A recent trip ‘up north’ gave me a chance to again practice my night photography skills. In the end the pictures I took after dark were better than the daylight ones, probably because I was concentrating more. I am having problems with my RAW files loosing quality when switching to jpg so that the pictures end up coming out darker and with odd colour casts in places. Not so bad for the black and white pictures but for the colour ones it is a bit disappointing. If I figure it out I might re-do this post.
This was taken as the evening diner train stopped to pick up a token.
The Driver looks for the right away before they depart Bewdley on the next leg of the 2hr round trip along the river Severn.
Earlier in the day the last service train awaits departure from Bridgenorth as the dusk falls.
This is one that has suffered in the transition to JPEG from ARW, which is a shame because it is a far clearer and nicer shot in ARW.
Earlier in the day a service train pulls into a small station with the river Severn down and away to the left. After it leaves again the sound of it working hard can be clearly heard echoing along the valley for 5 to 10 mins.
A down train drifts along with the gradient of the line being emphasised by the shortening effect of the longer lens.
Finally a train departs with steam roaring up into the cold night air illuminated by the platform lamps.