Incidentally, how do you align a panorama where the images are taken at
different points parallel to the subject. I tried that once long ago
(probably using PTGui) and made an absolute mess... no doubt because of
an assumed common vantage point.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Thanks to all who commented!
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Excellent catch! It looks like anything longer than 17mm wouldn't have cut
>> the mustard.
>
> 17mm comes nowhere close. The image is cobbled together from two 17mm
> shots, with about 25% overlap. With the narrow aisle, I thought classic
> panorama shooting would mean huge perspective effects on the ends. So I
> walked to shoot perpendicularly from different spots to cover the
> locomotive.
>
> The girl was only there for one shot, and in the overlap area, so I
> could include her or not. If one looks closely, there are some odd
> effects as the angle from which it is seen is different, but I was
> largely able to minimize them. Biggest challenge is the lighting,
> ranging from outdoor light through a big window on the front to
> relatively dim incandescent at the back. The museum lighting in general
> is effective for visiting and really poor for casual photography.
>
> At that, I didn't quite get all the rear steam cylinders, let alone the
> enormous tender. The whole thing is about 124' long in a quite narrow
> alcove. I didn't bother with the tender, pretty featureless and boring
> to a non-train person.
>
>> The little girl is no doubt studying the details of the highly unusual 12
>> drive wheel arrangement combined with high and low pressure cylinders. :-)
>>
>
> Good try. Actually, 16 driven wheels in two groups of 8 and no
> secondary, low pressure cylinders.
>
>> I've never previously heard of a "cab forward" engine but this is one of
>> them.
>
> Pretty much unique to the SP and its relatively unique circumstances.
> Explained nicely here. <http://www.steamlocomotive.com/cabforward/>
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> The image was from Moose who's in Berkeley. Southern Pacific Railroad
>> Engine No. 4294 is in the California State Railroad Museum in "Old
>> Sacramento" (the historic region).
>>
>
> Got it in one! Since I had not been on a mainline railroad in the US
> since I was under two, I thought it would be fun to take the Amtrak to
> Sacramento and visit Old Town, which we'd never seen. Two people, round
> trip, one with senior discount, was $89! Availability of parking at the
> Berkeley "station", which is simply a stretch of track where the train
> stops, seemed problematic, and reports of delays were worrisome. So we
> drove up and back through the scenic Sacramento River delta on maybe
> $20-25 of gas.
>
> Lovely day trip. Funny thing is that Carol was more interested in
> visiting the Railroad Museum than I. Her interest was mostly in the
> private, dining and sleeper cars, though.
>
> Moose
>
>
>
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