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Feb 26, 2021 12:33:49   #
JustJill Loc: Iowa
 
Crossing the Mississippi river at Dubuque IA


The bridge


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Going
Going...
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Going
Going...
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Gone into the tunnel at far end
Gone into the tunnel at far end...
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Feb 26, 2021 16:58:10   #
Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
 
Gone!
Enjoyed the series!
Pat

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Feb 26, 2021 17:24:43   #
JustJill Loc: Iowa
 
Jay Pat wrote:
Gone!
Enjoyed the series!
Pat


Thank you for looking and commenting on my pictures.

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Feb 27, 2021 08:09:13   #
GrayGhost
 
Nice. Thanks for sharing
73
GG

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Feb 27, 2021 08:20:14   #
sgt hop Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
 
nice pix, thanks.....

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Feb 27, 2021 10:57:19   #
JustJill Loc: Iowa
 
GrayGhost wrote:
Nice. Thanks for sharing
73
GG


Thank you for looking and commenting on my pictures too.

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Feb 27, 2021 10:58:05   #
JustJill Loc: Iowa
 
sgt hop wrote:
nice pix, thanks.....


Thank you for commenting!

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Feb 27, 2021 12:32:54   #
DonVA Loc: British Columbia and New Mexico
 
I like your pictures JustJill. I love shooting trains and I know how difficult it is to get good picture of them, especially on a dark winter day. I like #3 the best but I think perhaps you are not getting as much out of it as you might. I took the liberty of playing with it a bit on my Android tablet using Snapseed, a free editing program with surprising capabilities. I made the image brighter, applied the structure filter, increased saturation a bit to bring out the red of the locomotives, selectively brightened the cliff face around the tunnel portal and darkened the portal itself to dramatize it. Last I adjusted color balance a little over to the blue side.
Finally, I think the shot after this might have been the keeper, when the locomotives were just off the bridge and not yet in the tunnel.
I know you didn’t ask for all this and might not even want it but when I see a good shot that could be great with just a bit of tweaking I sometimes can't resist.

Don


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Feb 27, 2021 16:41:27   #
JustJill Loc: Iowa
 
DonVA wrote:
I like your pictures JustJill. I love shooting trains and I know how difficult it is to get good picture of them, especially on a dark winter day. I like #3 the best but I think perhaps you are not getting as much out of it as you might. I took the liberty of playing with it a bit on my Android tablet using Snapseed, a free editing program with surprising capabilities. I made the image brighter, applied the structure filter, increased saturation a bit to bring out the red of the locomotives, selectively brightened the cliff face around the tunnel portal and darkened the portal itself to dramatize it. Last I adjusted color balance a little over to the blue side.
Finally, I think the shot after this might have been the keeper, when the locomotives were just off the bridge and not yet in the tunnel.
I know you didn’t ask for all this and might not even want it but when I see a good shot that could be great with just a bit of tweaking I sometimes can't resist.

Don
I like your pictures JustJill. I love shooting tra... (show quote)


I am grateful that you took the liberty to do it, and the time you put into to improving my photo. I am always looking for ways to improve. I am not good at post processing. Thanks agin!

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Feb 27, 2021 19:13:03   #
DonVA Loc: British Columbia and New Mexico
 
Post processing is half the fun! It enables you to turn your picture from what your camera saw into what your eyes saw when you took it. But I know what you mean about not being good at it. I can't claim much expertise for myself either. Its something you keep learning, first to master the techniques and then to develop the judgment needed to use them to best effect. Good luck with it and I look forward to seeing more of your stuff.

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Mar 1, 2021 15:55:12   #
JustJill Loc: Iowa
 
DonVA wrote:
Post processing is half the fun! It enables you to turn your picture from what your camera saw into what your eyes saw when you took it. But I know what you mean about not being good at it. I can't claim much expertise for myself either. Its something you keep learning, first to master the techniques and then to develop the judgment needed to use them to best effect. Good luck with it and I look forward to seeing more of your stuff.


Thank you for taking the time to comment, Don.

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