East Somerset Railway

Nikon D2Xs and AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm lens. I look at this and I am struck by the inadequacy of the so-called standard gauge. Cheaper, of course, but so many bad decisions stem from putting profit ahead of other factors, in this case both safety and comfort.

“How much of human life is lost in waiting.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Nikon D2Xs and AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm lens.

Nikon D2Xs and AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm lens.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI-S lens.

To my untrained eye as a visitor to the East Somerset Railway, I think sometimes he drives and sometimes he shovels. He had sole charge of the engine in between runs and invited me to join him on the footplate. This was an exciting experience. Quite hot, too. Nikon D2Xs + Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens,.

There is some talk about regulating the use of preserved steam locomotives to contribute to dealing with the climate emergency. I was glad to have seen this view at close quarters. Nikon D2Xs + Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens,.

I don't know what functions the dials perform. Engine driving is an activity requiring knowledge of all this pressure and vacuum stuff. Maybe I'll Google it. Nikon D2Xs + Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens,.

Nikon D40 + AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens at 300mm. The full frame equivalent would be using a lens of 450mm focal length. The effect is to make the perspective appear compressed and packed up. Had I taken this photograph with a wide angle lens instead it would have appeared quite different but the perspective would not have altered. Curiously Bob Newman, who is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Wolverhampton, and a photography enthusiast, camera nut, and regular contributor to the magazine 'Amateur Photographer' ('AP') took a more liberal attitude to perspective in 'AP' of 24 August 2019. But think about it: perspective can depend only on where the viewer is and where the thing being viewed is.

Nikon D2Xs and AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm lens.