Keeping On Track by Dave Wixx

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26-NOV-2007

Keeping On Track

Note to self: Ignore the idiots and keep having fun even if the results are ridiculous!!!
This is ridiculous for numerous reasons, but mainly because I had to lie down next to a railway
line with my chin on a sleeper holding a torch again the track with one hand and handling the
camera with the other! If you don't try things, you don't learn, even if it's pointless ;->
I'm sure Mog would approve as I gather his criteria is simply that it should be different!!!!

P.S. Thanks for all the kind support on my previous shot - IT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

Nikon D70s
0.60s f/3.5 at 90.0mm iso200 full exif

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Guest		27-Nov-2007 22:22
Er, I'm sorry but did you say you "had to lie down next to a railway line with my chin on a sleeper"? That's it, you have officially gone stark staring mad. Love the shot though; great focus and a strong feeling of rust and verdigris.

Tricia		27-Nov-2007 20:29
I find the story of how you got the shot more interesting than the shot itself, but that's what makes us keep coming back to your galleries Dave!

Johnny JAG		27-Nov-2007 19:40
Nice one, you nailed it without going off the rails.

Guest		27-Nov-2007 18:19
The light and shadows give this image a lot of depth! Very well done.

Simon Chandler		27-Nov-2007 17:40
Love the creativity and uniqueness of this image. Very interesting and fascinating. v

Brian McAllister		27-Nov-2007 17:39
I wish I could have taken a "snap" of you sprawled out along the rail. What an image that would have been. LOL. Nice low perspective here. Perfect shallow DoF which brings the eye right where you want it. Damned nice job for a "snapper." hehe

Guest		27-Nov-2007 15:41
Did you hear the train coming while you were down there;) Loved Davids comment. lol I was thinking the same thing. The shot turned out well.

Guest		27-Nov-2007 14:20
But Jim, don't you SEE the nakes woman hiding in there? V

Máire Uí Mhaicín		27-Nov-2007 10:41
I've just spent a glorious 10 minutes catching up on the drama of the last few days for you here.What a creative response you gave to the begrudger.Keep the good photos coming.

laine82		27-Nov-2007 09:57
That's certainly dedication !! Nice closeup too !!

Guest		27-Nov-2007 09:23
super compo and image and reading the story more interesting so keep on going.

beverley harrison		27-Nov-2007 08:19
lol...what a nutter...the sort of thing we all do i'm sure!! :)

Guest		27-Nov-2007 07:55
LOL at both Scott's and Jim's comments!That is dedication to the cause,Dave,but worth all that discomfort. I presume you tied MOG to the rails and will go back for shooting the results!! Take care.:o)

Scott Browne		27-Nov-2007 06:04
I didn't think you went the extra mile, sat in the mud, waited for 5 hours for the perfect light, or any of that kind of stuff to get a photo. Now I'm all confused! ;-)

Jim Larkin		27-Nov-2007 05:56
You should have taken the shot at sunset with a naked woman holding a flower laying on the tracks. Then you would would have been an honest to goodness pho-tog-grapher. ;)

Ann...		27-Nov-2007 05:23
Lovely mental picture!! Keep on trying, this is a fascinating shot!!!

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