 1935, and was the last engine to undertake steam passenger duties in ordinary British Rail service in 1968. Taking 18 months to complete, the engine was refurbished at a cost of £300.000 and re-entered service in October 2002. The other engine has a plaque over its number for some reason; sorry I have no idea about that.
Hope you like it.

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fabio_ts (13696) 2005-10-05 9:50

WOOOW!!!
a great sepia tone for this beautiful no-time composition Kath,
really well done and composed, I like POV and perspective.
All my compliments and have a nice day,
Fabio.

t0mmm1 (5442) 2005-10-05 11:01

WOW Kath this must be the time machine, for I have the feeling of being traveling in time. I like also the cloudy sky mixing with the steam and smoke. And the lieves on the trees are really nicely contrasted to be visible. Great shot and yes I can't find traces of cloning.

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Graal (103040) 2005-10-05 11:48

Hi Kath,
interesting photo,the old engines in sepia. Good sharpness, too. Nice remembrance. I like it.
Rgs, Aleksander

Cliffy (590) 2005-10-05 12:32

A beautifully subtle piece of sepia work Kath rather than the brown that we so often see.You really have a nack for composing steam shots and this is beautifully done with the slight off centre composition making it a location rather than a 2 steam engines shot.The engines are both Black 5's but I am not sure about the number (or name)of the left hand one.

mouse (0) 2005-10-05 15:46

Works well as a black and white and has good strong contrasts.

rbcy1974 (20758) 2005-10-05 16:12

Hi Kath,
this version is so beautiful I like it a lot, you can really see the different tones in the picture. I think you cloned the two people with the white wall right?
I personally am still having al ot of trouble with the cloning tool, I cant accomplish much with it.
Regards
Daniel

alejandroguzman (4684) 2005-10-05 16:40

Hi Kath:

What a lovely and beautiful picture. I traveled in my mind to the 40s with this picture... I love the old films !!!

And also, u got a great compo with amazing colors...

take a look "my" train at: Trains cemetery

hugs
alejandro

danyy (0) 2005-10-05 17:18

Bonjour Kath,
j'adore les compositions "à l'ancienne" avec l'utilisation du sépia (duotone).
Ici tu as vraiment bien réussi la conversion, un sépia parfait.
Ce qui choque un peu mais ce n'est pas un repporche , c'est la qualité trop parfaite de la photo.

Best regards.
Daniel.

Tue (91648) 2005-10-05 18:01

Hej Kath,
Thank you for much for this sepia-version. I really like it because of the classic look it creates! And my compliments for the cloning work, I couldn't find the places, where there could have been people, well done!
Hilsner,
Lars

jjbach (9326) 2005-10-05 18:38

Hi Kath,
This picture is really fantastic and the b/w choice excellent. I like the point of view, the lighting and the stunning sharpness. A very well balanced composition!!

Regards John

ajcsousa (1804) 2005-10-05 20:35

Hi Kath,
Very nice sepia :). Thanks. I like it much, makes the picture old. Very nice composition and POV. No evidences of the cloning, so it was perfect.
Well done
Regards, António

singuanti (15250) 2005-10-05 23:24

Hi Kath. I do like the use of sepia. You do have a classic looking shot with the old trains that really lend themselves to the sepia. I want to try sepia for my next b/w. The steam brings motion and life to the shot. Well done Kath!

danielswalsh (13597) 2005-10-06 0:27

Hi Kath;

Great job... I really like the shot. Wishing we had more trains in Singapore (other then subway cars), to give me a some more photo op's!
I didn't notice the cloning at all until you pointed it out. I spotted the two people you cloned out- lying on the tracks right?
;-)

Nice shot, and I like the tones. Personally I think I would have shot from a bit farther back and to the left a bit- but that's just my preference.

Nice job as always Kath!
- Dan

weswang (18247) 2005-10-06 4:15

Hi Kath, This picture makes me think about the show "shinning time station" for kids. It looks that these two trains can communicate between each other. Good capture of the steam and the smoke. A clear and sharp image. Well done.

coco (30439) 2005-10-06 4:34

Hi Kath.
Good use of the sepia (in this one and in other I like the smoke of the trains, is nice how has been captured in the picture).
I don't know... perhaps I like so that smoke that I would a photo of one chimney and also the smoke: only that detail.
But if we have this photo, I would prefer have more space at the left and not crop the train as you has done.
Anyway, nice. Regards.

Galmeida (12559) 2005-10-06 4:40

Hi Kath,
A fine option in Sepia you did. All is perfect with the cloning that you made. I like your angle of view and perspective with a excelent POV. All is very well focused and I like also the steam, smoke and clouds in contrast.

Very well seen and done.
Congratulations.
Fernando

sam224 (6215) 2005-10-06 4:44

Good choice of black and white creating a nice old fashioned mood. Good composition of a cute subject.
Bravo!

PixelTerror (0) 2005-10-06 5:31

Hi Kath,
"two for the price of one" is a further step in oriental negociations, before you agree on getting it for "less than free" ;-))
I'll gladly take the two lovely loks, and I agree with you this photo was a good candidate for sepiazation.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

leonorkuhn (16237) 2005-10-06 9:39

Hi Kath,
The sepia tone gave it a special mood ... I also like the color version. Lovely steam trains! Excellent capture, POV, sharp and contrast. Well done.
Leonor

jwmunro (286) 2005-10-06 13:49

Good morning Kath -

I like this image of the two trains and I think the B&W conversion works. You have indicated that it is a sepia but I don't see the brown tinting. You did a very good job at removing the people - I had to cheat and find out where they were. My only other comment would be that you might of hit the sharpening a bit too hard. I am looking at the trees on the right and the leaves look like over sharp. Reflections or specular highlights seem to stand out a little more than normal when there is too much sharpening.

Thanks for sharing

Paolo (41258) 2005-10-07 7:25

Hi Kath, what a wonderful shot!
it seems a poscard of the grand-grand f(E)ather!!!
excellent composition, with a great b/w, a perfect focus, good light and all that black vapours...
excellent.
thanks, ciao

ishai (4097) 2005-10-07 8:53

Clever subject, kath
A lot of men have a weakness for old steam trains; i don’t know why i guess it the technical /mechanical part and the nostalgic.
Your presentation here is very good and with the Sepia it really looks like its been taken years ago.

Ist good to see the seam coming out from the locomotives too

Ishai

Ged (391) 2005-10-08 3:35

Hi Kath,

Sepia work well here, nice sharpness and good contrast,great tones too. no evidence of cloning. Very well done!
Ged.

sergio1 (12152) 2005-10-10 7:01