Jo-Anna head on in Infrared

[mblain]

Early morning steam on a cold winters day. Engine preserved by Friends of The Rail - a volunteer group of enthusiasts. Taken just outside Cullinan near Pretoria South Africa. Old converted Nikon D70 and post-processed in Elements 10 with a channel mixer plug-in. Also looks great in B&W.

[Sergio M.]

Michael, I really like this image. I get a sense of the power of the locomotive. Nicely captured.

Serge

[Bobobird]

Powerful indeed. The main reason why steam engines hold so much fascination even to this day (for photographers anyway).

Do post the b/w.

[mblain]

Thanks for the feedback. Here's the B&W version

[MilT0s]

Michael I am not a fan of the IR-like images but in this case the surrealistic color tonalities give an interesting feeling to the image. Also like the BW one.

[Sergio M.]

Michael, thanks for posting the BW version. It does look great.

Serge

[Ken Curtis]

Michael, you did a wonderful job. Of course the IR changes the coloring, but gives the image another dimension for us to enjoy. The only suggestion I have is to lighten the front of the engine so we can see a bit more detail.

[rpcrowe]

I love this shot. It displays raw power! However, I wonder how a bit more space to the left of the image would have looked...

[Christofras]

Take full marks for this one Jo-Anna!.....This is where IR shines. I have a converted 5D mk2 which I am experimenting with... when time permits!...cheers ,Chris.

[Shadowman]

Very nice, I like the angle of approach.

[Hui Song]

I like the B/W one a lot.

[bnnrcn]

I like both of them very much.