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Post by SP 9811 on Aug 27, 2008 11:04:12 GMT -5
shastafan is the winner!!! Congrats, great photo!! ;D ;D  SP 9811  huskerherb  shastafan  espeelover  sd45x |
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Post by thespcaboose on Aug 27, 2008 11:38:46 GMT -5
All are great photos. I liked Thom's the best.
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Post by espeefoamer on Aug 27, 2008 19:23:30 GMT -5
It was a tough one this time! I voted for Shastafan's shot.sd45x,your photo was slightly out of focus.If that unit had been nice and sharp,your shot would have gotten my vote.  |
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Post by dynamicbrake on Aug 27, 2008 19:40:38 GMT -5
Although the picture is slightly out of focus, I've got to go with espeelover's shot. It's a good action shot showing the hogger snatching the TO's from the hoop. Where was this shot taken and what was the trains symbol??
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Post by gs4 on Aug 28, 2008 3:08:07 GMT -5
They are all great looking photos, which makes it difficult to decide who to vote for. I eventually went with Herb's shot of the SD45's, as I think this is a classic SP photo.
Cheers, Simon
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Post by espeelover on Aug 28, 2008 3:21:33 GMT -5
Although the picture is slightly out of focus, I've got to go with espeelover's shot. It's a good action shot showing the hogger snatching the TO's from the hoop. Where was this shot taken and what was the trains symbol?? I had been sitting in the cupola of the 'crummy' TO station talking with one of the operators, when I saw that train come into view. I went outside to shoot, but did not like the light and decided not to take a picture. That was until I figured out, almost too late that my shutter was at 250 and that the hogger hooping the orders might be pretty neat after all, so it was a very quick aim and shoot deal, IIRC. This was also in the days when Kodachrome slide film was ASA 64; I always had to walk a line between shutter speed and F stop. Plus I used to shoot before I could think a lot of the time, and was too lazy to use a tripod. These new cameras are so much more forgiving. This was at the TO station at Hiland in Cajon Pass. I no longer have any notes from that time period, so have no idea of the symbol; just call it a typical SP ECITY. ;D |
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Post by espeelover on Sept 8, 2008 12:09:04 GMT -5
I knew it the minute I saw it;
"it has to be Shasta".
Congratulations, I don't mind loosing to SP
pics taken in the "golden" years; nice pic!
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Post by shastafan on Sept 8, 2008 17:21:22 GMT -5
Thanks John (and everyone else!). I'm a little embarrassed to say it, but that is one of only two pictures I have of an SP train in Cajon. The other is a going away shot of the same train  Let's see. Thom, isn't the first place prize a new Nikon D700? Do you need my mailing address? ;D ;D Regards, John |
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Post by huskerherb on Sept 9, 2008 21:31:52 GMT -5
Nice going there John. Well done!
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Post by shastafan on Sept 9, 2008 22:26:44 GMT -5
Nice going there John. Well done! Thanks Herb! Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket ;D Regards, John |
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Post by SP 9811 on Sept 10, 2008 14:06:54 GMT -5
Let's see. Thom, isn't the first place prize a new Nikon D700? Do you need my mailing address? ;D ;D Regards, John Ummm....  |
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Post by espeelover on Sept 10, 2008 15:51:18 GMT -5
Mine has not arrived yet from last month, so don't be in too big of a hurry; you'll turn blue! ;D
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