Among the features of Irish Rail in 2006 were two new paint liveries that had been introduced the year previous.
I preferred the yellow-face scheme on the 201 class diesel. This photographed better than either the older predominantly orange livery, or the new two-tone green and silver (such featured in yesterday’s post).
The brighter ends proved visually especially advantageous in situations such as this one where the front-end was shadowed.
Tracking the Light Posts Daily!
On 10 March 2016, I will present a feature length illustrated talk to the Irish Railway Record Society in Dublin; my topic, Irish Railways in 2006.
This will begin at 7:30 pm at the IRRS Dublin premises near Heuston Station, Dublin.
The 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of this blog are most relevant to my post here:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2016/03/open-mike-the-tale-of-an-enlarger.html
Still a beautiful image in a beautiful country ! No issues here although I did like the ” wire filter ” comment ! Best of luck with your upcoming presentation in Dublin , Brian ! You’ll knock ’em dead… Figuratively speaking …
“It’s easy enough to removing in post processing, but I’m not sure that is the honest thing to do. ”
It’s more than being honest. It’s the historical record of what was there at the time the shutter opened. For me, this is more important than artistic merit in railroad photography. Future generations will appreciate the photographer who has the reputation of being trusted to show what really was.
Yes, I know that all photographs are artificial and don’t really show the reality, but that’s not what’s under discussion here.
You need a wire filter