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Once in a lifetime... by ~sleepwalkerfish:iconsleepwalkerfish:


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Submitted: April 20
File Size: 293 KB
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Resolution: 800×600
Comments: 10
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Make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP500UZ
Shutter Speed: 10/1600 second
F Number: F/4.0
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Date Picture Taken: Apr 19, 2008, 6:34:32 PM

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...can you take a photo like this (referring to the nature, not the quality of it). FULL VIEW IS RECOMMENDED.

No manipulation whatsoever, not even cropping. I was thinking about lightening it a bit, but I decided not to.

I traveled by train and was trying to take a decent pic of the sky that looked like the heavens opened. (Couldn't. I put up one in the scraps [link] but it's not decent enough to put here, unfortunately.) Suddenly another train appeared on the neighbouring rails when the shutter opened, and I didn't even know until I checked on the computer how the result looked like. :O_o: I really like it.

Reminds me of this poem by my favourite Hungarian poet, József Attila:

I live by the railroad tracks,
watching all the trains go by.
The shining windows fly
in the swaying downy darkness.
This is how in eternal night
the lit-up days speed by
and I stand in the light of each compartment,

leaning on my elbow, silent.


The title of the poem is Consciousness (it's the last verse of an otherwise ethereal poem) and was translated into English by John Bátki.

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*suedollin:iconsuedollin: Apr 20, 2008, 11:41:58 AM
What a catch!
A surreal glimpse of another dimension. Just joking.
~sleepwalkerfish:iconsleepwalkerfish: Apr 21, 2008, 9:24:56 AM
That's no joke at all. :fear:

Seriously! I've never been this happy with any of my photos. :rofl:

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*suedollin:iconsuedollin: Apr 21, 2008, 10:48:39 AM
:laughing:
It is a great photo. It would be next to impossible to arrange catching this. Well done. :D
~sleepwalkerfish:iconsleepwalkerfish: Apr 22, 2008, 12:24:33 PM
Isn't it! :aww: I couldn't believe my eyes.

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*labornthyn:iconlabornthyn: May 18, 2008, 1:21:23 PM
Excellent shot...so fascinating and deep. Sets in motion an amazing train (pun not intended) of thoughts!
~sleepwalkerfish:iconsleepwalkerfish: May 19, 2008, 7:49:23 AM
Yeah - you have to look twice though. :-) Because I wouldn't know what it is at first!

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*labornthyn:iconlabornthyn: May 19, 2008, 12:58:35 PM
I always look twice...
*StephanusEmbricanus:iconStephanusEmbricanus: May 29, 2008, 2:27:35 AM
Wow!That's really a great shot!!!
Thanks for the fav