Ghost Train!

ClydeFrog · 09-20-2005, 09:31 PM

... or maybe more appropriately vampire train? I was checking out the fall color progress at a local park (none to speak of) when I heard a train in the distance. I jogged to the river bridge just in time to take this shot. I always thought Casey Jones would be driving a steam engine ...

Capt. Insane · 09-20-2005, 11:36 PM

thats crazy

you take two pictures and stitch em together i gather?

LoPo · 09-20-2005, 11:55 PM

whoa, that's crazy Clyde!

ilikemittens · 09-21-2005, 12:05 AM

Wow!!! I don't want to immediately "accuse" of Photoshop but if it is, nice work!!! If not... that's inexplicable and amazing!!! NICE!

dudio · 09-21-2005, 12:06 AM

that's scary !

someone hold me

Skidz · 09-21-2005, 01:40 AM

Creepy cool....I love that kinda stuff!

{OF}Malicious Assault · 09-21-2005, 05:45 AM

WoW, thats cool

Great pic.

Heater · 09-21-2005, 07:48 AM

hehe, pretty cool

ClydeFrog · 09-21-2005, 09:46 AM

It's a little bit of a trick. There are a lot of trees near the bridge so I had to be very close to get the shot I wanted. Unfortunately, I had to be too close to get both the train and the reflection (without having both uncomfortably close to the edge of the pic) so I took two separate shots and stitched them together with PTAssembler/PanoTools. I thought of just having the reflection not match the train to see if anybody noticed. Next time I'll get the engine reflection and stitch it together with an empty bridge. It would be even cooler to get a steam engine reflection with an empty bridge in a B/W shot!