The Southern Pacific 1815 is a diesel locomotive, orginally built in May 1951. Yes, it started drizzling lightly during the making of this shot. This is the first my first visit to IRM where dramtic clouds were in the offering. As good fortune would have it, as soon as I got all my equipment packed it stopped, so photography resumed. As bad luck would have it, within a hour the sun burned off the clouds and outdoor photography was over for me. On the other hand, I'm sure the rest of the patrons were glad for the sunshine. This was a 5 shot HDR. By itself the resulting image was nicely toned and well balanced. Unfortunately, there's no way to create separation between the main subject and the cars on the next track. So I used Detail Extractor on the Locomotive to brighten it a little and pull up detail. I then added Tonal Contrast and added the Graduated Neutral Density filter to the clouds to make them a little angrier. All these filters are in NIK PhotoEfex.
This has been my lucky number since I was a kid. It is the number I wore when I showed horses.
But no automobiles
