Kyiv - Odesa Express by AJM Photography
500 views as of 16 Apr 2012
This wreck of a loco heads up the Kyiv – Odesa Express as it pulls out of Kyiv Pasazhyrs’kyi on Saturday afternoon. The windscreen is smashed, the mirrors and windscreen wipers are missing, the bodywork is totally corroded and the driver looks about 17. But not to worry, he’s got two mates in the cab to help him.
If all goes well, it will eventually manage the 655km in 11h14m, an average speed of 58km/h.
Photo taken at Kyiv main passenger station, Ukraine, July 2011, as plans for a photo blog of travelling round the world by train start to take shape.
Processing: HDR generated from five exposures (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2) of a single image using Photomatix.
Featured in:
HDRI (no holds barred), 2 Aug 2011
Travel And Adventure, 5 Nov 2011
Alphabet Soup, 20 Nov 2011
Challenge Winners Vault, 27 Nov 2011
1st= in Travel And Adventure challenge, Travel by train now!, Nov 2011
1st in Your Country’s Best challenge, Planes and trains, Nov 2011
1st in I Spy… group challenge, I spy… a train in a station, Apr 2012
3rd in Cee’s Fun Nikon Group challenge, Public transportation, Aug 2011
7th in Cee’s Fun Nikon Group challenge, Nikon alphabet – letter K, Aug 2011
10th in The World Around Us challenge, Transportation, Nov 2011
500 views as of 16 Apr 2012
(ref. 6752, 07/2011, Nikon D300, Sigma 18-250 @ 28, f4.0, 1/1600s, ISO 200)
Comments
Very cool effect. Nicely done!
This looks like something from my childhood… Wait a minute… it IS! This is the type I remember and rode! :) What, they have newer ones now?…
Nice HDR too!
Thanks Lina. This was probably the worst of the ones I saw during the 3 hours I spent at the station. There are some newer ones but they are still “traditional” types.
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That’s a bit scarey! I hope it reached the destination safely. Nice work.
Awesome image. Photo blog of travelling around the world by train sounds like it will be a LOT of fun, all the best with it :)
Congratulation on your Feature in HDRI (No Holds Barred)!
Wild Ride…
Very Cool!!!
HDR with all the drama it’s supposed to have … glorious tones … glorious feeling of textures … your fabulous angle of light captured every ding and nick and nook and cranny of this fabulous old locomotive!!!!! WOW!!!!
Lovely work!
great tones mate!!!
OMG, you been in Kiev. How is my city? great image, I would love to see more
Many thanks, Luda. Your city is still a wonderful place. However, the words I have for those few who have stolen the country’s wealth from the people are not fit to print here…
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