I need some help with this one.
First Try:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewreject.php?id=722376&key=76525787
Second Try:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewreject.php?id=722417&key=1042023477
If you don't mind me editing the photo,I can fix the color and see how you like it?
Sure, you can do that. Thanks
Ok here's what I've done to the photo.You can see if you like it better?
I really like it. Thanks for the help man!
Your Welcome!
I'm on a laptop, so it could just be my screen, but in all three photos, the colors just look flat. Granted, NS isn't the easiest railroad to photograph because black just isn't really vibrant. This time of the year also gives some harsh lighting. All three of those factors can make photography difficult. Luckily, we have Photoshop to help us out.
Taking the edited photo, I messed around with it to see what could be done in fixing the color since it still looked a little flat to me. I adjusted the color balance to take out a little bit of blue and add a little bit of green in the trees. I also had to really boost the saturation to make those colors pop out. A slight adjustment to the contrast and a touch of unsharp mask, and here's what I came up with.
That looks good, can I get you to work on my next driver's license photo?
Railpics (I quit posting with them 2 years ago and will never do again) might also have an issue with the train being cut off. When possible, it is best to include the whole train in the shot and not cut it off with too much of a focus on the locomotives. I have a lot of shots from years ago where I did that and it irritates me to look at them when I could have just moved the camera a little bit to have gotten more in the photo.
Brent
I took it and messed with the Color Temperature, Tint, Saturation, etc. And came out with this.