The Departure

Thank you awoni! :D

love it – the motion blur is amazing

Paul, I think of you each time I see a train. Love this in B & W. Love the reflection on the train as well. Great shot.

i love the ghosting translucent quality of the train. excellent motion and contrast. very nicely done.

fantastic – love the speed, the reflection and the black and white – feels ghostly

Thank you kindly Heather!

That’s a wonderful thing to say Susan! :D

Thanks so much JK!! :D

Deborah, thank you so much! :D

I like this one better Paul. The negative effect on the other did nothing for me, but this is fantastic. The fact that you can see the exact shape of the train is hard thing to capture. I know from experience. Brilliant work.

Excellent as ever Paul

Stunning work. What an incredible reflection in the train. Are you going to be offering this as a card?

Oh, it’s OK, I guess.

=P

Thank you for your open honesty Michael!! :D

Thanks heaps Paul!

Of course Deird! I forgot to press that bottun!! :D Thnak you!

G’day Moosedesigns!! Very funny! :D

Gee, this is a mind blowing image. Very dynamic and you did wonderful things with the dark tones and the light. Trains in the night have something magic to me and you visualized that strange feeling of dark stations and being a traveller too. Great work.

Awesome!

Too much in a single image!!!No words

sensational!!!

Wow that is amazing ive become quite the sucker for great black and white shots.

Taylor

Paul these shots of the trains you create are simply stunning. Great stuff – once again!

superb capture Paul, love the transparency, a true ghost train

Stunning!

Great shot Paul,
You capture the feeling of the movement so well.

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I AM SPEECHLESS.
i LOVE IT. Great Job Paul.

Brilliant Paul, I was just about to say there is a ghost on the line….

Super fantastic Paul!!! I just love this!

This is super …great creation …is this transparence or reflection on the ghost train?

fantastic picture well done

Top capture Paul

Hey!!
Look what happens when i’m actually working!! LoL!!!
Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated everyone!
micmac, Lee, LisaG, Jeff, Michman, cdwork, Jessica, Andrew, Taylor, Nicole, Catalin, Mugsy and FLyBoy! :D

I’ve got to add that this particular freight train was moving oh so slowly while it was taking off (exposure was by remote and i can tell you i had the shutter open for what seemed an eternity but probably was approx. 1 minute) and was approx. 300 mts long. The gross tonage would have been massive and as you can see by the image i was standing pretty close to the tracks and when this picked up some speed the sway of the carriages was a little frightening!

Thanks so much for stopping by Mick and Sharon! :D

Really cool shot!

WOW lightspeed.

Ohhh…I love the exposure, and the glaring light from above. Really great Paul. And, I love the b/w.

Well done Paul,briliant image.

Fantastic shot, what exposure were you on here?

Incredible Shot Paul, Great Work !

Awesome shot!

Wooaahh, it’s like a ghost train…wonderful image Paul! Love the way it just zooms off into the inky darkness….chilling!!!

Thank you so very much everyone!
Charles, Cliff, Kerry, Alistair, Amanda, Alexa, Clockworkpink2 & Louise! :D

Sensational image Paul. Well done.

Thank you very much Sylvia! :D

Oh, and Amanda Cole asked about the exposure, I’m not 100% ceretain as i was experimenting with a couple of different exposures prior to the train departing but it would’ve been around the f22 mark as i had the shutter open for a while!

I love the reflection of the crossing post and sign in the windows, makes me want to go out tonight and shoot some trains!

Awwww, you’re the kindest, Thank you Mel!

Amazing, love it

Thanks heaps John! :D

striking!

very nice

Thank you very much Paula and Patrice! :D

Fantastic shot Paul….Superb!

Thank you kindly Antoine! :D

love your trains, well done!!!

Love this shot Paul Beautifully set up !!

Excellent. Excellent. Excellent! I love how your black and white stuff comes up Paul.. just so clean and dynamic. Fantastic image. I love every separate element of this.

man this isi so good paul – how long was the shutter open for? :]

perfect image!!!
do you want to make the photo to canvas art? if yes, we can!!
www.bornsea.cn songkok@yahoo.cn
thanks

<- speechless!

