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When I left the house this morning, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, but the further south I went, the thicker the clouds became. By the time I got to work, there was a pretty solid overcast over the Groton area. Maybe it would clear up by the time I took my walk later in the morning. Well, no such luck, but of course I still snapped a few pictures of Providence & Worcester train NR-2 heading south along Mill Cove in Ledyard. This time, though, I tried some different angles.<\/p>\n
While taking my walk around Erickson Park in Ledyard, some wild roses caught my eye. So of course I grabbed a shot of the fresh blooms.<\/p>\n
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And while shooting the bush of flowers, a couple new angles struck my eye – ones that would be much wider than I’ve been previously shooting. So once I picked out my two spots, seperated by only a dozen or so yards, I waited for NR-2 to show up. A few moments later, the train sounded for the crossings at Dow Chemical to the north, then a couple minutes later for the crossing at Red Top a couple hundred yards to my right.<\/p>\n
Moments later, I grabbed this shot of the two lead locomotives framed by a pair of odd looking trees<\/p>\n
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Then I ran back down to the wild rose bush, and framed up these shots of the passing train<\/p>\n
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Not too bad. I like the second one the best, followed by the first. The first, I think, needs a shallower depth of field to blur out the train a bit more. But that’s me. I do plan on trying these shots again when it’s sunny out. The shadows may be tough at this time of year with the sun’s position. We’ll see…<\/p>\n
And for “old time’s sake” I grabbed a telephoto shot of the trailing locomotive heading towards the south end of Mill Cove<\/p>\n
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And finally wrapped things up and headed back to the office. Maybe tomorrow, if it’s sunny, I can refine the shots while the bushes still have blooms on them.<\/p>\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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