Amherst ChooChoo

[Joe Senzatimore]

Up here in amherst MA for the NECCC weekend seminars. Ran into Nick Palmiari(probably butchered the spelling) , and he told me about these old train cars near a farm stand. Took a ride and found them so did some HDR stuff.This is a 5 image composit , 1 stop apart and processed with NIK HDR Pro. Will upgrade to the new version when I get home. Tweeked a bit in CS5.

D3s and 24/70 F2.8
200ISO at F11

Thanks for the tip Nick.

[denise ippolito]

Joe, I like this one. The sky is lovely. I might take a little off the bottom. The train has a lot of interest. I bet this would make a great Fractalius image too. Glad you are having fun!

[Brendan Dozier]

Great subject for HDR, Joe, like the colors and texture /details. Sky, train, and grass all work together well to create a pleasing composition.

[Dave Woeller]

I really like the image and hdr work. I might like to see a version with the temperature cooled down a smidge to make the clouds a bit less warm. Just for comparison., and an alternate feel.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Joe, I really like the HDR effect and the composition. I like Dave's idea about the sky - I'd like to see it a little closer to the blue tones in the train.

[John Storjohann]

Joe, I'm just starting to play with HDR a bit myself...for me, it's challenging...but I like the effect here, and you have a strong composition. Good points mad about taking a sliver from the bottom and perhaps tweaking the color a bit. Well done!

[Anita Bower]

The train cars stand out beautifully from their surroundings. Nice details. Love that blue. I, too, would take some off the bottom.

[PhilCook]

Rust rust glorious rust !

Love it with the bright blue and contrasting rust, I rather like the composition with train slightly off angle, my only thought is the sky is rather grey and flat looking compared to the rest of the image

[Nick Palmieri]

Hey Joe, Nice seeing you at Amherst, glad you found the box cars. My only suggestions would be to selectively crank the red up a bit on the train to bring out the rust a tad bit more. Nice job!