advice

[swb landy]

I have been invited to a steam weekend at beamish, a friend of mine runs a near by steam raillway and has let me and a friend tag along, now i have never shot anything like this before so any tips would be most helpfull,
cheers
Dave

 

[bruno106a]

this pasted our house ages ago, and i managed to get this shot

Steam engine. by bruno106a, on Flickr

the exif says 1/80 f9 iso100 @ 21mm hope this helps (this was quick run in the house grab the camera and take the shot ) note the lamp post perfectly lined with his head

 

[Bowz]

Tip No 1 - Take the lens cap off

 

[steve_lyt]

i wondered why my images where dark .

 

[swb landy]

Tip No 1 - Take the lens cap off

 

[Gary]

I would edit the thread title so it says what you need advice on - I think you'll get more response

 

[desantnik]

You'll need a pretty slow shutter speed to get some sense of speed into a steam roller

 

[JohnUK]

Tripod and slow shutter speed to get the most of the smoke coming from the machine, smoke is what these machines are all about.

 

[Gary]

Tripod and slow shutter speed to get the most of the smoke coming from the machine, smoke is what these machines are all about.

*steam

Hence the name