I saw this in my model railroad forum and thought this would be a wonderful once in a lifetime photography opportunity. I know I would dearly love to be there. I would just hope I wasn't so awe struck that I forget to push the shutter button. With being a part time hobbyist I'd just take all my stuff and see what I can do once I found a spot, if I could find a spot.

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this. It kind of fits in several places but not fully in any.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-can-i-see-big-boy-steam-locomotive

Now that's funny!

I only have two gears left. If you don't like this one you damn sure ain't going to like the other one.

I found their website. Thank you!

What's TPE?

If someone walked up to you on the street or a mountain trail and asked you for a tip(s) with photography what would you tell them?

I searched UHH and found posts with links to tips for this specific purpose or that specific purpose but none by the poster themselves. I've also seen tips here and there in threads about other things. I just wasn't able to find one place to go to get a bunch of tips. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it just means I couldn't find it.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's tip. I'm sure I'll get quite the education and hopefully maybe someone else will too. In the interest of keeping the thread length down I'll thank you all in advance.

And I'll even start. I tell them I'm only a part time hobbyist but I say to always enjoy it and take lots of pictures.

Well, that depends on what you want to do with it. Personally I just use whatever came on my computer and phone. I can crop and do some adjustments to the image. It's surprising the features they have. I'm not big into post processing. Of course if you want to do some heavy processing you'll want one of the more robust picture makers that'll be recommended. By the way, welcome to the nut house.

I've seen a couple of posts where someone asked what a snapshot is. I've only seen one person answer the question by telling them to go buy a book. Really? Everybody else just ignored the question.

Here's the free answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapshot_(photography)

A picture maker is a tool. In general it is no more or less important than a camera or a lens or a tripod or any other of the tools used in photography. What gives a tool its degree of importance is a person's goal. Then it's only that important to that person. If my goal is to win the world picture maker contest then it's the most important. But if my goal is just a quick "hey, look at what I saw" then it's of little to no importance.

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Yep. And one can usually tell they came from a picture maker. They don't look real.

My favorite thing is to answer but say nothing. When they start talking I say, "It's done! But there's blood everywhere!" Then hang up.

You're right. Obama's lies where right out there for anybody to see if they cared to actually open your eyes.

All politicians lie. To point out one politician but not others is blatantly open prejudism thus rendering your argument pointless.

You're right. It's a good thing most of us are in the middle.

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