landscape West coast

[Erik Lund]

,,,And regarding the train we do not need to tell you that  a wider lens would give a sense of a longer train , my guess is that you shot at the widest setting available at the moment

The key is to get close to it,,, like really close 1 or 2 meters,,,

[elsa hoffmann]

I hear you. And yes I agree. I am hoping to work out where the best would be to shoot from - it travels So many miles - will have to check the map to see the lay of the land

[HiltonP]

The Sishen-Saldana line is (I understand) privately owned and was built for carrying iron ore from Sishen and surrounding areas. Incidentally, my family farm was the main farm where the mine was built a decade or 2 ago. Anglo American held the prospecting rights on the farm since something like 1911. Eventually they purchased the farm and bought the mineral rights and the mine was built, along with the railway line and the rest is history. The area produces a very high grade or iron ore, but the bottom fell a bit out of the bucket since China had a hick up importing the huge amount of the iron ore.

If I'm allowed?......
https://www.facebook.com/263317617136658/videos/926557710812642/

[elsa hoffmann]

Of course you are allowed 
long train that...

[Bernard Delley]

5 years ago at somewhere near West Coast, saw a fantastically long train. Made it to a bridge first... Train as far as the eye goes !

[elsa hoffmann]

Bernard - thats the same one !
Nice shot - thanks for posting!

[Bill De Jager]

Cool shots, Elsa and Erik!  Thanks for sharing.

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you Bill

[Peter Connan]

Really nice shots Elsa. I like the train because you can see into the waggons, which doesn't happen often.
And from that viewpoint, a short lens wouldn't have worked.

This line used to go over a corner of my uncle's farm.

[elsa hoffmann]

Really nice shots Elsa. I like the train because you can see into the waggons, which doesn't happen often.
And from that viewpoint, a short lens wouldn't have worked.

This line used to go over a corner of my uncle's farm.

Thanks Peter - what happened to your uncles farm? Did it move?   
The train is defnitely on the agenda to be photographed again

[Peter Connan]

My uncle passed away.

His children were still too young at the time, and he had a couple of strange clauses in his will. Firstly they could only inherit by age 25, and secondly his daughter could not get the farm.

And since she was the one who wanted to farm and his son didn't, it was allowed to slip and finally sold.

[elsa hoffmann]

Sad how things play out sometimes

Happy Christmas to all.

[Peter Connan]

Yip.

Belated Merry Christmass to you, and a happy new year as well. I'm off to the bush!

[elsa hoffmann]

ooh lekker - enjoy the bush and happy shooting