Lull Before a Busy Weekend

by Aaron Hockley

I stopped trackside for a few minutes today at lunch and found a new photo angle down at the depot. I screwed up the shot by not using my monopod, mistakenly thinking I could handhold my 300m F4L with the 1.4x teleconverter on it. It’s a textbook lesson why a photographer should have a monopod or tripod, and use it anytime they can. Why didn’t I use it today? Laziness. I figured ah, why bother getting it out for one shot. Anyway, the vertical alignment was botched so I’ll have to shoot it again another day.

This weekend is Robert’s big annual slideshow and foaming shindig up in Centralia. Steve and I are set for an 0700 departure, railfanning our way north and hopefully getting a few decent shots throughout the day before the show. We’re spending the night up there and railfanning our way back home on Sunday. Right now the weather forecast is for crappy with intermittant shitty. Oh well.

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