John Murphys Pride and Joy

[John 2]

Seen in the Lake District at one of the Steam Fairs that are held at this time of year

[John 2]

Finally managed to get the image to load. Comments welcome.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture and processing.

[lovelife65]

Beautiful!

[John 2]

Thanks John, thanks Sharon.

[bje07]

Very nice post processing, BG very well managed.

[Wavelength]

I would like a bit low sharpening...ad the most beautiful part is the projection of the wheel out of the frame....

[bnnrcn]

Hi John I like the PP work. Is this a shot of an old image from the fair or is it your processing that made me think this way?

[John 2]

Thanks Jean, thanks Nandakumar thanks Binnur for the comments.

It is sharp Nandakuma but I don't think it is over sharp. It maybe the comparison with the BG that makes it look that way - I don't know.

Binnur, it's the processing. The BG was very busy (buses and tents etc,) and I wanted the traction engine to stand out. I separated it from the BG and took the BG contrast down quite a bit via an adjustment layer with a gradient mask to retain slightly more contrast in the sky.

[IzzieK]

This is to me, not web quality. It has this certain chunk to it that belongs to a wall presentation. The slight OOF on the wheel is extra nice…

[Rainforest]

Plain but powerful just like the engine says. :-) Nice shot and PP.

[John 2]

Thanks Izzie, thanks Susan. It's a bit of history. He must have spend hours rebuilding and maintaining this engine, not just for himself but for generations to come.