Midnight Express

Paul Vanzella, about 1 year ago

Impact plus! What a stunning shot and great example of a briliant b/w image… very strong work PB!

Brett Foster, about 1 year ago

Thanks Paul.
Have had this shot sitting on my PC for about a year – (it had some messy artifacts that bothered me) – so I finally got around to doing a little PS work on it to tidy the foreground and add a touch of contrast. Very happy with this one.

Cliff vestergaard, about 1 year ago

ver cool indeed love IT ! tanks for the comments om my work as well !

Naomi Kevin, about 1 year ago

I love the steam and the mystery it creates. Good strong contrast as well.
And thanks for taking the time to look at my work.

Suzanne German, about 1 year ago

love it brett – very cool!

Paul Louis Vil..., about 1 year ago

Awesome photographic work Photobloke! Love the B&W tones!

peteyeti, 11 months ago

You’re a talented fella PhotoBloke – your name is apt. Love this shot. Ace!

martinilogic, 11 months ago

wow, how does one get a shot like this.?

Deborah Parkin, 11 months ago

don’t know how i missed this but it’s fantastic – just love it

Heather King, 11 months ago

you have so many amazing styles of working with your images.
this one is brilliant

Shane Walker, 11 months ago

A brilliant photo, well done.

Holly Werner, 11 months ago

Wonderful contrast. Love it.

Damien Van Der..., 11 months ago

Nice shot! Great capture of a moment in time.

ArtAfresh, 11 months ago

What a beauty!

Christiaan, 11 months ago

Wow, such a strong shot! Is this composed of several shots? Seems like the moon is in the wrong spot to cast such bright light on the front of the train, and the shadow of the chimney. Even if it is, a great work. Hard to tell if its real or not!

Linda Hitch, 11 months ago

I love it ! what more can I say !

Al Bourassa, 11 months ago

Nostalgia and great forgotten sounds just leap out from this shot.
This isn’t Puffin’ Billy is it?
We rode that wonderful old train in Australia last year.
Absolutely GREAT work!
Al

Brett Foster, 11 months ago

For those who asked:
Running through the Goldfields of Central Victoria, the Victorian Goldfields Railway brings to you the experience of Steam Railway Travel. Linking the historic towns of Castlemaine and Maldon, the old steam train takes you through Box-Iron Bark forest in a region that saw some of the richest gold mining in Australia.
This shot was taken on the turntable at the Castlemaine end of the line so the foreground is lit by the station lights behind me. I darkened the area below the turntable because it was, well, very dull.

EOS20, 11 months ago

Great shot!
I hope the train wasn’t moving to fast towards you when you where taking it! :P

Claire Armistead, 11 months ago

Love it! x

andrew cowell, 11 months ago

What a fantastic shot! Dunno how I missed this before but that’s the beauty of the homepage gallery :-)

joolz, 11 months ago

Love the contrast!

kookylane, 11 months ago

Wayyy unreal, its like daylight in nightime, magic!! those smokes are like clouds.

Sylvia Karall, 11 months ago

Stunning!!! I love this image. Have you seen the works by ‘O.Winston Link’ he spent all his life just photographing steam trains?

Peter Horsman, 11 months ago

Great image

Ian Yang (mitrm), 11 months ago

since you have got so many praises already I guess you don’t need a lousy one from me. Great work indeed. ;)

Nando Machado, 11 months ago

Wow, lovely shot indeed! I don’t know how I hadn’t come across it earlier, as I remember seeing your gallery… Anyway, this is such a sharp image – I can almost touch the smoke. Beautiful!

fracturedfotos, 11 months ago

Wonderful image!

Mandy Fell, 11 months ago

love it.

Catalin Soare, 10 months ago

This image could be one of my next dreams! Iwas a child when I last saw this kind of engine and I can feel the smell and hear the sound yet! Beautiful work

Lucindawind, 10 months ago

WOW wonderful PhotoBloke

Torfinn Johann..., 10 months ago

Wonderful shot!

Stefan Trenker, 10 months ago

spectacular work! this really looks great with the steam and the b/w effect works very well!

lisaraejohnston, 10 months ago

This is so captivating! Love it!!

Cathleen Taraw..., 10 months ago

Beautiful! And you got the moon in there too…

rock, 10 months ago

Super shot !!!!!!!!!

