Transport Photography
Transport Photography
I usually title my train fots with the format of traction number then headcode, if applicable.
If fotting a southbound Mk4 I'll always put the DVT number first then the 91 number - ie 82205 91101 1E04.
Vice versa northbound. 91116 82207 1S08.
Me and my camera haven't co-operated at all today, various photos have not turned out well at all, many of them have been blurry, the camera has focused instead of taking the shot at times and on the photo of the Coast and Country on the 265 the colour came out distorted.
I am extremely angry about this and things have not been going well recently and it's causing me more stress than joy these days, not helped by the fact I now have to guess shutter speeds and stuff to catch the destination screens and have to ensure the photo doesn't come out blurry and usually fail at achieving this.
I honestly don't know what to do anymore and things seem to just be getting worse and I'm now at the stage where I feel it's a waste of time trying different stuff such as scenic shots as chances are it won't turn out and I don't want to be wasting my time with it.
Anyone got any suggestions or advice as I'm about ready to smash the camera the mood I've been in with it recently.
(19 Apr 2016, 8:42 pm)Jimmi Me and my camera haven't co-operated at all today, various photos have not turned out well at all, many of them have been blurry, the camera has focused instead of taking the shot at times and on the photo of the Coast and Country on the 265 the colour came out distorted.
I am extremely angry about this and things have not been going well recently and it's causing me more stress than joy these days, not helped by the fact I now have to guess shutter speeds and stuff to catch the destination screens and have to ensure the photo doesn't come out blurry and usually fail at achieving this.
I honestly don't know what to do anymore and things seem to just be getting worse and I'm now at the stage where I feel it's a waste of time trying different stuff such as scenic shots as chances are it won't turn out and I don't want to be wasting my time with it.
Anyone got any suggestions or advice as I'm about ready to smash the camera the mood I've been in with it recently.
(19 Apr 2016, 8:42 pm)Jimmi Me and my camera haven't co-operated at all today, various photos have not turned out well at all, many of them have been blurry, the camera has focused instead of taking the shot at times and on the photo of the Coast and Country on the 265 the colour came out distorted.
I am extremely angry about this and things have not been going well recently and it's causing me more stress than joy these days, not helped by the fact I now have to guess shutter speeds and stuff to catch the destination screens and have to ensure the photo doesn't come out blurry and usually fail at achieving this.
I honestly don't know what to do anymore and things seem to just be getting worse and I'm now at the stage where I feel it's a waste of time trying different stuff such as scenic shots as chances are it won't turn out and I don't want to be wasting my time with it.
Anyone got any suggestions or advice as I'm about ready to smash the camera the mood I've been in with it recently.
(19 Apr 2016, 9:29 pm)BusLoverMum I'd suggest, if you're going for largely one off scenic shots, it might be worth using the automatic settings more often. You might not get the best photos, but they're less likely to fail completely, so long as you're not contending with difficult lighting conditions or very fast stretches of road.
The time to play with your manual settings and become re-acquainted, if you're finding yourself getting it wrong frequently, would be somewhere boring and predictable - even North Road roundabout! The point being that you can keep playing about and experimenting to find out what really works and what doesn't - the worst outcome here is that, by experimenting, you've fouled up half a dozen workaday shots of the 20/20A rather than that once in a blue moon drifter trundling through Wingate on the X7.
(19 Apr 2016, 9:29 pm)BusLoverMum I'd suggest, if you're going for largely one off scenic shots, it might be worth using the automatic settings more often. You might not get the best photos, but they're less likely to fail completely, so long as you're not contending with difficult lighting conditions or very fast stretches of road.
The time to play with your manual settings and become re-acquainted, if you're finding yourself getting it wrong frequently, would be somewhere boring and predictable - even North Road roundabout! The point being that you can keep playing about and experimenting to find out what really works and what doesn't - the worst outcome here is that, by experimenting, you've fouled up half a dozen workaday shots of the 20/20A rather than that once in a blue moon drifter trundling through Wingate on the X7.
(19 Apr 2016, 9:32 pm)citaro5284 No flickr yet for Big'un?
(19 Apr 2016, 9:32 pm)citaro5284 No flickr yet for Big'un?
Anyone know of any good photo editing software or websites as Flickr's photo editor has now become totally unusable.
(25 Jun 2016, 6:58 pm)Jimmi Anyone know of any good photo editing software or websites as Flickr's photo editor has now become totally unusable.
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(25 Jun 2016, 9:31 pm)Josh Microsoft PaintHaha, at least you can crop without fail using Microsoft Paint!
Best editing software ever
(25 Jun 2016, 9:31 pm)Josh Microsoft PaintHaha, at least you can crop without fail using Microsoft Paint!
Best editing software ever
Decided to start building as Archive of old photos to add to my Go North East Collection, so far I have purchased the following with intention of uploading to my Flickr Account.
