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Tony

Not going to lie: leaning out of the window of a moving steam train, desperately clutching a Leica so I don't drop it, and hoping I've got the zone-focusing and exposure right to make this shot work was a whole lot of fun.

( Ic, Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5, Rollei Retro 400S in LC29)

@coldkennels success! I like seeing the reflection in the trains window too 👍

@analog_cafe thanks, mate. It came out way better than I could have hoped; I was already a few pints deep at this point, if I’m honest. 😅

@coldkennels very cool shot Tony, thanks for sharing! 🙌

@poloduibhir I legitimately swallowed a chunk of coal that was thrown back from the engine at one point.

It was delicious.

@coldkennels How does it feel to have inspired the updated safety warning, "Please keep your arms and Leicas inside the train at all times"?

Great shot!

@kboyd “…but if you’re using a Canon, feel free to wave that thing outside the window as much as you want.”

@kboyd Oh, that is a particularly beautiful bit of scenery to be hanging out of a train in!

The only times I've visited BC I was going to an event in Cloverdale. I definitely got the short end of the stick looking at this shot - what a lovely part of the world.

@coldkennels Fantastic photo! Also glad you weren’t decapitated.

@coldkennels Lovely shot. Glad you didn't do a Vyvyan.

@coldkennels I shot with my OM-1 by setting up for distance then only photographing subjects in that range. Parades were a good place to photograph, mainly the crowd. Fun

@orc Good question! I didn't think to take notes, but here's the "roster" at the railway in question:

Bulleid Pacific No. 34072 '257 Squadron'
BR Standard 4MT No. 80078
Caledonian Railway 812 No. 828
Class 31/4 31430 'Sister Dora'
Class 33/0 33063 'R. J. Mitchell'

It might have been the Calendonian 828; I have some close-up shots of that engine later in the roll.

@coldkennels It is hard to tell from back in the train; British locomotives are so nice and compact that from an angle like yours all you can tell is there's something emitting smoke from in front of the tender :-)

@orc true - but some of them are CHONKERS. If I remember I’ll post an engine shot or two as an example tomorrow!

@RealGene I did have a short neck strap wound around my wrist… but there was still that not-entirely-irrational fear of my viewfinder dropping off, or the Sonnar dropping out of the Amedeo adapter, or the strap lugs breaking…

@Voline in Kent, about an hour southwest of London, UK. Real nice local heritage railway, and they were holding a beer festival ON THE TRAINS. It was glorious!

@Robo thanks. Might be the last day of good light in England for a while if the weather forecast is anything to go by!

@basil I was thinking of EXACTLY that image while I was on the train! I imagine it’s burned into the mind of every Brit of a certain age.

@coldkennels yes I think you're right for sure.