Doing landscape all wrong

[lukitas]

This is landscape photography done all wrong : from a speeding train, 1/4000 to freeze motion, f8 at 1600 ISO. Framing at 140 Km an hour is mostly hope and prayers, but with a horizontal landscape, you can get lucky.

I have an emotional attachment to the region these photographs depict : I grew up there. It is so flat, you can see church towers dip below the horizon. The land was endless, and the sky was even bigger.

Cheers!

 

[VisualDarkness]

Doing it all wrong and stunning at the same time!

 

[PrestonR]

They look good to me! These remind me of central ohio. I like the one with the cattle.

 

[Bingley]

Rules are made to be broken. I especially like the third and fifth photos. Thanks for posting!

 

[rhl-oregon]

You're not driving the train, are you? Sorry, couldn't help it. I recall you writing that your work is on/in trains, though.

The 1/4000 is very useful for this. Your Fuji has a very clean sensor!

These are as splendid as your limitations permit, and really don't betray the limitations.

 

[Huss]

These are great!

 

[lukitas]

Hey, thanks everybody!

No, not driving the train. I whistle, close the doors and punch tickets. Sometimes, I let people snore in the afternoon sun, and watch the view. I get to see the whole country while working, am getting a feel for the place. Tens of photoshoots waiting for the moment I'm free to shoot.

 

[Shirley Creazzo]

Just a delightful thread Lukitas. Thank you for sharing your lovely landscapes and for the brief bio.

 

[konicaman]

Great work - and another reminder always to carry a camera!

 

[mfogiel]

It does not matter how you do it, it is the print that matters,
This one is from a train Milan-Turin:


07120520 by marek fogiel, on Flickr

 

[Wenge]

Thanks for this..have wondered about the train thing. Great job.

 

[Joao]

Amazing set, very well done .
Thank you for posting.

 

[Robin P]

The one with the cows is wonderful.

 

[zauhar]

Excellent, especially the last one. I was trying to the same sort of thing today (bus in central China), hope mine turn out as well .

Randy

 

[rhl-oregon]

To respond in spirit (if not via train), here's an example of the wrong camera with the wrong speeds through the open passenger window of my car at 60mph. The landscape appeared between hedges, the storm light through the clouds was transitory, there were cars behind me and no place to pull over in time. So what the hell, I decided, let's see what the RF 645 can do at 1/500 with HP5.

 

[oftheherd]

Nice shots. Thanks for posting. I like them all, but really like the patterns in the first. But how do people lift those bales in the last photo? They look people size.

 

[robert blu]

All wrong but excellent result lukitas! i like when traveling by train to take photos,not so good as yours, different style 🙂

From a recent rip to Venice, with the Leica X1

 

[lukitas]

Marek, Robert and Robert, those are great shots. Thank you

 

[lukitas]

Nice shots. Thanks for posting. I like them all, but really like the patterns in the first. But how do people lift those bales in the last photo? They look people size.

They're a bit bigger than that. A truckload or so.

They used to be small enough that people could load them on wagons with pitchforks. Now it's all mechanised, and tractors are three times the size they used to be.

 

[farlymac]

Wonderful landscapes, Lukitas. It's great to have a job where you can photograph such beauty.

PF