Photographing Moving Trains

in photography •  6 years ago  (edited)

I decided to give shooting a freight train another go. I wanted practice finding the right exposure values to shoot this type of subject right. I was standing next to the track to shoot an oncoming freight train. The problem was the bright headlight. The fact the train was moving at a speed of about 50-60 km/h and the fact that I'd be using the 70-300 mm lens meant that I'd need a fast shutter speed. I picked 1/400 seconds. Last time around, @gamer00 advised me to overexpose the image a little bit in order to expose the shadows better and bring the exposure down while editing the photos. I picked 800 as the ISO value. I used f/6.3 as the aperture value. The pictures were overexposed straight out of the camera. I wouldn't have picked 800 as the ISO, maybe 600 but they double with each stop at the wheel. I a few of the pictures I brought up the shadows a little bit. The results below:

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Here's the first one.

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Here I brought down the exposure in editing and brought up the shadows a little bit.

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Ditto.

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The same edits here. I think these turned out better than the ones I took in December.

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This is how the one taken after the previous one looked straight from the camera. Overexposed on purpose.

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After bringing down the exposure and bringing up the shadows a little bit.

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This one was pretty long. It departed from the port of Loviisa, a small town about 90 km to the southeast of Lahti.

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I was standing far enough from the track the whole time. I'm not crazy. But with the long lens you can easily zoom in and make it appear as though you were next to the train. The train was quite loud.

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I've just been out taking photos of trains and you're right they are noisy! You've done a great job and the colours of the train and carriages adds to the shots. Well done.

Thanks. Looking forward to looking at your train pics!

Wow! You have the patience. Very interesting results.

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I have always enjoyed trains and the amazing power that can be harnessed. Great job capturing the beauty of a train.

I do like trains. And the setting is remote and beautiful. Thanks for the great pictures @markkujantunen.

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