Taking his second first place in a row, Finbarr O'Shea had plenty to spare this time around when he won Grade A in our fourth internal competition of the year, by the substantial margin of 47 points, with the steam train image below. The theme was 'Vintage' and this is how he made it:
As part of their tour of south munster, the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) ran a train pulled by steam engines 85 & 461 to Midleton on Sat.9th May and members of the East Cork Camera Group went to various locations along the route.
I joined a few of them at Midleton station where we got a few shots of the train arriving, pulled by steam engine No. 85. Shortly after, engine No. 461 came to pull the train on its return journey.
It was now time for us to go to our cars and find a vantage point for the return leg. I settled for the level crossing at Waterock just outside the town, where I got my picture.
The camera settings were f5.6 1/400sec, ISO200, lens 24/70 at 70mm.
Well done Finbarr
See also:
How I took that Shot - Kevin Day
How I took that Shot - Noelle Lowney
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Competition Results and 2015 League Table
