Railroad Crossover at Night

--Lannie

I like this  crop....too bad the platform light reflections on the rail bed can't be removed. It would be wonderful if all we saw was the releflections on o the rails.

she's wrong, i think.  the light would be easy to remove, but then what would you have?  something you could have made in a few minutes in Adobe Illustrator.  Great pic.  j

Thanks, Diane and Jamie.  I have no idea who's right.

--Lannie

Lannie:  Good eye, I really like the effect.  Tom

I tried to do a b&w version of it but I think the color in this case adds something really special. Regards.

Thanks, Antonio.  Your version is cleaner somehow.  I like it.

--Lannie

The warmth and the glow and the strength of the highlights give this life and movement. It's as if I can sense the movement of the train. There is much contrasting golden light here, all reading poetically against each other, in different levels and layers. The black and white version Antonio posted loses much of that. It also loses the important glow of the track bed, subtle but breathing. All this could be captured in black and white but would need a different conversion technique and some adjustments. It's why post processing is so important. Antonio, often post processing is what helps capture the original sense and feel of the reality of a scene. If reality is to be captured (if!), photographs don't capture it, photographers do. 

I like your point of view. I agree that my version is missing something. I think the version I rendered is more graphical but it lacks sensations.

Antonio and Fred, I am very pleased to have this discussion begin over my photo.  Thank you both for the kind remarks and for the insightful comments.

--Lannie

This shows that inanimate objects can have significant emotional impact.

Jim Phelps

I like it too, Lannie... happy holidays!

A belated thanks to you, Sheryl, wherever you are these days.

--Lannie

Nicely Done!

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