Jeff Burns, 10 months ago

Amazing black and white image. This is fantastic. WOW is all I can say

Miss Misery, 10 months ago

stunning adding to favs

Susan Grissom, 10 months ago

Love the way the steam is rolling, the intenseness you captured. very good….

Benjamin Scheurer, 10 months ago

Excellent shot…..love the steam there!

Michael Kienhuis, 10 months ago

Super Shot! M:>

WitheringMoon, 10 months ago

This is a great piece , great subject love that moon!!!

Belinda Leopold, 10 months ago

Wow-looks fantastic!!

Graeme Pettit ..., 10 months ago

How did I miss this one – big smoke, high contrast – loco storming out of the night over a bridge. Just to my tastes

Kimberly Palmer, 10 months ago

This is superb!

Antoine Dagobert, 10 months ago

Brilliant…Superb work!

Rita H. Ireland, 10 months ago

Very cool shot..

velveteagle, 10 months ago

Now this is a capture I have to send your page to a close friend. He loves trains. You have done it for sure on this one. Wow

Neil Boucher, 10 months ago

This is awsome!

Amy-lee Foley, 10 months ago

wow this is great!
nice work!

Amy-lee
xXxOoO

Casey Castille, 10 months ago

Awesome! I think I’ve had this dream a few times. : )

Sophia H., 10 months ago

This has been one of my favorite shots of yours from the very beginning! It’s so pure. PURE MAGIC! Very strong shot. I love it! Great work!

lance leopold, 10 months ago

This is fantastic,love it!!!

Michelle Duerden, 10 months ago

Amazing photo!
The title is one of my all time favourite films too!

Ruth Palmer, 10 months ago

This is so fantastic and full of mystery! Very exciting piece PB!

Per Einar Gunn..., 10 months ago

Stunning!

Leigh Ann Pobiak, 10 months ago

i think this has become my new favorite! this is just splendid. :-D you’re awesome!!

Starr1949, 10 months ago

Teriffic! Great in B & W!

BLYTHART, 10 months ago

When I was a lad back in the fifties and sixties we had a railway station here in Blyth and I used to love being enveloped in the lovely white steam that puffed out of the trains – happy day – thanks for reminding me.

cheerishables, 10 months ago

Wow! Amazing!!! Love the dramatic contrasts, and how the train appears to be charging right at you. Great motion and action. beautiful!

snurfdood, 10 months ago

wow – there’s something almost menacing about the black engine emerging from the steam – very dramatic shot – really like it a lot :o)

Fred Frank, 10 months ago

This is a very powerful image. Well done. I am more into landscapes and color so I don’t do much b/w but this one caught my eye. I enjoyed looking through your portfolio and all of your stuff. You have a good eye for composition.

lanced200, 10 months ago

the midnight express—great shot

Jennifer Resemius, 10 months ago

very cool. great bw image.

cynthiab, 10 months ago

awesome photograph and stunning in black and white adds drama to it

Deon de Waal, 10 months ago

Stunning image.
Really dramatic….

Mel Brackstone, 10 months ago

Fabulous fabulous shot, well done!

Hiroko, 10 months ago

What I cool and vivid shot, great B&W

DawsonImages, 10 months ago

Great contrast here!

WMHaywood, 10 months ago

OMG this is amazing !
great shot :)

Antanas, 10 months ago

Great work!

Daniel Grant, 10 months ago

Great. Shades of Monet.

Kye Valongo, 10 months ago

Fantastic!

Nicole Wiedig, 10 months ago

WOW!!! spectacular shot…crisp well balanced and rather dream like!

missmunchy, 10 months ago

yes…I can SEE why its one of your favorites! Its AMAZING!!

Ciska, 10 months ago

Great work

nick board, 10 months ago

Steaming with impact, oh and thanks for your kind comments by the way.

Simon Gladwin, 9 months ago

Super shot. Incredible impact. Fantastic image.

hospitalera, 9 months ago

Dramatic, simply dramatic, SY

chriso, 9 months ago

The moon, the train, the steam. Incredible shot.

Lorraine Creagh, 9 months ago

Awesome shot. My heart skips a beat when I see these old steam trains. I’m a bit of a romantic. (Thanks for your comment on my Forget Me Not…it’s so appreciated)

Basil, 9 months ago

A great shot, Brett, wonderfully dramatic and with such historical interest. This shot has decided me to check out the Victorian Goldfields Railway and perhaps take a trip on it. So thanks for all the information accompanying this very successful image!

