The day you went away

I love this image Louise… perfect title for this.. reminds me of a lot of memories!

Well done Louise,beautiful sepia tones and overlay.

Wonderful image Louise – I love the treatment!

You are an absolute treasure Louise!
I’m truely honoured and this piece is just superb! Love the subject and the treatment! :D

excellent work, well done

beautiful piece louise – the drops of water emulate the tears of sad farewell.

Fantastic composition, Louise. Love the processing.

Louise….........this is incredible! The drops of water are brilliant as is the subject. This is really powerful….......an instant favorite for certain!!

this is nice, takes me back to kid days….my dad was railwayman…......cheers

Brilliant !

Thanks heaps Mark, Stacy, Alistair, Helene, Paul, Midzing, Vanks, Naomi and Nany! Great to hear from you, really appreciate your kind words!
And cheers Paul… very happy to have your stamp of approval!

Thanks Bribie and googa too!

I love it…..great postwork, Louise!!!

Stunning work Louise!! :)

This is simply beautiful, and so poignant and relateable with the title. I think one thing that I am realizing here is that the relatability factor is really vital for work to resonate. This has it in buckets. Thanks .)

Thanks heaps Rany and Hd – very kind words :))
Robert..that is an awesome comment, thank you so much!

WOW !!!! Louise you’ve excelled yourself with this one !! The composition, tones, age and condition of the building and water all create such a sombre atmosphere to match the title. Well Done !!!!

Great composition, perfect sepia, well done

Beautifully atmospheric Louise

Louise, this is a real tear-jerker… AND you`re saying goodbye to us… There won`t be a dry eye in the house! Good news is you`ll have lots of pix when you come back!

Love the mood on this one, and the sepia really makes it. Nice work!

thanks for your comments Phil, Antanas, Andrew and Billyboy – really appreciated!
Billyboy, that is hilarious!! I didn’t think of the connection of today’s image and journal…very funny!

Great work. Well done!

Incredible work here Louise… I love the atmosphere you have created with the vignetting and droplet (tears) overlay.

A lovely picture Louise, the tones and treatment give it the feeling of a beautiful memory.

Beautiful tones well done I love the title too very heart wrenching.

this is just perfect – the tones, the lines – the feeling of loneliness and abandonment – yet beautiful – this really is taking me on an imaginative journey.

Good Work Louse

Louise this shall hang in the Tate one day…................fantastical!!!

gorgeous image

What an awesome shot – love everything about this, the sepia tones, the lighting, all of it – superb work.

Nicely done.

Great image, well shot and processed.

This is so eeryingly mezmorising … my spelling is probably way off … but I can hear the train whistle and the good bye and the sobs and the hustle of people getting on the train … and now it’s empty … but you can still see and feel the people through this photo … wonderful work.

you guys are so awesome..thanks so much!!

Gorgeous perspective of the train tracks ,beautiful drops effects ,realy stunning.

fantastic

very nice postprocessing and composition !

This is wonderful. It looks so old your effects are really great. Yeah they can be sad places. i also like the title

Superb workLouise; perfect tones, details, contrasts, lighting; just wonderful!

This reminds me ofa movie i loved when I was a kid.. I love this shot

The solemness and sadness of saying goodbye yet again is easily felt when viewing this excellent image! Wonderful job of composition and presentation!

what a great find. these old places are disappearing. you nailed this shot 100%. great atmosphere and tones. the effect of looking through a rainy window is awesome. superb work.

Fantastic work…...........

Great shot! Congrats!

Great treatment Louise… love how you’ve worked this image!

beautiful pic,lookslike an very old picture, good work!

what a great lot of comments to wake up to – thank you so much :)

The tone, the mood, the feelings… The mystery of the tracks, where do the lead. The bubbling, the age, the mystery… Fantastic…

Very cool shot, kinda of mysterious and deep

excellent use of leading lines and a very moody , nostalgic feel to this

Very thought provoking Louise….love it!!

