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19-MAY-2002 MFC

Transportation Food Chain
by MFC

Life at the top of the food chain isn't always a pretty sight. Here we see a goliath
megaclaw next to its pile of remains...indicative of a good hunting season. Above, scavenger
train cars await, protected, ready to reclaim the left-overs...only for the cycle to begin anew back
at the steel plant. Not for viewing by the weak-stomached, but the next car begins and ends here.

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WYK23-Feb-2003 07:29
Looks like they need to put some sort of sign by the railroad bridge and warn some of those poor commuters beforehand!

WYK
Sony Forums Challenges23-May-2002 10:56
Hey, Mike, you do what you can -- wouldn't it be nice if we could turn the clock back and take a second crack when reality (and yard guards) don't cooperate? Guess that's why so many folks prefer studio photoraphy. This is an interesting shot, even if you can't get reality to give you a different POV or wider angle or better weather or friendlier guards. Erichocinc.
Sony Forums Challenges22-May-2002 12:00
Eric, I did try a number of different shots. I didn't really like the closer cropped shots. The visual impact was more simple, but it didn't really tell the story. I couldn't get a shot farther away because I was trying to shoot between the openings of a tall privacy fence and had a hard time even framing this image...I was actually chased away from the site by an area supervisor, thinking, I guess, that I was some kind of reporter. I liked this shot the best of the ones I was able to get. Thanks for your comments, Mike (MFC)
Sony Forums Challenges22-May-2002 11:45
This shot tells a good story. I know why you cropped it this way, so you could get the train and the cars and the claw in the frame, but it does create a problem of a divided subject. Did you take some other exposures showing just the cars and the claw? A more distant shot might also work, pulling your key grouping into the center of the frame and putting the elements in relation with each other. Now It feels like being so close kind of breaks the story up... though I still like the shot as it is. Also enjoyed the write up! Erichocinc.