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It seems that Mr. James Adeney and I shared the same idea... capture some SD40's near the Victoria Park bridge in Scarborough.
Check out his awesome shot...
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=16861
James whooped me in the horsepower department, but at least I beat him to the scene (by a mere 22 years)! Notice the townhomes in his image? Back in '76, my photograph shows that only the cement block walls were standing. SD40-2, #5739 was barely a year old, while locomotive #5523 was celebrating a tenth birthday.
This shot was taken three years into my teens. I was still working to figure out all this aperture and shutter-speed stuff on my older brother's Pentax Spotmatic 1000. Wow... 39 years ago... seems like just yesterday... crazy!
James... you have a wonderful portfolio here on RPca... thanks for sharing!
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To me, this photo is one that can be used to educate younger photographers on the benefits of and White film. Notice the detail in the shadow? It’s not the same as the detail you’d get in today’s digital world…. or from Kodachrome.. which would have made that nearly black
A great example of the dynamic range possibilities of BW film.
Yikes, Mr. Host, “…dynamic range possibilities”? Ummm, I only shot b&w based on Momma’s gentle advice. She used to say, “Listen up young fella’, if you keep shootin’ colour then we ain’t gonna’ be eatin’ no more. And besides,” she asked, “… what sort of crazies are ever gonna’ be lookin’ at your dirty old train pictures?” Maybe she was right… perhaps I should have taken photographs of pretty things.
Great opportunity to see the ‘evolution’ of the multimark paint scheme.