Greatest Show on the move
Getting ready to lean into the curve at the M.P. J-139.0, CSX P922-28 (Nashville,TN-Chattanooga,TN) the hottest train on the Chattanooga Sub that day, it was a ...
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Getting ready to lean into the curve at the M.P. J-139.0, CSX P922-28 (Nashville,TN-Chattanooga,TN) the hottest train on the Chattanooga Sub that day, it was a sight to see the Ringling Brothers Blue unit train on the move after being delayed a few hour due to the railroad not putting the train together on time. The gloomy winter weather set the mood along the as the train following the contour of Raccoon Mountain, the train will dip into the state of Georgia before arriving into Chattanooga, TN late that afternoon. Once there the circus train will be handed down to NS and the heavy train carrying performers, animals, and heavy equipment will continue its long run north toward to Knoxville, TN at dusk for the next show.
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Location
This photo was taken in the small Tennessee Mountain town call Whiteside, a population of over 500 people that sit between on of the area most busiest Rail Line, and Interstate highway in this area. I basically have self taught myself to shot pictures of Trains. At that time this was my earliest stage when I got into the hobby of photography, and what a way to combine my love for Trains, and railroading with photography.Time
This was one of my favorite photo that I've taken on that day, but the most difficult one pull off. Me and a good friend, that are native to the southeast Tennessee, and northwest Georgia area, and are big train buffs which had spent nearly two months to plan and chase this special train which happen the Greatest Show on earth The Ringling Brothers Circus train (blue unit train) that left Nashville, Tennessee early that morning and was heading for the next show which was in Knoxville, Tennessee in the next following days. So we traveled with a lot of information about the train number and where it was located to try to intercept it and chase it back to Chattanooga, TN. What we didn't planned (as always in the hobby of railroad photography) was the weather which deteriorated on us during the first part of the day trying to intercept this train. We dealt with rainy condition which would had made it impossible to stay ahead of this train, and we had to take serious caution on wet roads. Also one we intercept the circus train, with it being a critical train that was a tight schedule keeping up with the train was a huge challenge on flat land. Til the train started to take on Raccoon Mountain in Whiteside, TN it was a perfect opportunity that we manage to jump ahead of this train, and get set up and get that one "shot of the day" which I was satisfied by the shot, and the best perk was a lot of the entertainers that was riding along was being entered by us chasing this train. Photo was shot in January 28, 2013.Lighting
One of the most difficult things about railroad photography is, whatever the weather is doing on a day when you out taking photo, is what you have to deal with. Before I did any editing of the picture, the photo itself had no type of color popping out, their was too much contrast and not a lot of highlight, and a lot of shadows, which to me look like a plain dull drowned out photo, but with the help of Photoshop, the finish produce had a lot of difference than the before picture. I had to add a lot of highlight, saturation, and tone down the contrast a little. Also I had to add a very fine light orange filter on the photo to give it that cold overcast wintry mood in the photo.Equipment
This was shot on my old Canon T3 with my 70-300mm lenses in landscape mode (pre-manual mood days).Inspiration
This particular shot at this location was a last minute decision, and me and a buddy of mine had decided to wing it, just for the heck of it. We had only two minutes to spare when we got ahead of this train, and that was the closes location near the back road we was on, cause all the railroad crossing that this line was literally had to drive through small hole in the wall neighborhood at a slow rate of speed, which would have gave us little chase to get shots of the circus train, so this was the last but kinda best option which I wasn't disappointed.Editing
noIn my camera bag
Well first of all I have a lot of small cleaning kits in my bag for both my camera, and all three lenses. I have a standard Canon 18-55mm Lens an 55-250mm lens, and a canon 70-300mm lens. I have my current camera Canon EOS T5 with a battery grip, and I have my old Canon EOS T3 as a back up. Most of all, I have 5 pack of Camera Batteries fully charge, along with two battery chargers.Feedback
Everyone have that particular eye in the art of photography, rather if someone like to shoot landscape, people, buildings, etc. Railroad Photography is a little complex. You have to know your surroundings for one, where to go, and where not to go. Railroad Photography is out in the elements four season of the year in different type of weather, so always prepare yourself when mother nature make changes on you. With technology we can depend on things like google earth, or maps if you find a particular location that you want to shoot. The perks about this hobby is you get to see thing, and go places that you normally don't see on a daily bases. You meet people along the way that wonders what your doing good or bad. Also you have the opportunity to meet others that share the same interest, and passion of trains
