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Jack London Square - Oakland, California
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@Liang: Thanks. You might be interested in going back for my note to Anthony. I'd guess it was moving at 30 mph - which seemed even faster - fast enough to get my attention, for sure!
@Anthony Morgan Lambert: Nye on the tripod set, Anthony. There was no time. I had the tripod set for yesterday's shot. The passenger station in this image is at the string of white lights just to the left of the red signals at center. When I realized that this was a freight train that wasn't slowing down to stop - I ran from my position to the right of those red signals (in the middle of the tracks) - to the place where I made this capture. I had to rely on the exposure settings from the previous shot and straightened the buildings in the image in Photoshop. FYI:
Canon 5D w/ 16-35mm L f/2.8 lens - ISO 500 - at 16mm - f/22 - 8.0 seconds
@dabbler: Thanks dabbler - but the wrong impression. I definitely used the tripod. An eight second exposure would be impossible without it. When I ran it was with the camera attached and tripod legs extended. So when I got to the edge of the intersection I just dropped the whole rig down and hit the shutter.
@Twelvebit: Ear Plugs, my sensitive soul (though around busy train tracks this could spell disaster) ...never mind.
