Aug 2, 2011, 16:16
This is from the steam railway museum in Swindon, Wiltshire(UK)...or more precisely, from the footplate of the Caerphilly Castle steam locomotive that resides there. Enthusiasts and societies are gaining much success in keeping many of these old steam trains running on local lines....the museums seem to be run almost exclusively by volunteers who merely state they find it such a privilege to be there at all. A really special set of people, this.
Shooting conditions were interesting: indoors with varied lighting sources like tungsten, diffused daylight, wide expanses of dark metal with other wide expanses of glass roofs.
I made the error of not taking a tripod: mercifully the 21mm is sharp across all zones at f2.8 but this was not ideal. As it was, I was maxed out here: f2.8, ISO 1600, giving a shutter speed of 1/25s...only just under the wire in other words.
Shooting conditions were interesting: indoors with varied lighting sources like tungsten, diffused daylight, wide expanses of dark metal with other wide expanses of glass roofs.
I made the error of not taking a tripod: mercifully the 21mm is sharp across all zones at f2.8 but this was not ideal. As it was, I was maxed out here: f2.8, ISO 1600, giving a shutter speed of 1/25s...only just under the wire in other words.
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