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Ghost Train

© Mike Fulcher

Ghost Train

Uploaded: May 19, 2008

Description

My personal favourite. This was taken in Oamaru (New Zealand), which has preserved an old section of the town from the early 1900s and still runs the old steam train every day. I used HDR techniques to modify the tonal range on the image to create this look. The photo was taken with a Canon 400D with an 18mm lens.

Exif: F Number: 3.5, ExposureTime: 100/15999 seconds, ISO: 100, FocalLength: 18.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS Kiss Digital X

Comments

May 19, 2008 0

awesome photo! #924573

Bojan Bencic level-classic May 19, 2008 0

Beautiful, magical image. Fantastic, Mike #5945256

Melissa G. Meiselman May 19, 2008 0

Fantastic eye catching image with great editing technique, Mike!! #5945312

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic May 19, 2008 0

very cool HDR! I have not attempted this yet..:) #5945330

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic May 19, 2008 0

very cool HDR! I have not attempted this yet..:) #5945334

Susan Heath May 19, 2008 0

This is so cool, it is hot! Great work! #5945913

Deon May 23, 2008 0

Fantastic work Mike. Great POV also. You really captured the spirit of the old train. #5966753

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton May 27, 2008 0

Pretty good ! :) #5983575

Sherrie H. Penny May 28, 2008 0

Nicely done! #5989158

Mike Fulcher May 30, 2008 0

Thank you everyone for your kind comments :)

I'm very proud of this photo, particularly as I was so disappointed with the original photo that I took - it is such a beautiful old train but I just couldn't find the right angle or lighting to make it work. I took a lot of tinkering with tone mapping, but the effect from HDR really makes the image come alive!

Take care everyone :)

-Mike #5995051


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