Mandy Fell, 9 months ago

wow …totally stunning…great work

Gustav Nordlund, 9 months ago

This is an amazing shot! Looks like a still frame of some old thriller movie intro :)

Vonnie Murfin, 9 months ago

I really like how the smoke is all around the train. I also like this in black and white. Nice work.

vonne, 9 months ago

Talk about timing! This is really awesome!

Alexia Wardell, 9 months ago

Your work is incredible! This is my personal favorite though. Great job.

Andy73, 9 months ago

Like it, your kidding right….I love this. What an awesome shot!

Bluetiger, 9 months ago

Wow, this is a very powerful image, the b/w is very striking!

theEd, 9 months ago

Top notch

Hagen, 9 months ago

Love it

Julie Langford, 9 months ago

Superb work. Love it.

Gary L. Suddath, 9 months ago

awesome image,very powerful b&w is very appealing for this

demon, 9 months ago

What a brilliant pic, tis one of the best.

ben spurrier, 9 months ago

thats just inspirational mate keep up the good work

Pete Chennell, 9 months ago

wow!..great shot!

meerimages, 9 months ago

What a magnifficent B/W!! Honestly this is one spectacular picture….....:)

Lizzie Keitel, 9 months ago

incredible! a very powerful photo!

shanghaiwu, 9 months ago

Thrilled to visit your site/this is an absolutely amazing image/ also I used to live in Eltham…...lucky you!

rossco, 9 months ago

This is just awesome !!! Brillaint capture.

SnapHappy, 9 months ago

stunning

Nicholas Averre, 9 months ago

This is a real belter of an Image!! Well done!!

Ben Herman, 9 months ago

Very, very cool.

dairygirl, 9 months ago

just totally wow photobloke, yet another spectacular black and white shot, you are so inspiring with your work

Barbara Gordon, 9 months ago

This is outstanding.

Louise Cooke, 9 months ago

How have I not seen this before today!! BRILLIANT!! Great energy, classy work :)

Steve, 9 months ago

great timing to capture the moment

Maria Dryfhout, 9 months ago

Such power and beauty! Great moment captured forever…

Daniela Weil, 9 months ago

Great vintage filling in this B&W!

Halima Mitchell, 9 months ago

OH MY GOD this is SPECTACULAR work! This is the first thing that grabbed my attention on your bubble’s front page. I absolutely love this. Excellent concept very well executed with a perfect title to top it off. One of your personal favorites I see and definitely one of mine. :)

Cheryl Dunning, 9 months ago

wow…fantastic! I can see why it’s one of your favorites…wow…

SylviaHardy, 9 months ago

I would say so! I’ll have that as one of my favorites too – Amazing work!

SallyAnnLowe, 9 months ago

wow. awesome image. Its definitely my fave.

Kurt Tutschek, 9 months ago

very cool – fantastic composition.

Charlotte Ottilo, 9 months ago

This is wonderful! Excellent capture!!!

Dan Cahill, 9 months ago

This is an amazing shot. Very cool. Love it

Colin Tobin, 9 months ago

Holy crap what a fantastic image!

Andy Harris, 9 months ago

super composition…. love the steam and the B&W

menqtsai, 9 months ago

Love this one. Very powerful. Great shot!

Robert Elliott, 9 months ago

A fantastic image !!!

Kevin Kroeker, 9 months ago

What a fantastic shot you have here… I love the way this looks!!! WOW!!!!

Joyce Dickens,..., 9 months ago

Very dramatic, superb work!

coffeetea, 9 months ago

thanks for dropping by ! This one is beautiful, the releasing feel comes great. good photo.

Adam Lana, 9 months ago

This a great composition. BAM! Great work.

Gayle Shaw, 9 months ago

WOW! Impact plus! I love the steam.

HaRaKiRi, 9 months ago

What an amazing shot

poppykitten, 9 months ago

I love the contrasts in this shot, and the train is so sharp against the soft smoke.

Madeline Ellis, 8 months ago

Great steam and the black really makes it pop.

Dakolina, 8 months ago

This has a beautiful nostalgic feel to it, the black and white suit it well. Did you get engulfed in steam?

Elizabeth Aust..., 8 months ago

Superb!

Dave Aarons, 8 months ago

Excellent shot, great job

berndt2, 8 months ago

Excellent shot! I love the head-on vantage and the brightness of the ‘steam’. It’s a magical shot because although you know the foreground is far too well-lit and the details are too distinct, it’s just so bold and direct that it all works wonderfully.

