Trains, Clouds, Graffiti, and Post Work

Tagged on Rails

Usually I don’t get bogged down in any post work beyond tweaking contrast and saturation (I love a saturated sky) but this shot was an exception.  I had shot it on my way home from work on a whim, my eye having been draw to it because of the dramatic clouds and the bright and round lettering of the graffiti.  The only problem was a pesky telephone cable that stretched through the center of the picture.  I tried various cloning methods to try and cover it up but eventually settled on some tight cropping and rearranging of the composition.  Here’s the original…

Original Tagged on Rails

Heavy changes but it is balanced a little better sans the telephone poles and cable.  Still learning my way around Gimp, though.  It bugs me that I wasn’t able to really blend in the my pasted area.  :-/

2 Responses to “Trains, Clouds, Graffiti, and Post Work”


  1. 1 Dave

    great shot!

  2. 2 james

    Thanks! I pass by this train yard everyday and am hoping for another chance, when I’m not so rushed, to get out and get some more shots. :-D

Leave a Reply







Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States