3806 (F106 UEF) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X30
3808 (K108 YVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X72
3847 (K315 FYG) GNE RYB on the X23
4825 (P325 AFT) Plain Yellow on the 50
4863 (S863 ONL) GNE RYB Swoops on the 28
5276 (NK07 KPJ) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 91
5282 (NK07 KPT) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 922
5283 (NK07 KPU) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the X3
8105 (M815 GFT) GNE RYB on the 27
8118 (N118 WGR) GNE RYB on the 773
8279 (T426 LGP) GNE RYB on the 185
Also have my eye on a few things on eBay atm which I have bidded for.
Would seem quite a few of them have already been uploaded by Carlisle Bus Group on Flickr.
(03 Sep 2016, 9:30 pm)Malarkey Decided to start building as Archive of old photos to add to my Go North East Collection, so far I have purchased the following with intention of uploading to my Flickr Account.
3806 (F106 UEF) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X30
3808 (K108 YVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X72
3847 (K315 FYG) GNE RYB on the X23
4825 (P325 AFT) Plain Yellow on the 50
4863 (S863 ONL) GNE RYB Swoops on the 28
5276 (NK07 KPJ) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 91
5282 (NK07 KPT) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 922
5283 (NK07 KPU) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the X3
8105 (M815 GFT) GNE RYB on the 27
8118 (N118 WGR) GNE RYB on the 773
8279 (T426 LGP) GNE RYB on the 185
Also have my eye on a few things on eBay atm which I have bidded for.
Would seem quite a few of them have already been uploaded by Carlisle Bus Group on Flickr.
(03 Sep 2016, 9:30 pm)Malarkey Decided to start building as Archive of old photos to add to my Go North East Collection, so far I have purchased the following with intention of uploading to my Flickr Account.
3806 (F106 UEF) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X30
3808 (K108 YVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X72
3847 (K315 FYG) GNE RYB on the X23
4825 (P325 AFT) Plain Yellow on the 50
4863 (S863 ONL) GNE RYB Swoops on the 28
5276 (NK07 KPJ) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 91
5282 (NK07 KPT) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 922
5283 (NK07 KPU) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the X3
8105 (M815 GFT) GNE RYB on the 27
8118 (N118 WGR) GNE RYB on the 773
8279 (T426 LGP) GNE RYB on the 185
Also have my eye on a few things on eBay atm which I have bidded for.
Would seem quite a few of them have already been uploaded by Carlisle Bus Group on Flickr.
(04 Sep 2016, 1:10 am)GMitchelhill Word to the wise, check copyrights etc when buying photos. There's been cases where people are selling photos that aren't theres.
(04 Sep 2016, 1:10 am)GMitchelhill Word to the wise, check copyrights etc when buying photos. There's been cases where people are selling photos that aren't theres.
(05 Sep 2016, 7:54 pm)Malarkey Thanks Gary, with the photos I bought on Monday at Seaburn there were no copyrights on them, however as purchased them off Chris who works at Percy Main Depot, I thought they'd belong to him, I did notice he had numerous copies of a selection of photos including the ones I have bought, which I have since also seen already uploaded on flickr.
Anyway just purchased a further 8 Photos on eBay this evening for £15, half of which was postage.
Northern General Transport Company (Shaw's Coaches) Leyland National MK2 - UPT 664V
Low Fell Coaches Plaxton Verde - L141 YTY
Northern Superliner MCW MetroBus - C779 OCN
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) MCW MetroBus - C787 OCN
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) MCW MetroRider - M939 FTN
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) Wright Handybus - K862 PCN
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) Marshall Dart - M817 GFT
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) ECW Olympian - JTY 382X
(05 Sep 2016, 7:54 pm)Malarkey Thanks Gary, with the photos I bought on Monday at Seaburn there were no copyrights on them, however as purchased them off Chris who works at Percy Main Depot, I thought they'd belong to him, I did notice he had numerous copies of a selection of photos including the ones I have bought, which I have since also seen already uploaded on flickr.
Anyway just purchased a further 8 Photos on eBay this evening for £15, half of which was postage.
Northern General Transport Company (Shaw's Coaches) Leyland National MK2 - UPT 664V
Low Fell Coaches Plaxton Verde - L141 YTY
Northern Superliner MCW MetroBus - C779 OCN
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) MCW MetroBus - C787 OCN
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) MCW MetroRider - M939 FTN
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) Wright Handybus - K862 PCN
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) Marshall Dart - M817 GFT
Go Wear Buses (Grey/Green) ECW Olympian - JTY 382X
This morning I decided to head through to Sunderland to photograph the new Solos on the 38C/135 & 136, After getting off the 2A I made my way up to Park Lane with the intention of photographing the 38C from over by the church, rather than in the Bus Station. As I walked through that bald lanky streak of piss seen me, and knocked on the windows of the inner concourse next to the Metro Station entrance saying that I couldn't take photos of Private Property, at this time I did not have my camera out and I was merely walking through the station on the outer part of the concourse, I could of been doing anything yet this idiot automatically thinks that I am there to take photos, I also think had I not been with my Dad at Gateshead Interchange yesterday he would of done the same.
