Re: #315 Blowdown "Ex-Sperry-Mental" Photo
| November 17, 2009 01:01PM |
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Güten Tag!
Actually, IMHO, photography and railfanning are almost one and the same, and as a hobby
the first is an essential part of the second (although not necessarily the other way 'round.)*
And it's not like I stole the sky from Switzerland or even from the Grand Canyon - the first
exposure caught more of it, and with more contrast, than the second shot taken only a few
seconds later. Combining the two photos of the same subject in the same spot seemed like
the easiest way to get the best artistic interpretation of the subject.
I'm just attempting to follow in Roger's illustrious and manipulative footprints ...
- Russo
* Both photography and railroading began in earnest in the 1830's, and have grown up together from the days of wet plates and teakettles to digital images and digitally-controlled diseasels. Trains have often been the subjects of "serious" artists and photographers; W. H. Jackson, O. Winston Link and maybe even Ted Rose were artists first and railfans second - if at all. The same could not be said of Dick Steinheimer and Howard Fogg, however, as they used camera and brush, respectively, to preserve memories of their favorite passtime - watching trains.
Actually, IMHO, photography and railfanning are almost one and the same, and as a hobby
the first is an essential part of the second (although not necessarily the other way 'round.)*
And it's not like I stole the sky from Switzerland or even from the Grand Canyon - the first
exposure caught more of it, and with more contrast, than the second shot taken only a few
seconds later. Combining the two photos of the same subject in the same spot seemed like
the easiest way to get the best artistic interpretation of the subject.
I'm just attempting to follow in Roger's illustrious and manipulative footprints ...
- Russo
* Both photography and railroading began in earnest in the 1830's, and have grown up together from the days of wet plates and teakettles to digital images and digitally-controlled diseasels. Trains have often been the subjects of "serious" artists and photographers; W. H. Jackson, O. Winston Link and maybe even Ted Rose were artists first and railfans second - if at all. The same could not be said of Dick Steinheimer and Howard Fogg, however, as they used camera and brush, respectively, to preserve memories of their favorite passtime - watching trains.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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