I can see two "No Entry" signboards. What are they for? Normally such boards are used on roads to warn drivers about a No Entry but that is not needed on railways where points are set from the Control Tower.

Posted by Karan Desai on 2008 Jul 21 07:07:29 +0000

Great action shot! Lovely foreground of crossovers to.

Posted by Bharat Vohra on 2008 Jul 21 14:44:23 +0000

Nice click and very rare shot.

Posted by Jatin Bhavsar on 2008 Jul 21 15:39:00 +0000

I am perplexed. The part which is nearest to the camera is in focus but distant scenery which includes the two locos and perhaps some of the coaches is slightly out-of-focus. Any reasons for this phenomenon?

Also notice a slight bend in the rail which is on the opposite side to the cross-over even though there is a guard rail to protect it from bending due to lateral forces.

Posted by M S M Saifullah on 2008 Jul 22 04:16:38 +0000

The reasons for distortion is the full use of the 200 mm zoom which is actually 300mm for this type of SLR, as it is not a full frame SLR.
The Focus setting in camera has been kept "Closest Subject Focussing". Hence the train closer to the camera is in focus.

Posted by Dinesh Hukmani on 2008 Jul 22 14:50:08 +0000

Also the aperture setting of f11 was not sufficient to get the other train in focus. Changing it to f16, would have reduced shutter speed below 1/250 sec, which was not good enough for this kind of action.
Overall, a difficult action shot to take.

Posted by Dinesh Hukmani on 2008 Jul 22 15:27:51 +0000

and that's why this snap makes it to FC!!! hmmm..!!!

Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2008 Jul 24 10:51:10 +0000