High sun/backlit approvals

[JimThias]

Originally Posted by lock4244

Clouds allow shooting angles that sun would ruin, like shots from the north side of an east/west line or northbound trains...


Diffuesd sun (snow squalls)

Hey Mike, it looks like cloudy days/trains meeting is a good thing on railpics:

PhotoID: 177056 Photograph © Jim Thias

Originally Posted by socalrailfan

Here's a shot approved today that was taken on the opposite side of the Sullivan's Curve shot posted prior in this thread. From this new angle you can see the hills above the tracks for different vantage points.

Oh, I'm so jealous....

[JRMDC]

Originally Posted by JimThias

Hey Mike, it looks like cloudy days/trains meeting is a good thing on railpics:

Jim, that's some pretty good light on the snow and power, strong color, and you still get some pattern in the cloulds, not just solid white. Good one.

[lock4244]

Jim, my meet shot is a personal favorite. Everything just came together... but as in your shot, the human element is what really makes it.

Good thing for the conductor it wasn't too cold out; he was doing a roll by on an 11,000 foot train slowing to a stop.