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The best place to park if you ever fancy trying this shot for yourself ;-)
Thats a super trail catch. Nearly missed it myself!! Fabulous!
awesome details!
I love this too!!
Grain works here ok !
This is becoming a habit by Stevacek.
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The lights began flashing and the bells started ringing just as I was driving past so I pulled off the road and took up my position again. This is my favourite of these bridge shots - it seems better from this side of the tracks ;-)
I'll soon be on waving terms with these train drivers, methinks...

It's a pity Jicin only has one decent railway bridge...
 
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rcjones41  Pro User  says:

Wow.

Just wow.
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Delgadina  Pro User  says:

Super shot!
I like it.
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the plastic man says:

brilliant.
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Huro Kitty  Pro User  says:

this is a wonderful shot. the nicest HDR i've seen.
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Agnes Geirdal  Pro User  says:

Amazing shot
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Jiggs2006 says:

Oh steve thats a super super shot!! Brilliant. Love this one.
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Matty_P says:

great stuff, full of action and dramatic light (just don't get run over by a train if you are concentrating on the camera too much)..
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Stevacek  Pro User  says:

Matty I usually trigger the shutter when I see the train and then stand well back...;-))

Thanks all!!
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WoW!
Great shot


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WeeJames  Pro User  says:

Great shot again.

I don't think theres anywhere in Glasgow i could ever get that near to a train.
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Stevacek  Pro User  says:

James I bet you could find somewhere in a city that size! Like I said, this is the only place in the district where I can get a shot like this...
I bet Glesga trains are a bit faster than these though - this looks fast but was only doing around 40 mph...
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~J0~  Pro User  says:

My heart is in my mouth - am glad to read you stand well back!
I prefer the composition of this one to the other two as the emphasis is strongly on the track and train lights and there is greater perspective. A great, dynamic shot. BRAVO!!!

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Stevacek  Pro User  says:

Thanks Jo for the Bravo!
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kainet  Pro User  says:

wow, this is so cool. good job
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Woow! Was it Czech Pendolino?
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super cool..seen in explore's opening page.
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Dale73  Pro User  says:

very cool shot, great work!
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Wonderful shot!

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well executed, cool shot.
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3dom  Pro User  says:

absolutely stunning !!!
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Cool colors - very nice HDR!

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Great HDR work and well composed!

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Martin Colebourne  Pro User  says:

This is awesome. I love it.
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CORSIWORLD  Pro User  says:

Fantastic! A Fave!
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very well done!

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isida16 says:

is it in chicago?
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A superb shot !!!!

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thatstickerguy says:

Awsome !
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MatteoSp (Re-Inspired) says:

Stunning shot!
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*HSF* Photography  Pro User  says:

super sweet shot. i love it.
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Lupin le vorace says:

Habit or not I still like the result!! Those shots are very nice Steve!!
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A r l e t t e [deleted] says:

Again, great picture. I love all these lights and trails and the atmosphere!
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flickrjob  Pro User  says:

a really moving photo - great
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eyeofyork says:

Awesome shot. I was given bad advice, always told to stay away from the tracks! I like the depth, leads the eye to a new area of activity nicely.
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tommartinphotos says:

Just the most awesome shot! incredible!
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Trance-Elbow  Pro User  says:

Yet again, a masterpiece. I love these, they're rather good.
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mndhemphill  Pro User  says:

Nice one!

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slack12  Pro User  says:

Amazing shot. Faved.
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lsuffy  Pro User  says:

This is really good! You have done fabulous work here. Thank you!
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patrix  Pro User  says:

what they said.
:-)
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mike.irwin  Pro User  says:

but it's a good habit, and one that shouldnt be broken - i'd do the same
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mary04  Pro User  says:

WOW spectacular capture.................great lighting and fantastic sense of speed here...................... !!!
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grinnner says:

Another GREAT shot. You have these techniques nailed. Well done - I love these images.
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pierofix  Pro User  says:

Wooonderful!!!
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Sunset Sailor  Pro User  says:

This is a fantastic series, Steve. I can't believe you don't have a big fave on this yet. Well, you do now.
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Stevacek  Pro User  says:

