How to Shoot Trains In The Dark

[colinb]

Pick a really cold night and make sure you get to your chosen location early.

 

Hopefully you will get the chance to shoot a previously scheduled train to practise and check your settings:-

 

Once you are happy wait for the feature loco.

 

 ...wait a bit longer in the freezing cold.

 

If the scheduled train does not appear ask a helpful railway worker who might tell you the train has been delayed by 30 minutes :-(

 

...Wait a bit longer in the freezing weather wondering if the camera battery will be ok.

 

At last you can hear the train  :-) so get ready to pan the camera as before and hey presto a great night shot of a steam train ... er oh oops.

 

Remember next time to prepare for the unexpected such as elderly gentlemen stepping out onto the yellow zone - buggerit !!!!!

 

Still there is always next weekends Christmas Special to try again :-/

 

[CMunzel]

Ha ha, how frustrating. Guess you could clone him out. 

[Guest]

Next time try the inbound end of the platform or a roll of razor wire 

[Ryewolf]

That must have been really frustrating.....

[colinb]

11 hours ago, Bill said:

Next time try the inbound end of the platform or a roll of razor wire 

It'll have to be the razor wire Bill, its pitch black with no lighting just before the platform which is why I headed off to the other end - next time I'll stand on the yellow area.

[colinb]

11 hours ago, CMunzel said:

Ha ha, how frustrating. Guess you could clone him out. 

 To be fair it came through at one hell of a pace probably faster than the diesel, maybe had his foot down trying to catch up some of the time they lost.