While driving down South Main Street in Providence, I spotted this Providence & Worcester freight train idling before the station tunnel. The only reason they would do that is to wait for either Amtrak or MBTA to pass them, since there are large stretches south of the station where there's no room to pass. That was my cue to wait for a photo. It was about a ten minute wait, but I was rewarded with this shot of the Amtrak passenger train bound for New York City passing the idling freight train. Unfortunately, I thought that would be it so I returned to my car. Only then did I hear a second whistle as the Acela - Amtrak's high speed passenger train - also went past the freight. Had I only known the Acela was coming, I'd have waited since that's a much more photogenic train.
I tried this shot in black and white, but it simply didn't work so I had to stick to the color version. Post processing started with a brilliant cold filter in Topaz Adjust. I then adjusted adaptive exposure, contrast, regions, and protect highlights. A slight levels adjustment was added in PSE.
A really wintry shot. It's good to see colour in your pictures Ron, but I can still see the b&w upon which you usually base your images. Knowing that gives added impact for me in viewing this picture. We have a blast of that cold wind here at the moment.
@shelldunn@medusa@tigerdreamer Thanks! I was a bit disappointed at the b&w look since I really wanted to show it in monochrome. That snow is killing me, though. The contrast is too extreme for most shots. I'll certainly be happy when spring finally arrives!