Thanks a lot all, and especially Sailor for the BigFave - cheers mate!
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www.joserrairusta.com / www.JDRfotografia.com  Pro User  says:

fantastic job
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LucaPicciau says:

An excellent work, very well done!!!!!!!!!
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Caio H. Nunes says:

Amazing!
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Svjetlost  Pro User  says:

i love this ghost photo! very well done ... :-)
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*davidsαngle [deleted] says:

A HDR night shot ? Wow.. I tried it many times to do a HDR at night.. it was everytime dominant green and wortless. How did you do that ?
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Stevacek  Pro User  says:

To get the right colour cast I had the white balance set on Phosphorescent - depends what sort of lighting you're under. Here I had a combination of the streetlamps, the car lights, the train lights and the torch I was holding, so I took a lucky guess ;-)
I had noise reduction on to cut down the grain and used a really long exposure to make sure there was plenty of light.
Otherwise night HDR shots are really really noisy.
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Prozic says:

once again .. grats on making it to explore

this picture is really stunning..
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Nice done!! amazing light.
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TecnoCiencia says:

Una foto super interesante hecha con el tripode, muy buenos colores, magnifico.
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rvalek says:

This shot is breath-taking!
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A!omah ♥ says:

NiCe Work, I like it
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sab3r  Pro User  says:

very cool!
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photodesignlab says:

wow great shot!!
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sharkgrrl says:

incredible!
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nice work, seen on explore
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ENT108  Pro User  says:

just great mate!
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claus_klima says:

Great shot, ich bin gegeistert von diesem schönen Foto!
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c@rljones  Pro User  says:

Damn that's a great shot, looks entirely computer generated, very good indeed, i'm so gonna go hunt some bridges with trains on them now.
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sparkywalts says:

This is brilliant!
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akimera says:

I love this HDR! I'm not an absolute fan of it, but this time I like the lights of the train improved in this shot!
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Winner Flickr's Weekly 50+ Favorites Contest. .Please post it to the pool.

Congrats Steve !!

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crossa  Pro User  says:

Well done!! Fantastic shot!
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mind blowing picture. Love it.
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Cosima Skold says:

Great shot. Love it. Faved.
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Titus Davidheimann Beek [deleted] says:

Wow this is art. Very nice
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mika.  Pro User  says:

Another amazing HDR! Very well done!
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andrew.stuart1  Pro User  says:

Simply Brilliant! Light trails are fantastic, and colours are amazing.
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nicki_bennie  Pro User  says:

This shot is amazing...love it!
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lucky e  Pro User  says:

fantastic
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jurvetson  Pro User  says:

Have to agree.... best HDR I have seen.

Flashlight under the bridge?

Talk about painting with light!!!
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Varyamo says:

Uno de los mejores HDR que he podido ver. Mis felicitaciones!!!
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_sarchi  Pro User  says:

I hate it when that happens then you fall in love?
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Toni_V  Pro User  says:

great composition and HDR treatment!
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mooticity says:

Beautiful shot!
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Piulet  Pro User  says:

VERY VERY WELL DONE!!!
Congratulations!
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eShamsi  Pro User  says:

Breath taking, can you share your technique ?
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kanngard  Pro User  says:

OOoohhh!!!
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Jimages Digital  Pro User  says:

stevacek

yet another boring rave. great image, man.
but, a question, how many exposures do you trigger by remote?
puzzled??
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Stevacek  Pro User  says:

Thanks again everyone - I never thought this pic would get such a response.

My technique for this was:
1 bracketed exposure from a single shot. The camera was set to Bulb (manual),l 2 minute exposure. I started taking the shot when I saw the train appear, then when it had gone past I used a torch/flashlight to light up the tracks and the underside of the bridge for a minute or so.

Then HDRed the 3 images in Photomatix...
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seccad yazıcıoğlu says:

maybe it's magic=) great capture
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tsak_d  Pro User  says:

great shot my friend
A big fav
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it's a perfect day for bananafish says:

one of the best pics i've ever seen!
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DreamzInColor  Pro User  says:

Fantasticly interesting shot.
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