Re: 315 at Lava Loop 11 years ago (redux)

Thank You, John -

Your third shot reminded me of the brakeman photo, and your spectacular lighting inspired me to dig out my original and run it through PhotoShop for a little enhancement, as the version I posted 11 years ago – cropped and optimized (sort of) using MicroGrafx Picture Publisher – looked kinda blah by comparison (see second shot on [ngdiscussion.net]).  IIRC, the new version was given a 70% dose of 'Adjust Smart Fix' in P.S. Elements 10, 'Levels' was used to get the stock car pure dark gray, and then a 40% dose of 'Cloud Contrast' was applied to the sky to turn it a bit from azure blue toward cobalt blue (but NOT indigo . . . ) and to bring out the clouds and the Sangre de Christo mountains in the background.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender

p.s.  Here's one from Ernie at about the same location as yours, near the west switch of the connector track at Lava Loop, taken almost half a century ago and re-edited today using roughly the same adjustments that I gave my own shot, above:

Photo copyright © 1970, 2010 by Ernest W. Robart - All Rights Reserved.

pps.  For a few more of Ernie's photos at Lava Loop, see [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net].



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/2019 08:19PM by Russo Loco.