The Laira Yard

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The Laira Yard

The Laira Depot (a.k.a. Laira Yard) opened in 1901 to service the steam train fleet of the Great Western Railway. It is used today to for overhauls of trains from many parts of the UK.

Canon A570 IS Powershot + Kodak tripod

f/8

5 manually bracketed images (-2, -1.3, -1, 0, +1)

HDR & tone mapping in Photomatix Pro 3.1

Textural treatment in Adobe Photoshop 6.0

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The Laira Yard by morpheus71
The Laira Yard by morpheus71
  • Phineous Cassidy

    Phineous Cas...

    thats a neat looking image mate

  • morpheus71 replied

    Thanks so much Phineous – really appreciate the comment! It’s been a ‘mind’s eye’ project for a long while, drving past it five days a week and usually too full of trains (if that makes sense?!)

  • Karen Betts

    Karen Betts

    lovely love the lines and as you say you have caught it uncluttered of trains, like the tones.

  • morpheus71 replied

    Ah, thanks so much Karen! Really appreciate the comments!

  • Daryl Gordon

    Daryl Gordon

    lovely shot and treatment.Congratulations on being featured in Industrial landscapes

  • morpheus71 replied

    Thanks very much Daryl! Really stoked to be featured – wow!

  • gailrush

    gailrush

    WOW!!! Just beautiful!!!

  • morpheus71 replied

    Thanks so much for that Gailrush! Very flattered :)

  • Kathleen Hill

    Kathleen Hill

    Nice work!

  • morpheus71 replied

    Thanks ever so much for the comment Kathleen – really appreciated!

  • TaniaLosada

    TaniaLosada

    great work! love the tones and textures!

  • morpheus71

    morpheus71

    Thanks very much for the feedback – much appreciated! :)

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