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Discussion of photography and videography techniques, equipment and technology, and links to personal railroad-related photo galleries.

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 #198438  by pgengler
 
Sometimes, when I'm out shooting, I'll take a couple of random photos, without really trying very hard to have it come out well, and then be quite surprised later to find out that the photo came out quite well. I had this happen to me again yesterday, with what I thought would be a throwaway shot of the rear of a passing train.

http://photos.pgengler.net/gallery/2005 ... G_3126.jpg

I'm sure this has happened to all of us at one point or another; what are some of your unexpected gems?
Last edited by pgengler on Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
 #198440  by 1st Barnegat
 
pgengler wrote:...http://pgengler.net/images/2005-12-22/IMG_3126.jpg

"... what are some of your unexpected gems?"
Great shot pg!!! Look at those shiny wheels - I can almost hear them - steel wheels rolling on steel track, carrying a heavy load! Just enough of panning motion to capture the train in focus and blur the countryside. And this has to be the clearest photo I've seen of the F(lashing) Rear End Device.