Lovely, I'm glad you left the rocky foreground at the base to give the picture both stability and context. David PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout

Terrific sight - but this where video has the edge over still photography the wave patterns as they swoop and swirl. David PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout

Lovely textures, the lighting has really emphasised them. David PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout

This is a first class example of street photography as well as a record of this amazing structure. Whether you waited ages for the right figure to walk past, set it up or were lucky in that you grabbed the picture immediately matters not one bit. The important thing is that you got the picture. David

Nicely photographed, you were blessed with good light. As Andrew says the LMS 'Crabs' were not the most handsome of locomotives but they did their work efficiently for more than 30 years on both freight and passenger trains. David PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout

Best wishes to you too Nezih. What a lovely picture to start the year with, I like the tyre tracks in the snow. David PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout

You've been visiting some stupendous scenery - and doing it justice judging by this terrific picture. David PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout

Keen observation. David PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout

Another green 9F Andrew - there should only be one - Evening Star. However it looks good. I love the 9Fs and I've got a shot of this very one in BR lined-out mixed traffic black livery on the North Yorks Railway and it looked good like that as well. When I was young the 9Fs came blasting past where I lived in Consett with iron ore trains from Tyne Dock. Had many unofficial footplate rides on t ...

Text book use of light and composition. David PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout