Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Right piece of track Roger. We always stood on
> the hillside somewhere between the 41 and 51
> second mark. Seems to me that if the drone were
> on the hillside of the train in that area, the sun
> would be better on the fireman side of the engine.
> Also you should be able to look across at Lobato
> Trestle from somewhere over there.
> If I were doing it I would start close to the
> trestle, then while its going into the loop and
> trees, head for the area I mentioned and get it
> coming out of the trees, with the trestle in the
> background. The whole area is a nice clean view,
> but a lot of those trees were not on the hillside
> in 1993!!! That was only 25 years ago! Nice of
> you to order up such nice clear sky and smoke
> too!!! Helps to live their, eh!!!
> Been busy working on vintage 40's-68 material
> of D&RGW.
> Greg
>
> PS. I would also try some sort of shot in the
> wolf creek looking up, or straight broadside of
> Lobato trestle. What the heck, you are right
> there with a working drone! So far I have had
> zero steam fix in 2018!
I will try that the next time I am shooting at Lobato. I was late on my timing to get on the other side of the trestle. I have done shots of Lobato from Wolf creek with my ground camera and they turned out OK. Can't do that with the drone cuz it does not shoot up.