Nice work Bob, well summed up as above.

Tha last for me also Adrian.

Lovely bud, and on a complementary background too.

Wil,

Images not available at present?

John,

I'd probably crop the RHS and top, to eliminate the rubbish near the door, and the fluorescent lights.

Another pic when they're 5 years old perhaps?

Gary,

I can't believe this has been sitting here with no comment!

How did you do the blurring on the rolling stock? It's an interesting effect IMO.

Thanks for your kind comments.

Richard & Barrie - the first is along the edge of the platform, while I was standing on the track.

Mike - too true - I'd also have preferred the bokeh to have been better. As it was, the FA50 was at f2.

Phil - mostly the FA50 on the Kx, some with the 16-45 or 50-135 on the K10. The latter will start appearing in shots I'll post in future 'Goldfields' series.

Not that it is worth anything on account of it, but the lantern shot was indoors in the rather gloomy locomotive workshop, so I used 1600 to keep the shutter speed manageable.

Thanks again.

Did I hear beer o'clock?

The central Vic goldfields were well serviced by a rail network in the mid / late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries.

Some samples from Maldon, where the VGR runs a 15 km tourist railway to Castlemaine, using the old rolling stock and engines.

station edge
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Goldfields/_IGP1042R.jpg[/IMG]

rolling repairs
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Goldfields/_IGP1021R.jpg[/IMG]

the original 'cattle class'
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Goldfields/_IGP1052R.jpg[/IMG]

smokers barred
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Goldfields/_IGP1061-2R.jpg[/IMG]

lantern
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Goldfields/_IGP1075R.jpg[/IMG]

at rest
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Goldfields/_IGP1081R.jpg[/IMG]

oil fired
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Goldfields/_IGP6305R.jpg[/IMG]

retired - out with a bang!
[IMG]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/i_berg/Goldfields/_IGP1044R.jpg[/IMG]

Thoughts and comments welcome as always.