102/365 - Jim - Train Addict

( f/11 48mm 1.3 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is train. My son loves Thomas and Friends. Lots of friends! Here are some of his collection. I lined them up and used the modeling light from two flashes. I also compensated the exposure at +1.0 to make it a little brighter. I think he has around 50 trains and will probably get some more if he uses the potty :)

087/365 - Jim - Christmas Morning

( f/3.5 24mm 1/60 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

All he wanted was trains. He got them. A lot of them. 32 in all. We put them all together and counted up 52 cars. It was amazing how many of them he knew by name! I know one little boy that had a good Christmas.

030/365 - Jim - Railroad

( f/22 24mm HDR ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

Theme is vanishing point. One of the most common vanishing points I can think of is train tracks. I knew I wanted to go down to my closest tracks and get a picture. What I didn't know was that it would be snowing. Boy was it cold! The sun wasn't very good and every shot I got looked very drab. I ended up laying the camera down and bracketing my shot. Then turned it into this HDR. It worked better than I thought.