Thank you so very kindly hugo, Loredana, Lachlan, Carl and Superville! :D

Absolutly great!!! Love it!!!

Stunning shot! Dramatic in black and white.

Thank you so very much Frank and tarabas57! :D

Paul this is a brilliant shot. The contrast looks fantastic, love the texture of the train tracks.

Thanks for the wonderful comment Coralie! :D

Great long exposure. The B&W is great. I don’t know that I would have been game to stand that close to a moving train for so long! Well done.

Thanks so much Chrisco!!
It sure is an amzing thing when they rush past you less than 2 meters away! :D

Excellent paul !!!

love the movement in this!

Thank you kindly both TonyLegg and gladders! :D

very cool! love the movement, lighting, and contrast!! SOO cool! :)

this is fantastic Paul! great great capture!!

Hey thanks so vey much Jennifer and Leigh! :D

Incredible work Paul, you are truly amazing!

That’s a very kind thing to say Kitsmumma, I’m truly appreciative! :D
blush

This is a killer image Paul – Just has so much powerful impact… love how you’ve presenetd this here….such a well controlled image! STUNNING WORK!

Great work Paul – love it.

This is soo great Paul, big ☆☆☆☆☆ for u my friend love it!!

Thanks so much Paul, very generous and kind are your comments! :D

Hello Helene! Thanks so much!! :D

Janelle, thanks heaps and how did you do that star thingy? It’s supacool! :D

I AM IMPRESSED!!!!
I’m gonna have to get you to step me through your set up / technique / settings. Will send you a seperate mail. THX PAUL!!!

Cool! Thanks PhotoBLoke!
I’ll share it here with you and everyone else too…
Set the camera to B&W, Select shutter to “bulb” and use a remote, use a steady tripod, set up as close to the tracks without being silly, wait maybe two, three or four hours for a freight train to load and then depart, make sure you have your ipod with you otherwise the wait can seem like an eternity, just a train begins to fill your frame hold down shutter release. After taking a couple of test shots earlier i estimated it would take about a 60 second exposure at f22. Race home and upload file, do the dance of joy when the image seems to be a keeper! A little contrast and noise reduction on software and TA DAAAA, there it is!! :D

amazing work!

OOOps sorry im late lol!!!! this is fabulous Paul – you really are the master of motion shots – super work!!!

Thank you kindly Pete! :D

Hello WitheringMoon! Awwwww, you say the nicest things! blush Thank you! :D

totally awesome!

Very kind of you Lucindawind! :D

SuperB motion !

Thank you kindly Victor! :D

what can be said that hasn’t been said over and over in the above comments. I really dig your work, keep them coming, they’re awesome

You are toooo kind Brian and I thank you for your comments! :D

It looks amazing Paul.

Thank you so much joolz! :D

Such a hypnotizing composition, love it!

So very different! lovely image, really original idea here!

Thank you for your kind and generous words Adela and Steven! :D

this is great.. really too much! Thanks for the inspiration to go do something different.. rather than sunrises and sunsets maybe i should head for the railways.. so much material out there. just waiting for some imagination.. cheers again

Hey thanks heaps Simon!
Go for it mate, it’s great to get out and and get lost raoming around the railyards and crossings! :D

Wow…. i love thisssss….. the black and white…is fantastic!!! very nice work.. my friend!

Don’t Click

love the movement

Hello Eshwar, thank you so much and i couldn’t help it, i did click!! :D

Thank you kindly shanghaiwu! :D

Paul this is fantastic, i love the movement. it feels like your there!!

That’s a wonderful comment elbow! Thanks! :D

Awesome shot!....The man’s got talent,...big time!!

Oh you are waaaay too kind Panteli! Thank you! :D

Sweet shot! The t-shirt version looks awesome

Thanks heaps Alex! :D

Fantastic shot, I love the combined movement and crystal sharpness

LOVE IT LOVE IT!
arrgh feel so inspired right now..

- favourited!

Thank you so very much Stuart and siskos!! :D

Wish some of my lifes getaways had this speed…brillinat shot….zing

LOL! Zing!
Thank you Jewd! :D

oops missed one! fantastic as usual Paul I must have been working lol!

Stunning!!! Movement is Suuuuuuuuuperb!

