Abandoned locomotive in Birmingham: This was captured on Kodax TMX and developed in Rodinal in 1999, using my Mamiya C333 TLR. The Rodinal development made for very contrasty negs...

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

This was captured on Kodax TMX and developed in Rodinal in 1999, using my Mamiya C333 TLR. The Rodinal development made for very contrasty negs which are a little more difficult to PP in Photoshop. Winter time here in Nebraska is a good time to catch up on processing old images.

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rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Nice work, Jack.
--Bob

jackm1943 wrote:

This was captured on Kodax TMX and developed in Rodinal in 1999, using my Mamiya C333 TLR. The Rodinal development made for very contrasty negs which are a little more difficult to PP in Photoshop. Winter time here in Nebraska is a good time to catch up on processing old images.

Rae Zimmerman Loc: Pine Island, FL

Impressive! I'd hang this in my study!

angler Loc: StHelens England

Good shot.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Here's another crop that I think works a little better than the first:

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jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

rmalarz wrote:

Nice work, Jack.
--Bob

Thank you Bob. Please check the revised crop I just posted.
JackM

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Rae Zimmerman wrote:

Impressive! I'd hang this in my study!

Thank you Rae. Please check the second crop if you have time.
JackM

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

angler wrote:

Good shot.

Thank you angler. Do you like the second crop a little better?
JackM

angler Loc: StHelens England

jackm1943 wrote:

Thank you angler. Do you like the second crop a little better?
JackM

They are both good JackM but I still liked the first one better.
Jim.

DaveD65 Loc: Queen City, Ohio

I love this shot, but why would someone abandon such an engine? I would think the recyclable materials alone would make it worthwhile, as well as there dozens of train clubs that restore these old engines.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

angler wrote:

They are both good JackM but I still liked the first one better.
Jim.

Thanks for letting me know Jim.
JackM

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

DaveD65 wrote:

I love this shot, but why would someone abandon such an engine? I would think the recyclable materials alone would make it worthwhile, as well as there dozens of train clubs that restore these old engines.

I don't know Dave. This was taken over 20 yrs ago and I have no idea if it's still there or what happened to it. I might take a look on Google Earth and see if I can find it.
JackM

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

jackm1943 wrote:

This was captured on Kodax TMX and developed in Rodinal in 1999, using my Mamiya C333 TLR. The Rodinal development made for very contrasty negs which are a little more difficult to PP in Photoshop. Winter time here in Nebraska is a good time to catch up on processing old images.

tcthome Loc: NJ

I like the first 1 better. This one reason why we take photos! Great capture, Great work.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice shot as it is--interesting.

I’ll bet you could have done a lot with the abandoned building, too.