Smoke and Steam

A very bold picture with the train looming up at us, it feels like I'm tied to the tracks like in an old movie trying to get away before it runs me over. The red paint on the train balances really nicely with the red sky and when I read this was a composite, I was very impressed how well it had been done.

This is a lovely, cinematic image of steam trains and a silhouette of the driver (I'm assuming). The atmosphere created by backlighting through the smoke to create the silhouette and the light glinting off the metal give it a lovely feel. There is just enough detail in the shadow areas to read the number of the train and to make my eye look closely at all the details.

Congratulations on this winning image. I was drawn to this image because of the beautiful colours reflected onto the smoke which make it stand out against the night sky. There were many lovely pictures of steam trains but none where the smoke and steam stood out on their own.