Having got my shot of the Solo on the 38C I made my way over to the University where in waiting for 136, I was approached in a polite manner by not one but two community support officers in the space of 15-20 Minutes, the second of which used to work for Go North East, both said good morning sir, how are you before asking what I was photographing in the lovely weather, so I explained I was taking photos of buses and neither had an issue with it and told me to enjoy the rest of my day.
During the short conversation I mentioned about the above incident in Park Lane, and both advised me that despite it being classed as private property, it is a public place and that I am doing absolutely nothing wrong by taking photos within the bus station, they did ask if there were any signage up to indicate no photography etc, to which I responded no and only for no smoking which they don't enforce, they explained that if I wished I could take photos of them and I would be doing nothing wrong as an example, and if Nexus had any issues then they should contact the Police for further assistance in future, and would be told that I am doing nothing wrong, in effect they would be wasting Police time, nevertheless both officers very friendly and very helpful.
(03 Sep 2016, 9:30 pm)Malarkey Decided to start building as Archive of old photos to add to my Go North East Collection, so far I have purchased the following with intention of uploading to my Flickr Account.
3806 (F106 UEF) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X30
3808 (K108 YVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X72
3847 (K315 FYG) GNE RYB on the X23
4825 (P325 AFT) Plain Yellow on the 50
4863 (S863 ONL) GNE RYB Swoops on the 28
5276 (NK07 KPJ) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 91
5282 (NK07 KPT) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 922
5283 (NK07 KPU) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the X3
8105 (M815 GFT) GNE RYB on the 27
8118 (N118 WGR) GNE RYB on the 773
8279 (T426 LGP) GNE RYB on the 185
Also have my eye on a few things on eBay atm which I have bidded for.
Would seem quite a few of them have already been uploaded by Carlisle Bus Group on Flickr.
(03 Sep 2016, 9:30 pm)Malarkey Decided to start building as Archive of old photos to add to my Go North East Collection, so far I have purchased the following with intention of uploading to my Flickr Account.
3806 (F106 UEF) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X30
3808 (K108 YVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X72
3847 (K315 FYG) GNE RYB on the X23
4825 (P325 AFT) Plain Yellow on the 50
4863 (S863 ONL) GNE RYB Swoops on the 28
5276 (NK07 KPJ) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 91
5282 (NK07 KPT) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 922
5283 (NK07 KPU) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the X3
8105 (M815 GFT) GNE RYB on the 27
8118 (N118 WGR) GNE RYB on the 773
8279 (T426 LGP) GNE RYB on the 185
Also have my eye on a few things on eBay atm which I have bidded for.
Would seem quite a few of them have already been uploaded by Carlisle Bus Group on Flickr.
(29 Sep 2016, 3:13 pm)Malarkey Just to update you all, I have bought more photos online in the last week to add to my archive, updated list below.
0399 (W939 FTN) Wear Buses on the 126
3230 (NCM 108L) Go-Ahead Northern Scandavian Seaways on the 327
3451 (AUP 351W) Go-Ahead Coastline on the 307
3461 (AUP 361W) Go-Ahead Coastline on the 325
3469 (AUP 369W) Go-Ahead Coastline on the 304
3473 (AUP 373W Go-Ahead Northern on the 341
3551 (MBR 451T) Go-Ahead Northern on the 58
3582 (JTY 382X) Wear Buses on the 189
3586 (JTY 386X) Wear Buses on the 171 (Workers Service)
3671 (C671 LJR) GNE RYB Coastline RYB on the 308
3677 (G677 TCN) Go-Ahead Gateshead (We're taking to the air for a better service Advertisement) on the 649
3750 (C750 OCN Go-Ahead Gateshead (GonSave Advertisement) on the 57
3755 (C755 OCN) Go-Ahead Gateshead (Better Health Bus Adverisement) on the 188
3768 (C768 OCN) Wear Buses on the 230
3772 (C772 OCN) Go-Ahead Northern on the 52
3779 (C779 OCN) Northern Superliner on the X6
3787 (C787 OCN) Wear Express at MetroCentre Bus Rally
3806 (F106 UEF) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X30
3808 (K108 YVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X72
3829 (S829 OT) GNE RYB on the X10
3847 (K315 FYG) GNE RYB on the X23
3889 (NK51 UCS) GNE RYB on the 21
3948 (H485 PVW) Go North East on the 187
4663 (UPT 663V) Wear Buses on the 194 & 294
4664 (UPT 664V) Shaws Coaches at a Rally of some form
4774 (L141 YTY) Low Fell Coaches on the 1
4825 (P325 AFT) Plain Yellow on the 50
4843 (R843 PRG) Diamond Swoops on the 43
4915 (X915 WGR) GNE RYB Simply Turn Up & Go on the 58
4923 (X923 WGR) GNE RYB on the 527
4863 (S863 ONL) GNE RYB Swoops on the 28
5276 (NK07 KPJ) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 91
5282 (NK07 KPT) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 922
5283 (NK07 KPU) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the X3
8001 (J601 KCU) VFM Buses (The Vyking Centre Jarrow Wrap Advertisement) on the X22
8062 (K862 PCN) Wear Buses on the 133
8105 (M815 GFT) GNE RYB on the 27
8107 (W817 GFT) Wear Buses on the 194
8118 (N118 WGR) GNE RYB on the 773
8279 (T426 LGP) GNE RYB on the 185
8242 (M424 PVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the 32
Busways/Stagecoach
0914 (F914 JRG) Newcastle Busways on the 8
61007 (NK05 RWL) Quaylink Designline on the Q1
(29 Sep 2016, 3:13 pm)Malarkey Just to update you all, I have bought more photos online in the last week to add to my archive, updated list below.
