rails - trains Rails in San Rafael

Appreciate any advice or aesthetic comments good or bad! Thanks, Ken

its a very nice shot . i like it very much .

Railroad tracks are so compelling aren't they? At first glance I felt the shot was washed out.. but I like the lightness and it fits with what looks to be an early morning. The rails do pull the viewer into the picture, and heading for the building in the distance is good... but there's both too much going on here, and not enough. The building(s) aren't enough of a presence to help carry the scene so that makes them clutter, the rails are a guide, but they're not dominate either, and all the stuff to either side clutters the scene too. Do't get me wrong though - I like it, I just don't quite know what you were reaching for here. Still.. I like the rails, and the soft "early morning" colors are nice.

I would first say the picture is a bit 'flat', it's the first word that came to my mind and I don't find any better statement of what I think. The horizon landscape hijacks the attention from the tracks IMO. Why not trying a lower point of view to have stronger lines in the tracks? Best wishes, Axel G.