2008 Winter Steam Festival at Golden Spike National Historic Site

[theNOIZ]

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[BeachBill]

These are all really cool. :clap

I think I like the first one the best, with the closeup a close runner up. I think if you cloned out the telephone poles, it would make the images even better. Maybe even try a B&W or vintage conversion as well.

I would have loved to have been there. Awesome subject material. :thumb

[roentarre]

wonderful colour and compositon! :clap :ivar

[theNOIZ]

These are all really cool. :clap

I think I like the first one the best, with the closeup a close runner up. I think if you cloned out the telephone poles, it would make the images even better. Maybe even try a B&W or vintage conversion as well.

I would have loved to have been there. Awesome subject material. :thumb
Thanks Bill.

You mean telegraph poles. :D I think they've tried to keep the area authentic by re-doing some of the telegraph lines that the railroad put in. Anyway, good point. Wires always seem to get in the way. And good suggestion about trying a b/w or aged conversion.

Bill, you're from Utah. Do you know what the difference is between a cell phone tower and a telephone pole in the city of Corinne is? Not much. I should have stopped to take a picture of that. :rofl The tower they had in town was a telephone pole with the typical cell tower hardware mounted to the top. The image that keeps popping in my head is Wile E. Coyote making a call to ACME on his Verizon phone so he can order a new set of rocket skates. I'm sure someone out there reading this lives in a town much like this and thinks I'm a jerk, but... please. Before I have to apologize, understand that Promontory, Utah, is about one-hundred and nowhere miles away from nothingville. I'll just go over here and shut up now. Sorry about the sarcastic humor.

[clemensphoto's]

Great colors!! Difficult to pick a favorite - O.K. all of them. Great job.:clap :clap

[Shootin1st]

Great colors. They're all great...even the pole joke :-)

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[theNOIZ]

I took Bill's suggestion and aged a few of the photos for fun.

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Out of all the photos, this last would probably be the most accurate of the processing used in 1869. "Albumen, widely used from 1855 to the 1890's, this inexpensive photographic method produced paper-based photos. Negatives were captured on glass, and the print was then created on paper that used albumen from egg whites to bind the light-sensitive chemicals to the paper (Paint Shop Pro Photo X2). A display at the Golden Spike visitor center detailed this process.

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[clemensphoto's]

Really like the aged ones aswell.

[jasonstone]

The first one just pops out at me!! Love it!!! :thumb

[Pupator]

The first one just pops out at me!! Love it!!! :thumb

:agree The first one (in color) is awesome.

[BeachBill]

I posted some summer-time reenactment photos here (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=135688).

[schmoo]

Amazing! I'd never know your modifications were from recent photos. Great job :D

[Eia]

Wow, not only wonderful but interesting!

[dseidman]

I really like your re-edits. These are some really nice photos.

I drove right by this place last summer and now I'm really wishing I had stopped to take a look...

[Picture North Carolina]

My gosh, what beautiful pieces of machinery! Great shots, thanks for sharing.