Scots Guardsman on the Settle to Carlisle line.

John2

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Taken on a cold damp day, just right for the smoke plume. The Settle to Carlisle line has remained free of electrification and being in the Yorkshire Dales for the most part, many of the local stations although refurbished, have kept their original Victorian character. I thought the sepia look suited the subject and its surroundings.

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I find the use of heavy sepia toning to make photos look 'old' to be rather corny, but its a nice photo nonetheless.
 
There you go Toby. Straight mono. I have to be honest, I'm not sure which I prefer. The Sepia was originally destined to be part of a triptych for a club competition.

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Ah, but the other thing you did to make it look old was to put a pale/negative vignette around it, part and parcel of the same corniness (in my ever humble opinion!).
 
I like both versions John, but I am with Toby on the processing. The signal box could do with some geometry correction IMO.
 
Glenn said:
I like both versions John, but I am with Toby on the processing. The signal box could do with some geometry correction IMO.
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If you are meaning it is leaning over, it does so naturally, so it is true to life.
 
Thanks all for the comments.

Glenn, I was using close to standard focal length so I think John is probably right apart from which the buildings to the left are plumb.

Toby, I feel quite insulted but please don't stop.
 
John2 said:
Thanks all for the comments.

Glenn, I was using close to standard focal length so I think John is probably right apart from which the buildings to the left are plumb.

Toby, I feel quite insulted but please don't stop.
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God, don't feel insulted, John, I'm only expressing my own entirely subjective opinion. Objectively the photo is perfectly fine, and I'm sure that lots of people will enjoy your processing.
 
Glenn said:
How odd, but OK.

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When you think the signal box is possibly close to or even 100 yrs old it is natural subsidence over the years. This happens in the old signal boxes with the stresses caused when the levers are pulled to operate signals or points up to a mile away will cause the box to develop a natural tilt off the perpendicular. It may be electrically operated now but the damage would be done well before that.

Before it was underpinned about 40 years ago, the signal box in Reigate, Surrey was anything but upright. Even so there was no risk of it falling over.
 
I think you have answered your own question Glenn. From your image it looks like john is correct. The left hand buildings are square. The vertical brickwork lines under the RH platform are square. The middle fence post is square. The vertical edges of the engine buffer plate and footplate are square. The building has a slight lean - probably exaggerated slightly by perspective because the front face of the building (and the horizontal lines of the buffer plate) are at an angle to the camera plane.
 
John2 said:
I think you have answered your own question Glenn. From your image it looks like john is correct. The left hand buildings are square. The vertical brickwork lines under the RH platform are square. The middle fence post is square. The vertical edges of the engine buffer plate and footplate are square. The building has a slight lean - probably exaggerated slightly by perspective because the front face of the building (and the horizontal lines of the buffer plate) are at an angle to the camera plane.
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Yes, I know John. It was the point I was trying to demonstrate albeit in my own sweet way. I never was good at explaining things. :cool:

When I wrote my first comment I wasn't aware that leaning signal boxes were common, so something learned. Thanks JK.
 
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