0399 (W939 FTN) Wear Buses on the 126
3230 (NCM 108L) Go-Ahead Northern Scandavian Seaways on the 327
3451 (AUP 351W) Go-Ahead Coastline on the 307
3461 (AUP 361W) Go-Ahead Coastline on the 325
3469 (AUP 369W) Go-Ahead Coastline on the 304
3473 (AUP 373W Go-Ahead Northern on the 341
3551 (MBR 451T) Go-Ahead Northern on the 58
3582 (JTY 382X) Wear Buses on the 189
3586 (JTY 386X) Wear Buses on the 171 (Workers Service)
3671 (C671 LJR) GNE RYB Coastline RYB on the 308
3677 (G677 TCN) Go-Ahead Gateshead (We're taking to the air for a better service Advertisement) on the 649
3750 (C750 OCN Go-Ahead Gateshead (GonSave Advertisement) on the 57
3755 (C755 OCN) Go-Ahead Gateshead (Better Health Bus Adverisement) on the 188
3768 (C768 OCN) Wear Buses on the 230
3772 (C772 OCN) Go-Ahead Northern on the 52
3779 (C779 OCN) Northern Superliner on the X6
3787 (C787 OCN) Wear Express at MetroCentre Bus Rally
3806 (F106 UEF) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X30
3808 (K108 YVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the X72
3829 (S829 OT) GNE RYB on the X10
3847 (K315 FYG) GNE RYB on the X23
3889 (NK51 UCS) GNE RYB on the 21
3948 (H485 PVW) Go North East on the 187
4663 (UPT 663V) Wear Buses on the 194 & 294
4664 (UPT 664V) Shaws Coaches at a Rally of some form
4774 (L141 YTY) Low Fell Coaches on the 1
4825 (P325 AFT) Plain Yellow on the 50
4843 (R843 PRG) Diamond Swoops on the 43
4915 (X915 WGR) GNE RYB Simply Turn Up & Go on the 58
4923 (X923 WGR) GNE RYB on the 527
4863 (S863 ONL) GNE RYB Swoops on the 28
5276 (NK07 KPJ) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 91
5282 (NK07 KPT) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the 922
5283 (NK07 KPU) Red Arrows Mercedes Citaro on the X3
8001 (J601 KCU) VFM Buses (The Vyking Centre Jarrow Wrap Advertisement) on the X22
8062 (K862 PCN) Wear Buses on the 133
8105 (M815 GFT) GNE RYB on the 27
8107 (W817 GFT) Wear Buses on the 194
8118 (N118 WGR) GNE RYB on the 773
8279 (T426 LGP) GNE RYB on the 185
8242 (M424 PVN) GNE RYB (Ex OK Travel) on the 32
Busways/Stagecoach
0914 (F914 JRG) Newcastle Busways on the 8
61007 (NK05 RWL) Quaylink Designline on the Q1
(29 Sep 2016, 4:12 pm)Malarkey No 8424 is an Alexander Dash
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2005-11-01 M424 PVN Volvo B6-Alexander 8424 of Go NE. Bishop Auckland by John Carter, on Flickr
(29 Sep 2016, 4:12 pm)Malarkey No 8424 is an Alexander Dash
2005-11-01 M424 PVN Volvo B6-Alexander 8424 of Go NE. Bishop Auckland by John Carter, on Flickr
(29 Sep 2016, 4:19 pm)S813 FVK Which is the vehicle that you have purchased a photo of?
(29 Sep 2016, 4:19 pm)S813 FVK Which is the vehicle that you have purchased a photo of?
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