Beautiful portrait!

Excellent use of depth of field, Shanx! I really like the way you have the train just intrude into the scene. I confess I did not even see it on my first viewing, so it was a real delight to see it creeping into my consciousness.

Posted by John Lacey on 2007 Apr 28 02:14:19 +0000

Nicee......and the train in the background is the empty rake of the Shivganga express pulled in by CNB WAP 4 #22218 from Safdarjung station.

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Apr 28 02:09:15 +0000

Thanks!

Posted by John Lacey on 2007 Apr 27 10:42:17 +0000

The Desert Queen... wonderful!

Posted by Sriram P on 2007 Apr 27 10:36:10 +0000

Must say I am impressed by your memory. This is facing ADI. Google earth shows the alignment for the bypass line. Might be interesting to take a walk there one of these days.

Posted by Abhijit Lokre on 2007 Apr 27 06:22:38 +0000

If I am not mistaken, this is facing Ahmedabad. Sad to see the dilapidated state of the yard. When I traveled on the MG DEE-ADI Exp. back in December of 2000, we crossed the yard at dawn and came to a halt just after it. There is an ADI bypass line that takes off just after the yard to join the line towards Sabarmati. Wonder if it's still there.

Posted by Mani Vijay on 2007 Apr 26 20:55:25 +0000

Note the shallow depth of field even at f/8 (assuming the EXIF information is correct). If the focal length is indeed 210 mm, it would have been a formidable sized equipment that you were carrying, considering that it is a D100. Did you have a photography permit, or were there just no RPF in the station?

Posted by Jagadheep D on 2007 Apr 22 18:16:03 +0000

Finally a whiff of fresh air with humans being the subject of a picture!

Posted by M S M Saifullah on 2007 Apr 19 06:52:02 +0000

Nice and very clear pic. :) Next ECoR TT could use it!

Posted by Akash Bang on 2007 Apr 18 19:40:37 +0000

Wasn't there any board closeby with typical Hindi, English and local language stating the station name?

Posted by Roopesh Kohad on 2007 Apr 18 18:37:00 +0000