Re: Avoiding the crowds - when you can ... 
| August 24, 2012 09:19PM |
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Hi, John -
That shot of the Garratt is a beauty! The two or three fans standing just below the curve are
barely visible, and could easily be "PhotoShopped" if you really wanted to make the effort.
Like you, I often try to get off to the side and away from the crowd, but this is getting harder to do as my legs and sense of balance weaken with increasing geezerliness. At one location on Pete's V&T charter last February 8th, another fan and I hiked a short way up an embankment and for the most part got shots over the heads of our fellow foamers. As the train approached I deliberately included a few ofthem you in my shot:
The curmudgeonly garden gnome in the bright red hat had caught this one just a second or two earlier:
Photo Copyright © Tom Gildersleeve 2012 - ALL Rights Reserved.
One of the things I like about the C&TS, especially on the east end, is that there are several locations where there's a wide vista and where there's usually plenty of room for us to spread out - like at the hillside about a half-mile west of m.p. 317:
... where everyone was able to get shots like these (probably better), and the videographers weren't subjected to shutter clicks only two feet from their mics:
OTOH, there are also a few places - such as either portal of Rock Tunnel and at m.p. 317 eastbound - where it's usually necessary to have two run-bys so that everyone gets a fair chance at a good shot (see [ngdiscussion.net]).
- Russo
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/2013 05:58PM by Russo Loco.
That shot of the Garratt is a beauty! The two or three fans standing just below the curve are
barely visible, and could easily be "PhotoShopped" if you really wanted to make the effort.
Like you, I often try to get off to the side and away from the crowd, but this is getting harder to do as my legs and sense of balance weaken with increasing geezerliness. At one location on Pete's V&T charter last February 8th, another fan and I hiked a short way up an embankment and for the most part got shots over the heads of our fellow foamers. As the train approached I deliberately included a few of
The curmudgeonly garden gnome in the bright red hat had caught this one just a second or two earlier:
Photo Copyright © Tom Gildersleeve 2012 - ALL Rights Reserved.
One of the things I like about the C&TS, especially on the east end, is that there are several locations where there's a wide vista and where there's usually plenty of room for us to spread out - like at the hillside about a half-mile west of m.p. 317:
... where everyone was able to get shots like these (probably better), and the videographers weren't subjected to shutter clicks only two feet from their mics:
OTOH, there are also a few places - such as either portal of Rock Tunnel and at m.p. 317 eastbound - where it's usually necessary to have two run-bys so that everyone gets a fair chance at a good shot (see [ngdiscussion.net]).
- Russo
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/2013 05:58PM by Russo Loco.
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