Pictures of my scenic train ride....

....on the DFW airport tram!

And to think this ride was free!!

I was using my tilt shift lens, trying for the 'mini look'...I think the ones of the roads kind of gets me there but I was limited by only being a couple hundred feet from them and not very high in the air.

 

Yeah the ones with the roads and cars look fake. Like one of those little city toys with the little cars.

 

They do look fake! Nice job, Tim!

 

Ty. roofies would be great! I've been meaning to get some more action downtown (and take some pics too )

fake is good!

not too shabby for moving 8mph on a bumpy tramp

for these I used my Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L Tilt-Shift Lens manual focus too so I was just guessing as I was moving along on the track!

 

Nice pics thanks for sharing

 

why d watermark is der?

 

I think the last photos is only a miniature. Look at the small bridge you can see the connector there.

 

The pictures are sharp and magnificent

You did have a nice photographing skill...

 

wow.. those are one of the coolest pics i hv seen..(though i dont like watching pics generally, so seen very few)
the first one looks totally fake. gr8 job timsdd

 

thanks! I am working on a couple more, post them this afternoon or tonight

ha-ha...busted!
j/k, this is in fact real (Dallas TX airport)

thank you kindly. They could have been sharper too if I had not been moving! I'm glad I was the only on on the tram at the time so I could steady myself against the side of the interior...it must have looked rather funny.

thanks. I have another thread you might like too http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=845388

where I break stuff!

 

Continuing our tour of the lovely Dallas airport we see an empty luggage cart, a plane taxiing and my favorite, the tram tunnel.

On the 3rd one, I can't really remember how far away that was. It looks like several hundred feet but then again I didn't have a chance to notice much as I was looking through the viewfinder most of the way!

 

Nice pictures Tim !

I'm now busy photographing food (wife wants to make a cookbook) and a tilt-shift lens would be useful
But I wondered if there are other 'practical' uses for it ?

 

I guess scenic is in the eye of the beholder. I don't think of the term "scenic" when I see pictures of an airport and city roads. Good pictures though. I don't know if I really like the blur effects. Just a little constructive feedback.

 

Some nice pics, thanks for sharing them.

 

great pics...Thanks

 

a lot of photographers use a watermark to protect and or promote their work. in my case it's both.

thanks!

FOOD! cookbook, nice.

I think the 2 main uses for a TSE lens would be **architecture and food photography. It would also be fun to use it with portraits I think.

** compare and contrast, 1st with my 12-24mm Sigma (although exaggerated somewhat on the angle) and the 2nd with the Canon 24mm TSE

ha-ha, you caught me, the "scenic" was thread bait! I was hoping to conjure up images of a mountain side on an actual train...I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet!

I hear you on the blur/depth of field. TBH, this wasn't the best application of it, I was just experimenting really.

thank you, your welcome, it's what I do :-D

you bet ;-)

 

the ride was free? why was it free?

2nd picture is better! Canon 24mm TSE ftw!

 

Why are those roads devoid of any traffic?