All six A4s together

I did get pictures of all six together but they weren't positioned very well. Also the huge crowds made it difficult to get decent shots.



For the record they are, left to right: Dominion of Canada, farthest from camera; Sir Nigel Gresley, Union of South Africa, Dwight D Eisenhower, Bittern and Mallard. You can see the difference in shades of blue between Sir Nigel Gresley and the other blue locos in original LNER livery
David

PS: There were 34 A4s in service in 1952 and right up to the mid 1960s when they were replaced by diesels. There were 35 built around 1936-38 but one was bombed to destruction by the Luftwaffe at York engine sheds in the war.
David
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The high colour saturation is very effective.
David

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Andrew, the A4s have been several different colours during their lifetimes including two shades of blue and two of green. In 1952 they were in the process of repainting the fleet from the experimental dark blue of British Railways into Brunswick green. At that time some were blue and some green so it could well have been Sir Nigel Gresley you saw. After it was withdrawn and restored for preservation it was painted back into the early BR blue which it carries now.

Smeggy: I desaturated the crowds in picture #2 to make the locomotives more distinctive. The final picture wasn't desaturated at all. Its virtually straight out the camera - a reflection of the bridges in the River Tyne. I actually added a little saturation in PS because it was such a dull day it need more vibrancy.

Kris: You are probably right about taking a slice of yellow from the left side of the underpass. As I was shooting for the theme of yellow in this week's competition I thought I'd better leave a generous helping in the final image.
Thanks the comments folks.
David

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First class.
David

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Yesterday I was at Shildon to see all six surviving A4 class locos for their final exhibition together before two of them are shipped back to railway museums in USA and Canada.
Today I was on another walkabout around Newcastle, looking for yellow subjects for the weekly competition. plus anything else that cropped up.

Spotlight on Mallard- the world's fastest steam engine:



Admiring crowds



Yellow underpass



Yellow cello case




Tyne Bridges



Bridges of Tyne



All taken on either the K5 with DA*50-135mm lens or K30 with DA* 16-50 lens.

I love the rich blacks of the first two Barrie but the 'vintage' treatment of the old van seems to lack punch compared to them. The first one brought back happy memories of those real chips we had the day we went to Beamish - fried in genuine beef dripping.
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Sorry folks, I broke a basic rule for the monthly comp. After I entered the competition it was pointed out that my picture was out of date. Got confused with the weekly.
I've now deleted it.
David

Very good Barrie. The weather was poor but it was a good day for photography.
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Its a fine set Alan. #1 shows the classic lines of the Sage mirroring the Tyne Bridge to perfection. I like the Central Arcade picture, its fantastic architecture. I'm another one who bought all his LPs and CDs at Windows in that Arcade. The concrete arcade at the Civic Centre looks so much more interesting in your photo than it does for real.
David

PS: Ralph Hardwick raises an interesting point. Where are all the people. I've never seen Newcastle looking that empty.

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KH1234567890 wrote: 'Composition and background choice are usually secondary.
Basically, you can do street photography with just about any lens'.

I agree with your second statement about any lens being suitable for street photography but not with your first opinion.
For me background and environment are extremely important in street photography as I'm usually looking for juxtapositions and unusual or amusing situations.
David

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