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A wonderful location on the shore of Chilka Lake sees a SER WP haul # 80 Tirupati-Puri Express northbound in the late afternoon.1987-01-02

Date: 2005-11-13
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Yes, you are quite right. Late afternoon-the light did keep changing though. The train is northbound.

Posted by John Lacey on 2005 Nov 18 19:05:00 +0000

Looks like an early morning (or late evening) shot. They usually turn out to be the best because of the bright lighting. Plus I suppose John to the pains to walk up a hill of some sort to take this photo. I suppose such efforts usually pay off very well.

Posted by Prasanna Padmanabhan on 2005 Nov 18 11:49:43 +0000

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Many thanks for the compliments!
The camera was a 1980 Pentax ME Super with a 80-200 Takumar zoom lens; film Kodachrome 64.
Bizzy, yes this is the location I described as being about 5 kms south of Khallikot: I walked down the tracks. The...

Many thanks for the compliments!
The camera was a 1980 Pentax ME Super with a 80-200 Takumar zoom lens; film Kodachrome 64.
Bizzy, yes this is the location I described as being about 5 kms south of Khallikot: I walked down the tracks. The road is away from the railway here.
Rohit, I took the exposure reading off the tracks as was my usual practice in such situations.

Posted by John Lacey on 2005 Nov 14 03:54:05 +0000

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