These are classy images with fine quality, including the sepia example, although I'm with the others in thinking the black and white version is better.
Am I right in thinking that if you went back there in summer and used the same set up the IR filter would give these images a totally different look? Would the trees, covered in green leaves, and the grass take on an ethereal appearance.
David

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I've started a new thread with my steam trains pics from Saturday, plus one from Blyth Beach.
David

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It was cold, foggy and the light was struggling to get above one candle power. But that's what makes photography so challenging sometimes.
It was our camera club assignment day at Blyth in Northumberland and also there were heritage steam trains running on the mainline in the North East.
So my day involved and early start at Newcastle Central Station, a dash to Blyth and later another dash across Northumberland to Hexham.

Class K1 loco on the Wansbeck train at Newcastle.



Class B1 loco on the other end of the same train



Surfing in the chilling North Sea at Blyth



Royal Scot Class loco on the Hadrian charter train at Hexham



Gear used: K3+K5 and DA* 200mm,DA*16-50mm and 50-135mm lenses

David

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Excellent.
David

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It crtainly was Stan. There were Canon users as well, plus a couple of Sony's and an Olympus user. One lady member had a Pentax but she's not a member of this Forum. Could have done with Barrie's company to back me up.

David

Like both of these Alan. I got shots of this train at Newcastle Central when it set off about 9am for Blyth.
I've got to admit that I was poaching in the Blyth area yesterday, Durham Photographic Society had an assignment trip to the town. I wondered if I'd bump into you or Stan. We were mainly at South Beach - coffee and later fish and chips in the café there.
Jeez, it was bloody cold.
Pics to follow when I get them sorted.
David

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I've got three DA* lenses, 16-50, 50-35 and 200 and love all three, they cover 99% of all my photographic requirements. If I need to go wider than 16mm I've got a Sigma 10-20 which used to get used a lot but not very often now, although it still there when I need it.
I can't imagine why the DA*16-50 gets indifferent reviews, for me its superb.
The DA* 200mm, which I bought last summer when my DA*50-135 autofocus was playing up, is now used an awful lot. Its great for head on action shots of steam trains at speed on the main line and also for events like the Pickering Steam Fair and Edinburgh Fringe were I use it for portraits using shallow depth of field to separate the subject from the crowds.
I don't suffer from LBA and have no ambition to buy any more lenses although I recently acquired the DA f2.4 35mm with a new K3 and fancy using it as a walk about lens.
The earlier Pentax lenses from my film days don't get used now simply because the image quality doesn't compete with the DA* series.
David

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Nice one Pauly. It looks terrific in mono.
David

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I don't know where or when the term 'street photography' was first coined but it covers an aspect of photography in which I'm interested. I try to distinguish it from other categories which can sometimes overlap such as 'portrait', 'environmental portrait, 'architectural' etc by looking for images that have a story to tell.
I my mind street photography should include people caught candidly rather than posed. I see people as un-posed figures which are part of an urban setting and which add a touch of humour, juxtaposition or poignancy to a scene. In other words they should have some sort of a story to tell.
Street photography is certainly not about taking photographs of empty streets. That would be architectural, documentary or record photography.
Nor is it about taking a picture of the wife posed against the leaning tower of Pisa while on holiday.
But that's just my interpretation and style and I shall continue to pursue it. Others will have their own ideas and methods of going about it. Since I joined Pentax User Forum in 2008 I've posted quite a few of my 'street' photos on here and on PPG.
David

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Should warn you, Angy uses Canon.
David