Nat Pres Photo Of The Year.

Amateur with a love for Steam.
From a very wet but atmospheric NYMR Autumn Steam Gala 2010.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldsteam/5060239475/in/set-72157624991430369/

 

Just been looking at the Vintage Trains web site and there's a photo on there by a guy called Phil Waterfield of 45305 on The Deva Explorer on Sat.
If he's a member on here he should enter that photo.....it's beautiful.
http://www.tyseleylocoworks.co.uk/vt/images2/45305_hargrave_pw_v.jpg

 

My entry for amateur

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/5219673168/#/photos/mark-walker/5219673168/lightbox/

Cheers,
Mark

 

Amateur category I guess, as I've not had anything published in any of the mags.

 

My humble attempt for the amateur category http://www.flickr.com/photos/mottyphoto/4968833706/

 

I'm new but thought I'd put this forward, most certainly in the amateur category: http://steamandspeed.fotopic.net/p68259782.html

 

Well here is my humble entry for the amateur category:
http://rasdvphotos.fotopic.net/p68319415.html
RHDR no:8 'Hurricane' on the 28th October 2010.
P.S I've really enjoyed looking at all the other pictures that have been submited. They look good too!

 

Gets my vote!

 

Here is my entry for the amateur C
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35173589@N05/5231309576/

 

Suppose I may as well give it a go... http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisbodell/5110816157/

 

I think this one is possibly mu own favorite for the year.

Blanche leaving Tanygrisiau

 

Here's my entry:

Be warned, it's not a conventional 3/4 view.

http://graham-williams.fotopic.net/p68351593.html

 

More like a full frontal - an excellent photo and brilliant timing with the tunnel mouth framing the loco.

Richard

 

here's my attempt for the amateur section

http://dtomo68.photium.com/photo4440152.html#photo

Dave

 

Dave i really like the angle on that - really shows the power of the locomotive

 

Good photo - really different and inventive. 9/10 photters would probably have not even attempted a photo in that situation so good job.

I'm not being critical, but I feel the photo would benefit from being a bit more symmetrical, so that the line of running plate is closer to horizontal. I'm interested to know whether the submitted image is 'full-frame' or whether it has been cropped? If it has been cropped, then it may be worth having a play around to see if it can be tweaked in PS and re-cropped? Just a suggestion - and perhaps see how it looks in b/w just for something different?

 

No doubt for me but the last shot of Gresley in the snow. To get sun+snow+steam is a rare combination and with 60007 at the helm what could be better.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10257146@N05/5234543049/

Simon

 

Time to give the mods a headache me thinks!

I reckon that we need to have a few categories, not only amateur, but also semi pro & pro dependant on what your camera is classified as ie point & shoot compacts & systems for amateur, DSLRs classified as semi pro (I use a Nikon 5000 so I get the benefit of choosing stills or video & capturing frames later)
And then the big boys toys for the pros.

We could also have ones for preserved & mainline.

Over to you guys & girls

Here's my 'effort' - I cant compete with some of really stunning images posted so far.

 

My favourite shot of this year:

http://neilscott.fotopic.net/p65387196.html