The quest for some freight trains brought me a bit further south, in Alt-Hoeselt. I parked the car close to the, by insiders well-known, curve and started walking. I didn’t quite find what I was looking for, so this Crossrail train became a “panic” shot. On the photo you can judge the gradient, and thus understand why the loco is spitting out a lot of … Continue reading Enjoying an evening walk
For the last train of the day, I chose this viewpoint from on top of a bridge in Noyelles-sur-Mer. The plains in the back lead to the famous natural reserve Baie de Somme. SNCF 67455, Noyelles-Sur-Mer 13.6.2015 The Amiens – Boulogne line looks promising. I’ve seen some interesting spots that I’ll definitely try when I have some time to go out there again. I’m thinking … Continue reading Thinking of next time
Year after year, in September and October, trees’ leaves turn all shades of yellow, red and brown. This phenomenon, which we call Autumn, forms a great subject of photographs that include some minimum amount of landscape. In the northeast of the United States of America autumn can look really spectacular. I’ve been inspired by photos seen on the excellent railpictures.net website. Check out a few examples here: A … Continue reading Idea: Indian Summer
Located in the industrial Ruhr area, a lot of rail-related activity goes on in the Duisburg region. The railway network looks like a giant spread-out spaghetti dish – all over the place and seemingly disorganized. Totally unexperienced in this area, I decided to finally start exploring. It was a rainy Saturday. Thus my main expectations were moody shots in abandoned as well as non-abandoned industrial … Continue reading One day around Duisburg
Nighttime is usually not the moment to shoot moving objects. Darkness makes the use of long exposure a necessity. Unless you use flashes. Today I found an interesting article about the technique of flash shooting moving trains. It gives a lot of useful information: kimandrenaud.com. I have also been experimenting with this technique, inspired by Gary Knapp‘s photos. In january 2015, the port of Antwerp was the … Continue reading Night shooting
Last week I spent a week out of the country. Main destination were the ever magnificent Swiss Alps, hoping to find some snow. Following the sun led us to a lot of different places: the Gotthard line, first time in winter the Rhätische Bahn, meter gauge trains in magnificent landscapes the region between Strasbourg and Saverne, chasing the last months of the Eurocity’s to and … Continue reading 1 week holiday
A nightly photoshoot in the port of Antwerp brought us to the Lillo section of the port. B-Logistics was pushing a train in place at Euroports, while this Europorte locomotive was waiting for its next service. It has arrived here a few hours ago with a sugar train from France. Shutterspeed was not too long, considering the massive amount of available artificial light. Continue reading Europorte @ Euroports
Being out with friends for making photos is so much more fun than being out on your own. And it produces different results. My friend eurorailer likes making videos every once and a while. While a photo is a frozen moment in time, a video shows more of what’s happening around the train. Even though some noises are not always appreciated by the videomaker… those … Continue reading Shooting video
Making photos of trains is an occasion to discover places that are not so well known. That can be very interesting sometimes. In Ancey, we found a spot to make photos with the town of Mâlain in the background. The TGV’s don’t stop here, of course, but back in the days the town used to be rather important. Witness of this importance is the fortress overlooking town, … Continue reading One day between Paris and Dijon – part 3
While surfing the internet, I see lots of pictures made at beautiful locations. While preparing for a photo trip, I hardly remember any of them. That’s too bad! I find it very useful to know in advance what kind of locations to expect. It allows better planning of the trip, and returning home with a more satisfying result. That’s why, in the new T-spots section on this … Continue reading T-spots section online
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