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Subject: Re: [OM] FL-600R
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:30:42 -0500
Google knows all: 
<https://www.google.com/search?q=%22O.+Winston+Link%22+railroad+photography+images&lr=&as_qdr=all&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=LekEU7XLEYTsyQGpjIG4Cg&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1495&bih=890>

Chuck Norcutt


On 2/19/2014 12:02 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
> That may be, but Link's reasoning, for what it's worth, is that he couldn't
> control the intensity or position of the sun, while he could do that with
> flash.
>
> It did create some very dramatic photos, but there are also some weird
> artifacts, like a headlight streak in the middle of the static image that
> was captured when the flash array went off.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> It's much cheaper to just wait until morning.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 2/19/2014 11:18 AM, Ian Nichols wrote:
>>> On 19 February 2014 15:29, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nah, you're just not trying hard enough.
>>>>
>>>> O.Winston Link was a famous railroad photographer in the steam era who
>>>> liked to photograph at night.  He'd set up huge banks of flashbulbs
>> along
>>>> the tracks (with the railroad's permission) all wired together with a
>>>> trigger.  Got awesome night shots of huge steam locos that way.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, but he picked an easy subject - trains are essentially
>>> one-dimensional so you just need a line of lights to shine on it.  Things
>>> get really silly if you try to use an extra dimension or 2.  The cost of
>>> helicopter hire alone to do the everglades properly would by
>> astronomical ;)
>>>
>>> Ian
>>>
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