It's always unfortunate when something like this happens, but you made a great shot from it.
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You captured the mood of the scene perfectly, Paul.
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It's a great photograph Paul. You nailed the atmosphere at the moment with a great exposure and composition. It is tragic that someone was killed, but based on the events described, I can only come to the conclusion that it may have been poetic justice. Good shot man.
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I'm going to make a leap of faith and say that alcohol was involved.
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This is one wreck/crash shot that really deserves photo of the day. Probably the best one in the database, thanks for putting some thought into the photograph.
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Great photo! There are two more victims in this though, the engineer and conductor, they will have to live with this for the rest of their lives. Now, they know it's not their fault, but to see someone on the tracks and see that person die, with no way to stop it is a sad thing to go through. God Bless these guys! I remember a engineer telling me one time about a car he hit, he looked down and just before they hit little kids eyes looked up at him, then..well, you know, could you imagine living with that?
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It appears that you didn't have a tripod with you. If that is in fact the case, you did a great job improvising! The low angle adds to the drama of the image.
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Nice shot, Paul. You did a very nice job at capturing the scene of the incident with the gear you had at the time.
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Very interesting composition, but I'm a little confused about a couple of lines in the remarks section: "Why did the pedestrian get struck? He was making a gesture towards the train which involved his middle finger. The vibration of the train then prevented him from escaping in time, and he was stuck and killed."
So, he got struck because he was flipping off the train? And how did the vibration of the train prevent him from escaping? I've never heard of such things.
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Great documentation of a sad, tragic incident, God's blessings to all involved. Including the people is superior photojournalism. The situation dominates the photo, but the photographer accomplished the mission to record it for the world to see, and, hopefully, understand, and learn. Good and appropriate comments of other observers, of low angle to dramatize, and poetic justice following use of middle finger.
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