I was fortunate enough this weekend to have enough energy and a mate to drag me out for a spot of Astro-photography and sunrise chasing, at Llynnau Mymbyr - Snodonia National Park

What I hadn't planned on, and that was two fold, is doing a 30+ hour day day without sleep is fine when your younger, but not so great when you have hit 40 and secondly the weather gods can bless you with too much fog and mist. I know right! too much weather.

Check out the little 4min video I did to accompany the image, which was shot with the Pentax K1 + HD Pentax-D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR which punches way above its weight imho! (the image that is) the video waas done on a canon M50

I hope you enjoy!

Regards
Geoff

Yes, there was a small signal/electrical box at the side of the tracks which I used to get the focus, edge camera over to the right a little, then case of just the timing the shutter button as the train reached that point.

@AlJones2402 - Thank you.

Thanks Miles, I if'd and ah'd about the post, in the end I thought the train takes the focus, and it would be a keen and critical eye to linger on the post for more than a split of z second. I do like the idea of the 16:9 ratio. I didn't give that to much thought more of a passing consideration. I'll have to give it a go now you have mentioned it 😁

This was exactly my thought process, really is a single chance in fleeting moment of time. Next time, assuming it comes through the area again I might try a pan and blur 😁

Thanks for the tip JAK, as the first shot in the morning wasn't up to much, I didn't want to risk not getting an image on the 2nd chance. I do feel as though the trail of steam offers a sense of movement, perhaps a blurred background/wheels might have made the image better, I'm not so sure, I assure you I didn't leave anything to chance however as my settings were dialled in for the image I wanted to capture. As for concentrating on the YT video well I'm a one man band so I do my best!

Thank you, thats very kind of you to say. It did well for me, as it got picked up by the local press etc.

Chooo Choo!
- So a couple of weeks back I had a go at photographing the Flying Scotsman on its way to Worcester, unfortunately it didn't quite work out how I had planned.
Thankfully I managed to get a second chance a little later, the following little 5 min video captures the moment. I hope you enjoy.
https://youtu.be/-jlMHcQH3zE





Regards
Geoff

Couldn't agree more, very nice indeed.

Chooo Choo!
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The Flying Scotsman on its way to Paddington via Fladbury, in Worcestershire.
Pentax K1 + HD Pentax-D FA 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR @ 28mm If i remember correctly.

Thanks for the comments guys, I had been checking back regularly, but alas didn't get any notifications of replies being left, maybe i'm being daft and missed something - Anyways enough with excuses, I hope you don't mind me replying in bulk.

@oldtaffy - thank you, my time at the location was short, and was peppered by 3 or 4 squally rain showers as i had a a walk about the location, and during the deluges i have to agree it has a very depressing and lonely feel to the place, even with the large amount of people coming an going.

@pschlute, thanks, The super contrasty sunlight right after a rain shower (or 2) had passed was very strong and relefecting of the white hulls of the boats, was almost blinding, but this light really changed the mood of the scene for me, to something a little optimistic, and the punchy colours really did stand out. Mixed with the juxtaposition of the industrial skyline, I had hoped it would convey a sense of rebellion against that industrial nature of the landscape.

@Graham_A_E & Sry - Thank you for taking the time to view and comment. I have a few more images of my adventures that I'd like to post, rather than bore you all with endless images, I'll upload every now and then

Once again, thanks for the comments all, very much appreciated.

Regards
Geoff