Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Posted by
PD (Kansas, United States) on 29 December 2008 in Transportation and Portfolio.

Somewhere in New Mexico, we slowy passed this Westbound coal train. After awhile, we got several miles ahead of it then turned off the highway to wait.
Selective motion blur filter applied.

NIKON D300 1/1250 second F/4.5 ISO 200 44 mm

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Comments (25)

Bonj from Jefferson City, United States

Cool shot. The blur is a nice contrast to the sharpness of the train. I like the color.

29 Dec 2008 5:33am

Chris Parr from Jefferson City, United States

Great shot. I think the angle adds to the sense of speed. Perfect framing too, well done!

29 Dec 2008 5:38am

Bill from Belton, United States

Wow! Great cool shot Paul. Post processing is superb!

29 Dec 2008 6:00am

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Very well treated image: blur, color, angle.
I like very much this train.

29 Dec 2008 6:27am

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

I like this! Very cool processing.

29 Dec 2008 6:55am

[email protected] from Paris, France

Can feel the speed and love that it bends down ! Great orange vision you offer here ! (I take my ticket !)

29 Dec 2008 9:18am

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Very effective processing, I like it very much.

29 Dec 2008 11:24am

Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada

love the blur of the motion - great job!

29 Dec 2008 12:03pm

Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco

extraordinary ! Perfect dof and giving speed impression !Lovely colors !

29 Dec 2008 12:28pm

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Cool shot!

29 Dec 2008 2:06pm

EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom

Absolutely awesome! Perfect feeling of motion, The more I look, the faster it feels. This is a stunning photograph, absolutely first class

29 Dec 2008 5:21pm

Jhani from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Nice shot and work

29 Dec 2008 5:31pm

Batkoï from Salon de Provence, France

wow well done, nice effect

29 Dec 2008 7:22pm

@Batkoï: Thanks Batman! Hope you had a nice christmas

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Perfect work here!

29 Dec 2008 9:01pm

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

excellent shot! your post processing has probably made the scene faster than it really was but it looks good and the details of the locomotives are impressive!

30 Dec 2008 12:07am

@DarkElf: Thanks. This train was moving pretty fast.. probably 60 mi/hr

Lesley from Lincoln, United States

Marvelous shot!!

30 Dec 2008 3:38am

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

a beautiful image Paul -- color and motion filter application make this not only intriguing but wonderful to view too!! excellent!

30 Dec 2008 4:51am

willow from Chelsea, United States

Love the motion effect!!!! It works especially well with such a brightly colored train.

30 Dec 2008 5:13pm

JJ from Jersey City, United States

Great perspective and excellent Motion blur applied, superb capture and processing

30 Dec 2008 6:22pm

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

Excellent... love it...

31 Dec 2008 11:04pm

Kathryn from Warburton, Australia

VERY effective!! it works perfectly!

5 Jan 2009 1:38am

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

Nicely done! Wonderful colour, detail and processing

14 Jan 2009 5:52pm

Joseph from Delhi, India

excellent post-processing. very fine photo

6 Aug 2009 1:35pm

Claudia from Illinois, United States

Ack! I LOVE this!! My dad worked for the Santa Fe and I was born in New Mexico when he was stationed there in Clovis for about 5-6 years. Great, great image, PD!

6 Sep 2009 5:21am

Sylvie49 capture image from Vallée de la Loire, France

Very nice work and shot.

2 Jun 2010 11:35am

next day →

NIKON D300
1/1250 second
F/4.5
ISO 200
44 mm

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