LOL! Thanks heaps Christine! :D

You are tooooooooo kind Per Einar! Thank you! :D

Great tones, I love this, I just might have to buy it… :)

That is a very kind thing to say Gordan, much appreciated! :D

This has a beautiful haunting quality about it and it looks amazing on a T-shirt as well.

Instant fav. Fantastic !

Thank you so very much Danielle and janik! :D

Exquisite work, Love the enerfy and the very apt title

oh, man, this is stunning and spooky. and Halloween is just around the corner. Great idea, having the blur start to the left of – not flush with – the right border . Makes it look like the train went from zero to sixty from a dead stop. And you’re able to suggest the shape of the train car and make clear the direction the train is moving. Finest image of this type I’ve seen. Bravo!

Wow, that is one of the best comments ever! Thank you shawhouse for taking the time and being so generous and supportive! :D

yes, nice shot

Thank you very much Anselmo! :D

Wow – simply stunning

Thank you kindly Wickerman! :D

outstanding use of a logn exposure to convery movement

Thanks so very much DawsonImages! :D

Hey PLV this is such a RIPPER! Man I didn’t realise this was yours! I keep seeing it and thinking how cool it is. Well done sir! And awesome on a t shirt too. Woo’s a clever boy then??

LOL!!
Not sure about clever but I can count!! hehehe!
Thanks so much Mel!! :D

i didn’t think it was possible… you made shepparton look… cool. (former shepp girl so i’m allowed;)

LOL!! Thanks Lauren!
Shepp sure is an interesting place! There’s heaps of beauty around but there’s a nice balance with a few hoons doing doughnuts on the main road! LOL! ;p

Woaaaa, love this… it is so… oving… ;)

Thanks so very much Crokuslabel! :D

fantastic shot

Thank you kindly Kristian! :D

Fantastic image. Well done.

Thank you very kindly AdamDonnelly! :D

That is spectacular , You must have spent some time on the tracks hey paul , wnk wnk

Oh yeah! Lots of time! Thanks Jazzmo! :D

This is hawt !!

I like that!
Hawt! hehehe!
Thanks heaps JetsetAphrodite! :D

Great take, Paul! Can’t believe it was taken as it left the station so slow – seems more like it thundered past! Nice to read your comments and “How I did it”; there’s a generous artist sharing his technique!
p.s. thanks for your visit to my humble few…

Hello tonyphoto and thank you for this wonderful comment! :D

Excellent!

Thank you kindly Colin! :D

literally smashing. it’s almost a ghost train :) brilliantly done.

You’re the best Lightsmith! Thanks so much! :D

That is a wonderful work….. fantastic image

Thank you very kindly By Silent! :D

i love this! YOU have a true talent! x

You are very Kind Lisa, thank you! :D

Excellent composition and tonal balance. Real impact. The compositional quality in all of your images is striking, I want to walk into your images and look around. Sounds strange but thats my way of saying an image works for me.

I don’t think it sounds strange!
I think it makes perfect sense, I wish to lose myself inside art sometimes too and I find it works better with others art rather than your own! Thanks so very much Steve! :D

Awesome capture!!!

Thanks heaps seamist! :D

Quite a moment captured!!

Thanks so much hinting! :D

Very cool!

Thanks so very much aljen01! :D

Wow.. fantastic! I love the feeling of speed that you get from this.. the lighting is fantastic and it looks great as a T-shirt!

Thanks heaps Paul! :D

outstanding

Thank you kindly DawsonImages! :D

This is a stunning shot!

I love this!! Wonderful shot!!

Thanks heaps bluerabbit and Nikki! :D

Perfect shutter speed, great composition, well worth the long wait!

LOL! Thank God for my ipod!
Thanks heaps Christopher! :D

Excellent – there’s something so lonely and ghostly about this – love it!

Thank you so very kindly Mark! :D

great b&w work … great exposure… well done …

WOOOOW! This is so cool! Great work

Thank you so very much Antanas and Ingrids! :D

nice one

Thanks heaps SNik! :D

stunning

Thank you kindly SilverMiners! :D

a classic yet again

Very cool

Thanks heaps Adrian and stormphotonet! :D

Fab image,magic in BnW!

Thank you so very kindly DavidMilne! :D

Awesome shot..love the speed trail..Well done!!

