As Gwyn says the Great Central Railway which runs from Leicester to Loughborough is not far away but the Severn Valley Railway at Bewdley or Kidderminster is closer to Birmingham. Or there's the Black Country Museum.
What about just wandering round the Bullring area of Brum snatching street photos with that fantastic architecture as a background?
David

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DA*50-135mm zoom for me, no contest. The majority of replies so far have involved fairly wide angle lenses but that's too close for my taste. The point of street photography is to catch people in candid mood. By being further back you can catch them being natural and unaware they are being photographed. And you can frame whatever the background is going to be and then wait for the right characters to walk on stage. Composition already sorted.
Second favourite street lens? DA* 16-50 for the tight areas where the 50-135 is too long.
David

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The quality of these pictures is first class. I love the vibrant colours.
David

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Now I'm on the map
David

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I wondered at first glance if it was a Trident because they used them for fire practice at Teesside Airport after they were decommissioned by BA back in the '80s. But the flight deck windows looked very Boeingy. I should have known this was Trident, I flew on several of them in my working days.
Anyway now I'll have to go to the Sunderland museum soon. We could have a meet up.
David

PS Stan's pictures show there is scope for some interesting close up detail photography.

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I was aware there used to be an aircraft museum here but thought it had gone long since, overwhelmed by the massive Nissan complex. This has whetted my appetite too - as Barrie says perhaps a mini PUF meet is in order. Even better if there is a coffee shop with bacon butties.
The tram is interesting and the aircraft looks like one of the smaller Boeings - 737 or 727?
David.

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I take my laptop with me and copy the RAW images onto it from the SD cards. As a backup I then burn the RAW files on to a DVD from the laptop.
David

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Some terrific ideas there for the wedding photographers among our PUF members.
David

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The word stunning has already been used to describe this and I can't think of a better one. Its not only dramatic, its also a very beautiful image. Keep 'em coming Jon, you have access to a viewpoint which most of us can only dream of.
David

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Nice one. Obviously he was a good judge.
David

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