Sunday, March 22, 2009

Coming Through/ Monochrome Maniacs

Canadian National engine 2234 hauling freight south to Toronto and beyond

To find other maniacs crazy about monochromes, visit Aileni at http://aileni-calonyddaear1.blogspot.com
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35 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 22, 2009 at 2:43 PM

    This one is making my desk vibrate...:)
    A beautiful crisp image.

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  2. LeneMarch 22, 2009 at 2:43 PM

    I think it is amazing that trains have existet for a looooong time. I thought maby they wood disapare, but no. I can understand that they are great to use for freight - but in Norway it is still really popular to travel by train.

    Great post :) Have a nice week :)

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  3. CarolinaMarch 22, 2009 at 3:08 PM

    A great monochrome shot. (I will post mine tomorrow, if I have figured out what to post that is
    ;-))

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  4. esnorwayMarch 22, 2009 at 3:31 PM

    i like trains good pic

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  5. RobinMarch 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    This reminds me of a Candid Camera shtick they did here, where the engineer leaned out of the train window and asked the cars waiting to cross "which way is north?" LOL.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 22, 2009 at 4:25 PM

    Great monochrome, huge looking engine....

    We sometimes watch the Canadian ice road truckers.....they are huge trucks...:-)

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  7. CarverMarch 22, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    That's a great shot of the train. I always seem to think about shooting trains when they have me stuck at a railway crossing but I don't get very good shots. You did such a good job with this one.

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  8. Rune EideMarch 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    POWER!!!!

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  9. cieldequimperMarch 22, 2009 at 4:37 PM

    I love this shot, I would probably never have thought of photographing a train like that!

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  10. MaryMarch 22, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    Great composition; love the sky in this one. :)

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  11. Betsy Banks AdamsMarch 22, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    Great Monochrome shot. My Dad worked for the railroad (in the offices)--but we had 'passes' to travel free all over the country. (That was back when people traveled here by train.)

    We went to California once and to Florida a few times. I love trains and have a good memories of them.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  12. LowellMarch 22, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    Nicely done. Well-composed and lighted. Very dramatic.

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  13. kdenMarch 22, 2009 at 5:50 PM

    What a great position you were in to get this shot. Very dynamic.

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  14. KostasMarch 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    Very beautiful B&W photo, with important subject!

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  15. AnonymousMarch 22, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    That engineer looks so bored standing in front of that powerful machine! Probably sees it everyday. I love how there are so many stories that can be read into this photo.

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  16. BarbaraMarch 22, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    I like to see trains, this one looks good in mono.

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  17. UnknownMarch 22, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    I thinks they will be waiting for a long time as these trains are very very very very long. Nice one.

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  18. Jane Hards PhotographyMarch 22, 2009 at 9:12 PM

    This is so long it will still be travelling tomorrow. I can hear the whistle blow and feel the wind in this cinematic image.

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  19. BeckyMarch 22, 2009 at 10:02 PM

    If course we love train shots. This one looks like it has gone through deep snow at one time or another.
    B.

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  20. UnknownMarch 22, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    Nice :D

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  21. dotMarch 22, 2009 at 11:08 PM

    Really nice train scene. Love it!!

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  22. DeniseinVAMarch 22, 2009 at 11:35 PM

    Great shot! I love trains, don't see them often enough. I remember as a child running onto the old wooden bridge regularly and waiting for the old steam train to chug under us so that we could be covered in steam. I guess that dates me :))))

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  23. TomMarch 23, 2009 at 5:12 AM

    Stunning... and great to see the railways moving the fright instead of on the roads.

    The picture is a stunner.. :O)
    Tom
    Wiggers World

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  24. DarlaMarch 23, 2009 at 7:17 AM

    Great shot. You are becoming an expert at composition. That one strong shadow coming in from the right underscores the train in a way.

    Darla

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  25. JanetMarch 23, 2009 at 7:26 AM

    Train travel, I am told, or at least freight shipping, is supposed to be very efficient economically. Great monochrome!

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  26. MojoMarch 23, 2009 at 7:35 AM

    I love the repeating pattern of the freight containers trailing out of frame. Gives a sense of the infinite.

    I need to find a perch like this sometime.

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  27. JuneMarch 23, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    Perfectly timed shot...

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  28. DarylMarch 23, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    What a good shot .. were you stuck waiting to cross the tracks for a long time?

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  29. LinneaMarch 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    Fun shot. I wonder why it's going so slowly? Or so it seems...

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  30. Liz HindsMarch 23, 2009 at 12:38 PM

    We saw some very very long trains when we were in the Rockies!

    Lovely photo.

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  31. GeorgeMarch 23, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    What a beautiful monochrome picture.

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  32. GeorgeMarch 23, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    What a beautiful monochrome picture.

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  33. Samantha ~ Holly and Zac ~March 23, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    Great shot, trains look fantatic in B&W.

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  34. AnonymousMarch 24, 2009 at 2:27 AM

    Laughing at Aileni's comment. It's so dramatic I didn't even miss the color. That's a great black and white when it does that.
    :-)

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  35. AnonymousMarch 24, 2009 at 9:19 PM

    Marvelous Monochrome shot!
    Hugs and blessings,

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