Fine portrait of a fine engine!

Very pleasing colour rendition and another super capture of an engine hard at work. I especially like the texture, shadow and tones of the exhaust.

A very nice capture with lots of bygone elements, not least the semaphore. Is that a hint of setting sun too? If I screw my eyes up tight, I could imagine it was late in the period 1948-1968 but you would have to clone out that "Loco Stop" sign. I am heading to that area myself, in the next couple of days. Cliff and I were discussing the Duchess on Saturday (up Shap and back over S&C), th ...

I like this one better, Sam. As poor abandonned Buzz was the subject, I felt he should be in focus. Looking at your original picture, I thought you might have a challenge getting him all in focus as his near arm was blurred while the distant one was more in focus. This view animates the toy and makes you wonder what he is thinking as other things go on in the background.

Super composition and sharpness. Do show us the colour version sometime, too!

I like the shot, interest in all areas (near, middle, distant) and a striking sky. Agree slightly with the sense of what Andrew is saying, if there were trees on the left edge, that would balance things up, but still a pleasing view.

I like the textures and shades. Not 100% sure about the composition. Regards

Fun and atmospheric.

Excellent use of (lack of) depth of field. Good shot & conversion.

I too, like the sense of width and the sharpness in the image. I beg to differ from Ian though as I like the colour, but you are hampered a little by the shadowy foreground. The aspect ratio adds interest too. I would be quite interested to see what you can do by cropping out the shadowy area (but inevitably changing the viewpoint a little). Regards