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The Hunter

At the cusp of dusk
I hear the train coming a few miles away
Steel wheels turning pushing the steel behemoth Eastward as I start to run to the site....
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At the cusp of dusk
I hear the train coming a few miles away
Steel wheels turning pushing the steel behemoth Eastward as I start to run to the site. Extending my tripods legs realizing I miscalculated how fast the train would come. Would I make it in time to take the shot as the sun set with the train passing an abandoned signal station? It must be now or another day. Off the path and into the uphill shrubs, past the gravel and into the clearing. The tripods legs, like a dance partner, takes its stance and awaits its crown. Focus, compose, focus, compose, focus. Right eye into the viewfinder, left eye squinting then wide open as it sees the headlights coming fast. I am the hunter watching his prey enter the trap and I take the shot. It sees me and it screams, it screams so loud blaring its horn and within seconds it is gone. The fading sounds of tracks being crossed so far away. Thump, thump. Thump, thump like the beat of my heart. The sun fading in gold.

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Aperture f/16 ISO 200 Shutter 1/4 Focal Length 260/10

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Apr, 2018

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I love your description. You have a talent for words and photography

This is stunning, I love the steel grey of the moving train juxtaposed with the stillness of the abandoned building bought to life with the colours of the street art; all the while showing the relationship of man and his structures to nature presented with the skyline and trees in the background. Love this piece!