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Re: Re:(erielack) September photo (2)

Randy,
To answer some of your questions:
> Does the background in the published picture show room for a photographer 
> to stand and take a "right side of the sun" shot?<
Answer:  there is, but would require standing on the main tracks, which 
perhaps the photographer thought may not be a good idea at the time, and/or 
was concerned about being challenged by the tower operator/other 
employees...

> What would then be the backdrop -- a large NYThruway bridge?<

Answer: Yes, the NY Thruway passes directly over, and was jokingly thought 
to be part of the reason why SF Tower had a slight lean to it, to avoid the 
overhead steel beams that passed within inches above the tower roof...

> Is the ELHS going to market their own calendar for 2007?<
Answer:  The Society has no current plans to do a calendar, although we've 
been talking about the possibility of doing one for the last few years. 
Like all of our projects, we're concerned about the overall economics 
involved, and the tight market in general and competition for the many RR 
calendars available for sale...

Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384



- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janet & Randy Brown" <jananran_@_mymailstation.com>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:07 PM
Subject: Re:(erielack) September photo


>I have not seen the photo, but I wonder about a couple of things.
>
> Does the background in the published picture show room for a photographer 
> to stand and take a "right side of the sun" shot?
>
> What would then be the backdrop -- a large NYThruway bridge?
>
> Do any of the critics have a better picture?  Did you submit it to the 
> calendar company?  With full and correct caption information?
>
> Is the ELHS going to market their own calendar for 2007?
>
> From growing up in the area, I can testify that the Erie's layover yards 
> were notably hard on photograpers, because of lack of room at all, let 
> alone on the "correct" side for the light.  Considering Nyack, Woodbine, 
> Suffern and Waldwick, only Waldwick was accesible, open and well lit --  
> and that only in the afternoon.  That's why we see good pictures of 
> Waldwick and "blah" ones -- IF ANY -- of the other locations.  Remember, 
> you had to be east of the tracks in the morning for the inbounds and west 
> of them in the evening.  You had to be south of the tracks most of the 
> year, but north of them at the height of summer. Finally, not everybody 
> had day time during the week to take pictures.  They had to take what they 
> could get and we have to take what they got.
>
> Randy Brown
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> I agree. A very marginal photo for a calendar. Some "wrong side" photos 
> work, but this isn't one of them. On the positive side, thanks to the sign 
> on the hill we know this caption gives the correct location.
>
> Paul B
>
> From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com> Subject: 
> (erielack) September photo
>
> Some people might call the lighting "dramatic" - I fall into the camp that 
> calls it "too dark!"  In addition to the units being shot from the "wrong 
> side of the sun," there's a huge shadow in the foreground from the NY 
> Thruway overhead bridge here.
>
> Overall, kind of a "blah" picture. :(
>
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