Cumbres & Toltec Railroad – An Early Morning

~Engine 484 of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad prepares to leave the station in Antonito, Colorado on a cool September morning.

This was a photo of opportunity. I was on my way to Crested Butte to photograph fall color and had nothing but fall color on the brain. It felt a bit ironic to photograph this magnificent piece of western history, and in color no-less, when golden aspens were only a couple hours away.

~Tech details~
Camera & Lens: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens
Exposure:  1/320 second, f/11 and ISO 400
Filters: Hoya HD Circular Polarizer
Notes: hand-held

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 11th, 2009 at 10:11 pm and is filed under Colorado, Southwest States, Travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

3 Responses to “Cumbres & Toltec Railroad – An Early Morning”

  1. Sarah says:
    October 12, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    Love the feel of this Adam. What a great shot!! Is this similar to the Silverton train as far as size? And since there are so many in your neck of the woods, do you know if they were all part of one company before?

  2. Estevan Montoya says:
    October 17, 2009 at 10:46 am

    I like the old fashioned look as well as the HDR. I went once when I was about 10 years old. It was a good family vacation.

  3. Adam Schallau says:
    October 17, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Hi Sarah,
    This is very similar to the train in Silverton in that they are both Narrow Gauge trains.If I remember correctly, they were all part of the same line at one time.

    Hi Estevan,
    This is actually a single exposure and processed as a single exposure, no HDR here. I did some masking to control the tones and to keep the shadows on the front of the train from going completely black.