UP Challenger locomotive close up
Apr 5, 2012 23:56:10 #
This is a test submission, my first on this site.
The Union Pacific Challenger is a 4-6-6-4 locomotive they have restored and use for promotional runs. I have photographed about every square inch of it over the years, but this is my favorite.
The Union Pacific Challenger is a 4-6-6-4 locomotive they have restored and use for promotional runs. I have photographed about every square inch of it over the years, but this is my favorite.
Apr 5, 2012 23:58:58 #
Nice shot. I like the detail in the hammer marks where the drive arm has been hammered onto the shaft so many times over the years.
Apr 6, 2012 00:07:47 #
Thanks MT. I agree about the hammer marks, I tried to bring them out as much as possible. They kind of tell a story about this 70 yr old locomotive.
Apr 6, 2012 00:09:35 #
Apr 6, 2012 00:25:28 #
Is that a digital shot or scanned from film? The contrast is very good and emulates film very well if it is digital, but the background really looks digital to me.
Apr 6, 2012 00:37:22 #
Apr 6, 2012 00:39:17 #
Apr 6, 2012 01:10:45 #
Come on that is just plain teasing - show us the rest of it.
I used to get up close and personal with a Great Northern 4-6-6-4 back in the '50's- it was used to keep cars filled with lead & silver oar from "Running Away" down the canyon from the mines in Burke,ID to the smelter in Kellogg, ID 20 mi down the canyon.
Oh that was a piece of machinery.
I used to get up close and personal with a Great Northern 4-6-6-4 back in the '50's- it was used to keep cars filled with lead & silver oar from "Running Away" down the canyon from the mines in Burke,ID to the smelter in Kellogg, ID 20 mi down the canyon.
Oh that was a piece of machinery.
Apr 6, 2012 06:30:02 #
Apr 6, 2012 09:00:07 #
MT; It is a scanned TMX100 4x5 negative worked on in PhotoShop. I made a background copy layer, darkened it, then tediously erased selected parts to let the darker background show. I know there are probably easier ways to do this, but I never learned how to make masks. I have made several 16x20s of this image that look very nice. One hangs in my daughter's office in the UP headquarter building in Omaha.
I have since learned how to make HDR images from scanned negatives, may try that with this negative.
We also have a non-operational UP Big Boy (4-8-8-4) on display here in Omaha, but all the nice metal parts are painted and it's not as photogenic as the Challenger.
I have since learned how to make HDR images from scanned negatives, may try that with this negative.
We also have a non-operational UP Big Boy (4-8-8-4) on display here in Omaha, but all the nice metal parts are painted and it's not as photogenic as the Challenger.
MT Shooter wrote:
Is that a digital shot or scanned from film? The contrast is very good and emulates film very well if it is digital, but the background really looks digital to me.
Apr 6, 2012 09:03:01 #
Apr 6, 2012 09:06:21 #
Besides growing up between a Santa Fe track and a Missouri Pacific track, I love steam locomotives because they are complicated, highly animatyed machines. When the Challenger is releasing steam from dozens of outlets, air compressor and water pump operating, it's alive.
Harvey wrote:
Come on that is just plain teasing - show us the rest of it.
I used to get up close and personal with a Great Northern 4-6-6-4 back in the '50's- it was used to keep cars filled with lead & silver oar from "Running Away" down the canyon from the mines in Burke,ID to the smelter in Kellogg, ID 20 mi down the canyon.
Oh that was a piece of machinery.
I used to get up close and personal with a Great Northern 4-6-6-4 back in the '50's- it was used to keep cars filled with lead & silver oar from "Running Away" down the canyon from the mines in Burke,ID to the smelter in Kellogg, ID 20 mi down the canyon.
Oh that was a piece of machinery.
Apr 6, 2012 09:23:13 #
jackm1943 wrote:
This is a test submission, my first on this site.
The Union Pacific Challenger is a 4-6-6-4 locomotive they have restored and use for promotional runs. I have photographed about every square inch of it over the years, but this is my favorite.
The Union Pacific Challenger is a 4-6-6-4 locomotive they have restored and use for promotional runs. I have photographed about every square inch of it over the years, but this is my favorite.
I live in Erie Lackawanna country, on a rare occasion we still see a steamer on the lines
Apr 6, 2012 09:25:55 #
jackm1943 wrote:
MT; It is a scanned TMX100 4x5 negative worked on ... (show quote)
Now I know exactly why I was seeing what I was seeing, thank you. I have not seen a digital camera yet that can render the wonderful tonal qualities of film and I thought for a second there you were going to prove me wrong. Nice work. Keep shooting the film!
Apr 6, 2012 10:07:18 #
Is that from #844 then? I chased her through Southern California on November 17, 2011 and got some pictures for my railroad wall.
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