Wow!!!! Great shot Mitch. Your pictures always have that distinctive feel to them, and this one is fantastic. I love that you were able to get all 3 vintage cars in the shot as well. Excellent work, and I can't wait to see what else you got this weekend!
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Impressive shot, Mitch!
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Mitch - Nice photo! This railroad crossing always had a lot of railfans on location during Train Fest. Glad to see you got a great vintage shot with only the motor vehicles in the photo. Thanks for sharing.
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Best of the bunch by far, Mitch! The plume arches over everything so perfectly.
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Diesel not required... beautiful photo Mitch!
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Super Shot, Audacious Angle, Perfect Plume=Goldman Greatness!
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Mitch, one word, Perfect!
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Haven't commented in awhile but when I saw this awesome shot Mitch, I couldn't resist. PC vote from me man and awesome steam shot. Keep the awesome steam shots coming!
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Perfect plume, great time and place. Absolute work again, Mitch.
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| Posted by Dan on September 4, 2009 | |
Wow nothing in this photo to indicate it is 2009.
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Every thing is too clean and neat in this shot. Beat up the pavement, put rust on the vehicles, soot and road dirt on the 765 and you have just the right patina effect. The other thing you need is a Kodak pony camera with kodachrome 64 film giving you 60 year old slides. Think of the technology we have now and steam locomotives are still running. What a county. Thanks Mitch.
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Actually Don, NKP #765 had her white trim removed (though she did run with white trim, as well as without through her career), the brass painted steel bell was dirtied up (interestingly, since brass was needed for the War effort, the NKP used steel bells and painted them in a brass color), and if you note the railroad crossing signs - the modern stop signs were temporarily removed for the scene. As for the automobiles - well, I don't think the owners would take to kindly to your suggestion! Thanks for the comment - glad you liked the photo!
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Wonderful image Mitch! Don't want to nitpick (you did bring it up), but isn't that a reflector strip on the back side of the Railroad Crossing sign to the left? That and a little missing grime on the cars is all that makes this shot shy of perfect.
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OK, Steve... you got me. I know about the reflector - the bottom bolt was rusted solid so we had to leave it up. Think of it as an early prototype from the late 50's.
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One of the best I've seen from all the summer activities in Michigan.
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Don,
That would be Kodachrome 25, not 64 from "those days." Remember the earliest slide films were very slow speed films.
And even though it was only in the recent past that Kodak announced they would discontinue Kodachrome, they really have not been making it for some time. It is one of the most environmentally filthy processing of all films despite its legendary "permanent color." (I worked in a pro photo shop for about six years).
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An excellent image. For all those nit pickers we shot Kodachrome in the fifties and early sixties. Not Kodachrome 25 nor Kodachrome 64. Regular old Kodachrome, it was ASA 6 then ASA 10. None of these ISO ratings. I know, I was there and did that. Again Mitch, an excellent, well composed,well planned and well exposed image.
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Fantastic shot, Mitch! Perfect.
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Even though the 765 was occasionally trimmed with white during her career, I'm glad that the white trim on the front of the locomotive and the white driver tires were painted black - she looks better this was to me. The only thing missing on the locomotive is the distinctive mars light - the mars light definitely says 'Nickel Plate'.
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Mitch, a very impressive shot to say the least. Definitely very worthy of the PCA award. Keep up the good work. Between you and "Cassman" Scriptunas, almost every steam event will result in stunning images such at this one.
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| Posted by SeanK97 on September 19, 2009 | |
Stunning capture! One 0bservation though, that looks like a 1959 Chevy in the back, wasn't that car built a year after the locomotive ceased operations on the NKP?
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What a throw back to the old days
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