The first four are digital (Nikon D something), the last two HP5 with a Nikon F3.
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Steam locomotive abstracts - my take
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The first four are digital (Nikon D something), the last two HP5 with a Nikon F3.
A truly remarkable series of details on these locomotives.
Personally, I prefer these steel monsters with deeper blacks and greater contrast. But your choice of treatment has the advantage of being very balanced. And it highlights every detail. ‘Bravo,’ as we say in French.
Personally, I prefer these steel monsters with deeper blacks and greater contrast. But your choice of treatment has the advantage of being very balanced. And it highlights every detail. ‘Bravo,’ as we say in French.
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4 with digital 2 with film - can you tell the difference, I can't!
It never fails to amaze me how delicate the valve gear motion and the connecting rods appear in real life but apart from the final machining and the the bearings, how well the various linkages look especially as they would have been beaten out of a shapeless ingot of hot steel using massive steam powered hammers. No computers used here, just real craftsmanship by someone who knows his job that is shown at it's best here.
It never fails to amaze me how delicate the valve gear motion and the connecting rods appear in real life but apart from the final machining and the the bearings, how well the various linkages look especially as they would have been beaten out of a shapeless ingot of hot steel using massive steam powered hammers. No computers used here, just real craftsmanship by someone who knows his job that is shown at it's best here.
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In the days when you could, I visited Steam Town in Carnforth. I remember seeing a lathe that was so large it needed a pit below it to accept the work pieces. It was for dressing steam engine wheels, particularly drive wheels, of course but an impressive piece of machinery.
Merci M Hans!
No, hard to tell the difference between the film and digital even at full size. The PP workflow of both is the same, of course.
In regard of the engineering, I find it interesting that the working parts are marked with the locomotive's number, and thus unique to it, like a military firearm. 80078 is a BR 4MT, built in 1954 in Brighton, withdrawn in 1965, rescued from Barry in 1976, with its restoration completed in 1999.
Thank you everyone else too for the positive comments. A wonderful subject.
I think all of them are obviously a steam locomotive (rather than a train engine-never heard them called that before!)
Excellent set, despite the mixed media.