Class 142 Passenger saloon
Featured in Dimensions September 2009
Featured in The Male Photographer September 2009
This is the passenger saloon of a class 142 train, one of the various class of trains I drive in my job as a train driver in the NW of England, these are probably the oldest stock I drive.
When I am not playing with cameras, I play with choo choos LOL
Shot with a Nikon D300 and Sigma 10-20mm lens.
5 Shot 1stop apart HDR tonemapped image using photomatix and finished in photoshop.
Topaz filter added afterwards
A little more info about the trains from wikipedia :
The British Rail Class 142 is a class of Pacer diesel multiple units used in the United Kingdom. 96 units were built by BREL in Derby between 1985 and 1987. They were a development of the earlier Class 141 which were introduced in 1984.
They were initially built for use on rural branch lines. However, as of May 2009 they are mainly used on busy commuter routes in the major cities in the north of England, alongside some branch lines in South Wales and Devon.
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Janie Oliver
beautiful color. great work.
WatscapePhoto
Very familiar, Jason. Can’t say I’ve ever seen one this empty.LOL Great photo.
Sean Jansen
Wow, this looks great Jason, such a clear and vibrant capture !! Looks awesome !!
Joyce Dickens,...
Wonderful image Jason….this is a very inviting ride…...you’ve done an excellent job with this presentation! JD
Denis Dalby
They never look this good when I ride on one!
Warren Williams
Magic take my Man.
barkeypf
Great work Jason.
Béla Török
Fabulous colors and composition, Jason!
Heather Rivet...
well done
Scott d'Almeida
outstanding
Hertsman
jason
Only you could make a 142 interior appealing lol
Arrowman
This is superb work !! – Colin
Jeff Burns
color is awesome great work
George Salazar
very cool
JacquiK
Great shot Jason.
Memaa
Stunning image. I adore trains also, Jason. Our trains are not as modern as efficient as yours are in England and Europe. I adore them just the same. A great way to travel.
lightsmith
Magnificent treatment – they should be employing you to advertise them! Mind you, I’d rather have YOUR seat LOL
Karen Tillotson
Fantastic image! Awesome HDR work!
Marvin Collins
Excellent image mate!!
PJS15204
Very nice to see one empty to actually see just how cool they look nice shot! Both my grandparents drove trains :)
KLiu
great shot, HDR really works here!
Simon Duckworth
lovely series Jason, you must get your train company to hire you for their PR shots…
Dave Warren
Excellent mate well done, reminds me of a shot of mine!
Trevor Kersley
excellent presentation Jason…wish they were all as clean looking as this one.
brian pendrey
awesome hdr
valzart
Aww this is such a great capture sweetheART ;} happy hippy hugglez
Steve & Lesley
stunning work jason
Jason Connolly replied
Cheers Steve, this has had the Topaz treatment too mate…
Carol Barona
this is fantastic – love the colors – perfect capture
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks very much carol, appreciated.
Sharon Mau
It is beautiful Jason.
Sharon Mau
Jason Connolly replied
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments and feature too, cheers, appreciated.
Vivek Bakshi
Love it… what a contrast… what a nice capture.
Jason Connolly replied
Thank you Vivek, appreciated…
hugh023
Cool!! . . .
Jason Connolly replied
Cheers hugh….
martinilogic
Wow, this is just a brilliant shot…. very cool indeed
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks so much my friend.
Nanagahma
Wow, what a great HDR job. This looks so cool! I love all the colors in it! It looks more modern to me than old! Cool view of the instrumentation used as well to run the train. Nice work.
cobbybrook
Nice capture – and nice to see a fellow driver on here!
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks martin, It sure is mate, appreciate that.
debsphotos
Love the colours in this one Jas!! Looks great!! *-)
Jason Connolly replied
Cheers deb mate.
Nira Dabush
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITION….
BRILLIANT ABSTRACT!
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks nira, appreciated.
Lois Bryan
Jason I love the composition and the colors in this one!!! Didn’t know you played with ChooChoos for pay!!! HOW FUN!!!!
Jason Connolly replied
Aagh, well there you go, lots of thingspoeple don’t know about me LOL, Nothing bad of course Lois LOL…
Pleased you like the shot my friend.
Matthew Dawkins
Svetlana Sewell
Stunning work Jason!