Mount Washington Railway

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• chrischris (857)
• [2003-12-21 17:05]

A nice shot. It looks like at a "western" movie! The train seems to fall. But just a question... What did it happen to the tree just above the roof?

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• Didi (30442)
• [2003-12-21 17:52]

Zut j'ai râté le train ! A quelle heure le prochain ?
La composition est bonne mais le sapin à côté du toit a eu un petit problème.

Gosh I miss the train! At what time the next one? The composition is good but the fir tree beside the roof had a small problem.

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• ninadev (5074)
• [2003-12-21 18:26]

Love this pic. That train must be fueled with coal, geez... the smoke it makes. This is a very interesting note you have here, Mount Washington would be a destination I would like to go but could never imagine going up the mountain on foot so this train is really a cool idea. and yes, please tell us what happened with that tree, bizarre.

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• Clochette (8076)
• [2003-12-22 3:37]

Joan, may I just do a suggestion to you. You should not select dark areas and play with contrast, I bet this is why you get these strange effects on your pic.
Unfortunately, there is not much to do against those dark zones, unless trying a density mask, but on the whole pic and not only on selected areas.

Apart from this, this is a nice pic, well balanced and composed. I like the ancient mood in it.

* no more smiley, I will update tomorrow !

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• mortijo (10412)
• [2003-12-22 5:32]

Don't worry about the tree. The picture is still nice enough to make us forget it. This train reminds me of the "Brienzer-Rothorn Bahn" in Switzerland. The angle of the track is such that the loc had to be built specially to keep it horizontal.

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• emax (893)
• [2003-12-25 14:09]

Marvelous shot Joan. Beautiful composition and very interesting scene. I like the dark smoke from the attractive train. The peoples on the station they makes the picture alive.

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• Homerhomer (3999)
• [2004-10-30 11:40]
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This is a marvelous image showing the days gone by but also the effect on the enviroment our discoveries have. The smog of the train defenitely makes the image for me, somehow I have a feeling it would look great in black and white or sepia. I don't know what exactly happened with the smog to look like that, but I can see past this and enjoy the beauty of the image. You may consider cropping on the left.
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