Some shots you get are meticulously planned, and some are just plain old luck! This one definitely falls into the latter category. For the first time ever, a steam special I wanted to shoot was early. I was early too, but not early enough - I literally raced from the car to the bridge as I could see the train through the trees, and couldn't do any more with the camera settings as I ran than throw it to Aperture priority and f8, and hope for the best. I normally get into position ages before the train gets there, and carefully set the camera up in full manual mode. The end result was that I could only get the train after it passed, and that the exposure was too low, and I got motion blur on the train.
Initially I thought I'd just have to bin all my shots, but when I got home I realised I actually liked the shot, so here it is :)
This is RPSI steam locomotive No.186 working the Kilkenny to Dublin leg of the Province of Leinster Rail Tour on the 10th of September 2011.
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Here we see RPSI 0-6-0 class J15 No.186 with the Kilkenny to Dublin leg of the Province of Leinster Rail Tour as it approaches Hazelhatch in the evening of the 10th of September 2011.
The motion blur is a happy accident, but I really like how the front of the train is perfectly sharp, while the generator van in the foreground is nicely blurred.
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RPSI loco No.186 woking hard as it pulls the Dublin Docklands to Mullingar leg of the Province of Leinster Rail Tour out of Maynooth on the 11th of September 2011.
The water in the foreground is the Royal Canal, and the wall on the left is the boundary wall around St. Patrick's College Maynooth.
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RPSI loco No.186 woking hard as it pulls the Dublin Docklands to Mullingar leg of the Province of Leinster Rail Tour out of Maynooth on the 11th of September 2011.
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RPSI loco No.186 woking hard as it pulls the Dublin Docklands to Mullingar leg of the Province of Leinster Rail Tour out of Maynooth on the 11th of September 2011.
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