late night, late train, late arrival

A snowy February night, looking south from Ellesmere station on the Scarborough RT line.

To my Flickr friends: I am the late train of the title, and your photostream is the station. Some of you have been great about visiting my photos, even when I have been less than consistent in visiting yours. Thank you, and I hope you also know that, when I do finally get around to visiting, I don't just sprint through your last photo; I normally take a good look at most of your recent posts, and comment on (and/or fave) at least a few. Have patience, and the train will eventually arrive.

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(Hey, this was chosen for the Worldworx front page, a decent honour when you're on the Explore blacklist.)

P.S. I caved in and got Photomatix, even though I've always prided myself on blending layers more manually. Photomatix makes it easy, at the cost of some control. I don't like garish HDR, but Photomatix also does tasteful and natural blends. Here I fused 3 exposures, and still tinkered with it in the GIMP. I didn't quite like full colour, or black & white, so I combined a bluish colourized version with low-saturation layer.

Taken on: February 25, 2010

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Camera: Canon EOS 40D, f/16.0, 6 sec, 50mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	6
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	GIMP 2.6.7
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