Thanks heaps ozjami! :D

Paul – I just love these shots of yours… I love the clarity and precise detail yet you still capture the movement so well!!! Phenomenal as ever!

You are a gem Jenny, thanks so much! :D

wow. incredible.

love it
a fave

Thanks so very kindly emapearl and paulevelin! :D

WOAH…........
This is excellent!!!

Thank you very kindly Birgitta! :D

Paul Louis: Great image. love the movement. Great capture.

Thanks so very much Visionary Imagerist! :D

just when you think youve seen the “THE BEST” you come across yet another, bloody think this is brill.

this has made me want more, im takn off this arvo with camera on arm.

Ha! Love your attitude Jodi!!
Grab the camera and get out there!! I hope you take that one in a million shot today! :D

Fantastic!! love how powerful and fast this train seems! great image.

Thank you so very kindly Katie! :D

Love the sense of motion… :)

Thank you so very kindly Louise! :D

Fantastic.
Simply Stunning.
Great pic.
:)

Thanks so very kindly DeepPhotography! :D

Fantastic, a great mix of energy and stillness.

Thanks heaps RustyJaw! :D

like it

I’m glad you do! Thanks yagoveith! :D

unreal

love the way you can see the crossing and fence on the other side and the light is a star …. superb … the train looks like it’s floating above the tracks

love it

one for my TTF

Thanks so much RoughDiamond!! What is your TTF?

My TTF is my 8 year old son … Total Train Freak … Anything trains of any sort … :) x

LOL!
Well I certainly hope this image is up to the TTF’s standards!! :D

cool!

Thanks so much yagoveith! :D

Wow I’m only on your first page and already stopping to give a comment. So fav en this art work.

Thanks so much Von! :D

TTF loved it … how can you not? :) x

LOL!
I’m glad!
Thanks RoughDiamond! :D

i love the rich darkness of the night sky. brilliant.

That’s very kind of you, thank you Megan! :D

breathtaking

Thank you so much alisacourtney! :D

Wow. Loving your imagery!

Thanks heaps docophoto! :D

Great work PLV!

Thanks so much Doug! :D

Gosh Paul it was like wading through War and Peace to get to the comments box!!! CONGRATS on the runner-up award – well deserved! Stunning shot with a fantastic sense of movement.

Thanks so very much Rosalie! :D

you really are a brilliant photographer and congratulations

That is a very kind and generous thing to say shanghaiwu! :D

congrats mate on your win
xkc

Thank you very much Karen! :D

Keep up the good work, great shot!!!!!

Thank you kindly marvintunstall! :D

i’m a fan of black and white and am getting more into long exposures. nice shot!

Thank you kindly Michael! :D

What a dynamic, powerful, graceful and beautiful image this is – really masterful photography! OMG it’s never taken me so long to get to the bottom someone’s comments lol!!

I love how you can see the trees through the speeding train, very nice effect, almost erie

Thanks heaps Geoff and hfrymark! :D

What a fabulous image.

Thank you very much Elana! :D

Wow Paul! I’d missed this one! This awsome! :) I love the movement and the ghost like transparancy!

Thank you very kindly Malin! :D

Absolutely fabulous

Thank you very kindly coffeebean! :D

Fantastic BnW Paul! Excelent work!

Thanks heaps davidmilne! :D

WOW! There it was gone….

You really do have a special talent for capturing just the right feeling in each image! Amazing job!!

Just like everyone else..
love it!

Thank you so very kindly Darlene and SarahXO! :D

fantastic image Paul ! no wonder it has sooo many comments ! well done

Thanks so very much Tony! :D

omg this is fantastic !

Thank you very kindly Lucindawind! :D

Now thats an amazing shot! Great work!

Thanks so very much Brian! :D

This is aswome. Love the way that the train is kind of see through

Thanks heaps LanceWilliams! :D

I love it

Thank you very kindly Rosina! :D

Brilliant work, love this!

Thanks heaps Michael! :D

cool shot!!! i like it a lot :)

Thank you kindly Trenton! :D

This is truly great.

Thanks heaps saltash! :D

superb shot love the use of light!

Thanks heaps Elizabeth! :D

Tremendous work.

