Le train entre en gare, a photo from Aquitaine, West

Photographer's Note

Every month, I am part of a group of photographers, and we have a theme to fullfill. In december, this was "the railsways station" in B&W only. 2 hours wandering in the station to look for interesting shots. Here, I was on a bridge overlooking the tracks, and I lean the camera on the railing in order to try to avoid the blurr due to the low speed used. Not perfect at the background!

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subha (28) 2013-02-01 2:05

Hi Simonin,

Good conception, the lonely person fulfill the situation. I like it.
Thanks,

Subha

quovadis (877) 2013-02-01 2:18

Salut Claude !

And here is the kind of composition in which a lonely person makes the difference of "be or not to be".
Yes, B/W is the best choice in scenes like this one, great dynamics of the arriving train. I remember, about ten years ago, I travelled on TGV board from Bordeaux to Paris, it was an immense experience to me.

Best regards !

Tomek

wolf38 (28180) 2013-02-01 3:45

Hi Claude. Movement and stillness. My compliments for this successful composition. The black and white version looks excellent.
Rgds, Wolfgang.

willperrett (2955) 2013-02-01 3:51

Hello Claude
So you post a monochrome photograph as well. Clearly neither of us are chasing points! This is your home town, and the train doesn't seem to be stopping, judging by the amount of motion blur. I like the clean diagonal sweep of lines and movement, and the lone figure is key to the composition. The background may betray a little camera-shake, but so what? I think it adds to the gritty, urban, grab-shot feel that b/w does so well.
Regards
Will

ACL1978 (5775) 2013-02-01 15:00

The blur - both of the moving train and of the BG - actually has quite a nice effect here, Claude, isolating the man in the lower right as the only crisp clear object in frame. It adds to the solitary nature of the shot.

Another wonderful aspect of this is the train itself - blurred consistently through the whole shot, corner to corner, making it difficult at first to tell what it is at all. There's a bit of an abstract feel here, as is your style, and it's a good one.

Andrew

bukitgolfb301 (30065) 2013-02-01 15:32

Hi dear Claude, how are you?

Sorry for my late reaction to you again!
Great setting slow shutter speed to compare him and trains. Gretaest effect! B&W color is also so tasteful.
Great shot indeed!
Thanks for sharing with your finest job and have a good Sat.!

Takero from Tokyo

jjcordier (62328) 2013-02-01 22:24

Claude
La composition de ce noir et blanc est intéressante avec cet homme solitaire regardant passer le train qui permet d'imaginer diverses situations. Je suis juste un peu surpris qu'à f/22 l'arrière plan soit flou, surtout au 40 mm.
Amicalement
JJ

Vasa (15970) 2013-02-02 2:38

Une idee originale dans la collection "chemins de fer". Un quart de second semble suffisant pour la realisation de ton idee. L'homme n'a pas bouge pour te faire plaisir. Le plaisir de ce cliche est partage. Merci Clodo.

Branko

baclama (15579) 2013-02-02 11:26

bonsoir,
une tres belle diagonale , un noir et blanc qui va bien
je ne comprends pas pourquoi la partie en haut à gauche n'est pas nette?
bon WE
bises ventées
vero

Robert1969 (6230) 2013-02-08 7:10

Hello Clodo,

An exciting picture (the B&W emphasize that extra),
because there is a lots of movement in the picture.
Also nice are the diagonal lines: that creates a
nice depth in the picture......Good work.

Friendly regards,
Robert Alderliefste

kato (6767) 2013-02-08 9:33

Hi Claude,

You're capturing well this daily life by a good angle and excellent B/W tone, so it's impressive to see the train with the moving effect by low shutter speed. And, the man waiting for the another train draws out a good impact in this image.

Kind regards,
mikio

Mondaychild (378) 2013-02-17 5:02

Salut Claude,

j´aime la composition diagonale et les differents teintes de noir et gris. L´encadrement est aussi bien.
(j`éspère que tu me compris - mon Francais n´est pas encore bon ...)

zanzi (12608) 2013-02-18 11:26

Bonsoir Claude
J'adore l'idée et le cadrage.
Par contre, je m'interroge sur le personnage. En effet, il y a comme un effet de filé sous ses pieds que l'on dirait qu'il flotte en dessus du quai.
Bravo
Chris