Love the nostalgic feel of this, beautiful photography and effects!

Thanks for your comment!

Extreme, Sad, Gorgeous!!!!

Awesome work ! There’s a story in this image jsut screaming to get out. I love it.

Wonderful work, first time I see your work and..woow

Very nice image Louise. Good PS work.

Great image and sepia tones and totally love the treatment!

You did very well here Louise.. Makes the mind drift to the past…

Great image, the treatment and colour works well.

Outstanding photo!!! :-)

excellent work!

This makes a great old fashion image!

Louise, this is so very beautiful. great work

Fantastic image Louise.

Excellent tones and great composition with the rail line following the edge of the photo…stunning work.

Wow that is so beautifully done Louise!!!! The raindrops with this sepia tint make not only a moody image but also feels like I’ve stepped back in time on a stormy day!!!

Well done with this one at club

Fabulous shot, and wonderful tributes too!

I was an avid train lover growing up. This image brings back fond memories. Beautiful work.

Great atmospheric picture, love the sepia tones and raindrops!.

great work, louise – great sepia tones and brilliant use of textures.

powerful image & title, nice work.

Superb! Nicely done.

Great composition and tones!

brilliant image.. the treatment is sublime and works perfectly with the composition.. well done

thanks a million to you all for your comments :)

You’ve amazingly done it, Louise. love the way you looked and creatively composed this emotive work… bravo!

Wonderful photograph. I know what you mean about partings, and it has that. To me, your photograph doesn’t seem sad so much as hopeful. I’ve lived in tiny towns. One of the preoccupations in youth was figuring out how to get out, loved train tracks for that promise of flight. Thank you for the references to other photographers too, I looked. I think your subjects and skill are fine; very different from the others. Inspiration is good but don’t short your own achievement here.

Wonderful frame

I’m crazy about this work. It pulls you right back into some simple past.

Great composition

Now this is a great shot! You have a wonderful pic. Sepia was the way to go. Allot of emotion.

beautiful photograph. looking at this photo i can feel the sadness you describe.

Thanks heaps for your great comments…glad you like this one :)

perfect tone.. great composition and post treatment. Well done.

beautiful

Superb!

Very Atmospheric.

Tremendous, this is great work Louise

wonderful work.

Superb image with excellent post processing. Love the feel and atmosphere and story.

wonderfully romantic image, can imagine running after the train hoping they would not leave, totally superb

You might want to sell the photograph with and without the edge treatment. It is really steller.

Excellent work!

This is great, takes me back to boyhood, my father was railroad engineer….a Casey Jones.
Good work!

Nice work!

Fantastic.

lots of encouraging words – thanks to all of you for commenting, really appreciated!

is truth is very emotive, great job!

Fabulous image Louise! I’m a huge sucker for getting emotional at places like airports etc…all it takes for me to feel the tears welling is too see people saying heart wrenching goodbyes to each other!!

Love the color and textures here. Neat little place you found.

awesome image

words are so true, what a beautiful image

Excellent image …beautifully captured!!

Awesome!

wooooooow mooooody

Really REALLY love this Louise.

perfect title, love the antique look, it’s amazing! great job!

Louise, this is superb! Love the angle with the train tracks in the foreground, the sepia treatment, and the teary overlay. Great work!

Absolutely adore your treatment here. You made an average subject look outstanding.

Breathtakingly beautiful image. Perfect treatment. This image (and the accompanying words) really convey the emotions and the pain of saying goodbye to a loved one at a station or airport. Well done.

oh my! wonderful shot, i love it!!!

This is truly a wow shot… :-))

the tone and the image fit together perfectly -u are right … with parting, usually comes sadness -but hope for ‘the next time’, if there is a next time. You aptured this feeling wonderfully :)

Wonderful image, really love the composition and the sepia tones :)

Very reflective in image and thought, a great look

just beautiful