Catherine Crim..., 7 months ago

just love it!!!!

Lisa Kenny, 7 months ago

Phew ~ took a lot of scrolling to get all the way down here!
This is just brilliant !

Rebs O, 6 months ago

gorgous, love the moon

Nicole Goggins, 6 months ago

this is awesome!

Douzy, 6 months ago

This is visually very powerful. Very strong contrast and graphics. I really love the softness/roundness of the smoke behind the hardness and metallic texture of the train. Masterful!

Denny Hill, 6 months ago

Stunning peice!:)

Rasendyll, 6 months ago

Truly wonderful capture.

Damian, 6 months ago

Excellent shot, looks great!

Jeremy Harrington, 6 months ago

this is absolutely awesome.. i can see why this is one of your favourites.. nice work

nikki024, 6 months ago

this is awesome!!!!!!!

davidmilne, 6 months ago

Fantastic BnW,fab work!

Sandy Clifton, 6 months ago

This is an amazing shot!!!! Great job!

Ani Corless, 6 months ago

what a great capture! love the contrast

Al Neaimi, 6 months ago

great image, Wonderful contrast. Love it.

Gene Praag, 6 months ago

Wow….this is absolutely incredible!

Martina Ströbel, 5 months ago

amazing image!

Fiona MacNab, 5 months ago

Beautiful. Great work.

Michael Gatch, 5 months ago

absolutely stunning. where do you even find something like this? awesome!

kcranmer, 5 months ago

Very cool shot and treatment!

Sean Farragher, 5 months ago

awesome capture,,,,,,,,,

Flamejob, 5 months ago

This Rocks – looks like some Tim Burton Dream !

Judith Oppenhe..., 5 months ago

extraordinary image!

Geir Floede, 4 months ago

Oh, Gosh. This is realy a masterpisece. Congrats.

David DeWitt, 4 months ago

Powerful Impact!! The smoke and clouds melt together with just enough room for the moon.I wonder where you were – the tracks and train seem so fresth and clean?

tom fougerousse, 4 months ago

Great Work! Love it!

kaylenelise, 4 months ago

incredible!

Jean M. Laffitau, 4 months ago

WOW! Sooo great!!

felixx, 4 months ago

Really striking shot!!!

girlinthestars, 4 months ago

awesome!~*

annacuypers, 3 months ago

Thanks so much for your comment Brett. I do like your work too. Nice to meet you on redbubble.
Anna

Paul Tupman, 3 months ago

Wow! This is fantastic! Such a great strong shot full of great drama. Fantastic B+W tones and brilliant contrast between the sky and all that steam.. Brilliant!

flower68, 3 months ago

yep that’s an amazing capture alright.Beautiful work.

orourke, 3 months ago

wow, you nailed this shot

petelangman, 3 months ago

omg this bloody brilliant

Shannon Clough, 3 months ago

I just love that striking contrast!

Travis Easton, 2 months ago

B&W is perfect great sense of drama with that smoke, super shot Brett.

Alan Findlater, 2 months ago

Excellent great work well caught shot

Susan Grissom, about 1 month ago

Amazing shot. best in challenge

Nicole Goggins, about 1 month ago

great shot! love the high contrasts…

Micki Ferguson, about 1 month ago

I have enjoyed this going up and down on the Challenge (b&w) ~ It is a FANTASTIC picture and one of my favorites! :)

Your B&W stuff is wonderful! ~ micki

Rachel Leigh, about 1 month ago

Very striking image… if it wins I’ll have to buy it for my husband… he thinks it is better than mine ;)
Probably is :)

Brett Foster in reply to Rachel Leigh’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks Rachel. I don’t know about that though, I think you have a great chance!

Rachel Leigh, about 1 month ago

Would you quit breathing down my neck in the competition? All that steam… you’re making me nervous. ;)

Brett Foster, about 1 month ago

Haha! It wouldn’t be a competition then would it! Good luck, I hope one of us gets it. Full steam ahead!

Alateia, about 1 month ago

wow!!! coool…...................................

Craig Hender, 19 days ago

I was sure i commented on this picture before? But i dont see my comment here so perhaps i didn’t. Anyway, AWESOME! What an amazing composition. Very well done.

Shannon Paskaruk, 8 days ago

amazing, I love it!