Train Mosaic

If you take a look at yesterday's photo you will see this mosaic in the centre of the photo.

Unfortunately, there were lots of people standing on it and I had trouble getting a photo. So, with my natural Yorkshire charm I said "Excuse me could you move for a minute please while I take a photo of this mosaic" and to my surprise everybody did just that. I took the photo, thanked them very much and here is the result.

When I had taken the photo I noticed a young chap standing next to me and he said "Thank you". Apparently he had been trying to get the same photo with no result and thanks to me he managed to get the shot he needed too.

This is another shot from Dunedin Railway station. There were lots of photo opportunities here.

Thanks to everyone who voted for and told me that my Milford Sound photo was on the TT. I seem to be on a bit of a roll with the TT's at the moment, it has got to be downhill from now on though, ha ha.

We are out for dinner again tonight, so I won't be able to catch up until either later this evening or tomorrow.

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a beautiful piece of mosaic work -- such wonderful colours , So brave of you to voice your desire to tale a photo of this It's amazing how people still respond to politeness --Well done you . !

[Taffy]

Well done and worth persevering!

[julia]

Haha must have something to do with my Yorkshire heritage as well .. I asked someone to go back and come back through the archway/doorway again.. they obliged.. nice shot..

[Loopy-Lou]

Great shot, well done for asked people to move.

[Chris Stapleton]

Great stuff

[Peter]

Wonderful capture, even damage its a great mosaic Babs, don't you just hate it when people get in the way, but your right it pays to ask nicely:)

[Margaret Obey]

What a wonderful mosaic. Well done. Thanks for your visit to my project and supportive comments.

[Denise Wood]

Wonderful :)

[Rachel]

This is the famous mosaic you told me about. It's great, and worth moving people for!

[sally agnew]

I love mosaic work, this is lovely :)

[Christine Webb]

gorgeous

[Joyce]

Great shot and I love your Yorkshire charm! I have a Yorkshire father and a Lancashire Mother so there is no hope for me. I have a reputation for 'saying it as it is!'

[Kane Arlow]

What a lovely mosaic. And what great craftsmanship has gone into it. Congratulations on the TT too, a very well deserved place for such an amazing photo.

[gloria jones]

Wonderful shot. composition

[Yeshanghai]

Beautiful capture! Maybe I should nicely ask people to move away for a minute, instead of waiting for 30 minutes in the future.

[ShirleyB]

Lovely mosaic, shame about the damage in the top left. You don't get if you don't ask, so well done for being brave enough to do so.

[Sally Ings]

Beautiful mosaic work. How kind of the people to move away long enough to get a photo.

[KWind]

It's so detailed. Wonderful capture!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful artwork and a lovely shot.

[Kate Goring]

I love your commentary, good for you! Lovely shot, it's a wonderful mosaic.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

You should be CHUFFED with this find and capture.

[Jane Morley]

Good of them to move, lovely mosaic.

[M0ments in time]

Well done getting them to move, I would have been like the other chap... waiting forever !

[dh (delena)]

Well done on making them all move. I would probably have gone home disappointed.

[Diana Moss]

wonderful mosaic , a lovely capture

[Margo]

I took this shot too> Great isn't it!!

[Linda]

Wonderful composition.

[Gayle Sears]

Your mosaic is wonderful. Both my hubby and my FIL worked for the railroad, so it caught my attention.

[Gena Pegg]

So glad you were able to get this shot....love your story to go with it. A lovely piece of art.

[Sylvia du Toit]

Thanks for sharing. This must have taken a lot of time.

[Annie D]

great mosaic - thank you for showing us

[Marnie]

Definitely an A for persistence Babs. Great mosaic, hope 'they' repair the damage before it spreads.

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful, definitely worth asking politely for people to move...

[Babs]

@julzmaioro Ha ha, a girl after my own heart Julia. Well done.

[Babs]

@ceilidh Thanks Margaret, hope all is well with you.

[Babs]

@777margo I agree, it is great Margo. I am so glad that everyone obliged by moving while I got a photo of it.

[Babs]

@golftragic Thanks Marnie, I hope they repair the damage too. I suppose I could photoshop it, but it wouldn't be the same would it. ha ha

[Babs]

@beryl @taffy @bizziebeeme @cljs @pcoulson @gilbertwood @hermann @365projectorgchristinewebb @karlow75 @seattlite @yeshanghai @shirleybankfarm @salza @kwind @mittens @kategoring @ladymagpie @chimfa @mbmomentsintime @dh @snowy @pippie @thimblelady @eyesmile @sdutoit @annied @happysnaps Thank you all so much. I loved just how accommodating everybody was and I did thank them for moving.

[Babs]

@888rachel Yes it is Rachel. Everybody was so nice to move.

[Babs]

@thistle Ha ha Joyce, no hope for either of us I reckon. I was born in Yorkshire but lived in Lancashire also, so subtle as a flying mallet comes to mind.

[maree_sanderson]

great story...great shot...