Thank you kindly Carlos! :D

I agree with all of the above praise! A great shot, and i love your how-to explanation! It definately deserves the “dance of joy” when the image was uploaded :)

Great night shot

Thank you very kindly Justine and Anette! :D

This is a cool shot! Nice work.

Thanks so very much Vonnie! :D

Stunning work Paul.

Thank you kindly greenfrog153! :D

Absolutely fantastic!

Thanks heaps Steven! :D

beautiful

Thank you so much lyndsey! :D

Wonderful work,
Thankyou very much for sharing Paul!

Love this!!! It is like a ghost train almost and I love the image as a whole!!

Thank you so very kindly Ash and Tara! :D

Wow! I love this and all of your other work as well! Brilliant.

Thank you so much Julene! :D

fantastic! i <3>

Thanks heaps punk0rmonnie! :D

Fantastic shot, excellent capture :)

I think this photo is very haunting, beautiful capture

Thank you so very much Dan and LoneAngel! :D

Truly a brilliant BW image….perfect setting on the camera too

Thank you very kindly Ken! :D

Great composition and execution. Good work….worthy of being a fav.

G’day Phil and thanks so much! :D

Powerful image Paul. Excellent lighting, compositon and subject…

excellent !

Thank you so much amarica and Dragomir! :D

love this
reminds me of my life at the moment
just pasting me by

Stunning image, power and motion. Instant Fave!

Thanks heaps onewaykids and Stephen! :D

i can almost feel the gust of wind. what a great shot, Paul. and the reflection…kept me looking

Thanks so much Carlos! :D

dont think iv ever seen so many comments on a photo! great work you truely deserve it! love the movement, great photo! x

this is amazing, love the black and white, wish i had thought of that when doing this for my photography

H x

Thank you so very much Rosie and HRLambert! :D

it s fantastic !!!!

Thank you kindly Agata! :D

Gorgeous work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Susan

Thanks so very much swtcountry51 :D

awesome.

Thanks heaps Deanna! :D

Whoa gorgeous pic! :)

Thanks so much Jovita! :D

Great shot Paul!

Wow! what an amazing image very well caught

Massive! So much speed and movement portrayed

brilliant motion captured

I like this, as the train wind, this look very cool

Thanks heaps Brian, theartofcombat, jiba, PinkPix and Bearwolver! :D

This is one great shot Paul!!

Thank you very kindly Tracy1 :D

Paul this is an awesome capture!

Thanks so much Jason! :D

Great image Paul.Can almost hear it screaming past!

Thanks so much Kellie! :D

Brilliant!

Too kind, thanks morpheus71! :D

Very nice, I love it.

Thanks heaps Yuval! :D

Great!

Thanks abstractvision! :D

Paul, I have no idea how i missed this image. it is absolutely a beautiful work of art. All your work is so polished, I hope someday to take just one as you do. Do you have a cape? Seriously…...... Rick

fantastic work!

Thank you kindly artGIA! :D

Brilliant & Perfect ArT.
: )

Waaaaay to kind mate!! :D

Phenomenal.

Thanks heaps profaneArte! :D

amazing imagine, reminds me a lot of einstein’s theories in the practical example of trains moving relative to each other, this picture is truly a work of art

Perfect exposure, with the shape of the train apparent, as well as the other side of the tracks—or could that be a reflection possibly? Either way, brilliant.

Thanks so very much Shoaib and Jan! :D

Excellent moment.

Thank you kindly Lori! :D

Who doesn’t love a good long exposure shot! Excellent work here.

A top class b&w image, love this.

Thanks so much JGo9 and Donald! :D

Very cool shot…....well deserved win for the challenge, fade to black!! GREAT WORK!!

Well thank you kindly Elizabeth! :D

WINNER!! of the Mood & Ambience group challenge Fade to Black

Woohoo!! :D
Thanks heaps eelsblueEllen!

Love it feels ghosty

wow… this is an awesome shot !!

incredible shot – i’m speechless

well done on the glowing trains win

I love this! It is amazing!

Wonderful work.

Stunning!

swoooosh!
Black n white in this fast foto – what a great composition! Wow!

OMG..this is soo wonderful and the movement wonderful work!

great work Paul!