One of the best views in Yorkshire? - Railway Photography - Exposure blending

Описание: Made even more special by exposure blending? The viaduct from Knaresborough Castle is stunning and was voted one of the best views in Yorkshire* and what a location for railway photography, stunning at any time of day but made more memorable by the warm summer evening and a fantastic sunset.

A short railway photography video starting at Knaresborough railway station, taking in the station, tunnel, signal box and semaphore signals, the signal box is especially unusual, being built onto the end of a row of terrace houses.

I spent an hour watching the sun go down, taking a number of photos to create an exposure blended final image.

The three images are:
1) The train 1/320 sec f/4.0 ISO1000 25mm Time 20:41
2) The scene as the base image 1/15 sec f/7.1 ISO100 25mm Time 20:48
3) The night lights 4.0sec f/7.1 ISO100 25mm Time 21:33

The final result is a Photoshop exposure blend of the three images.
Firstly, using image 2 as the base image, adjusting the exposure then merging in the train from image 1 to create a high-quality image, and finally, using image 3 to blend in the night lights.

The trains seen in the video if anyone is interested are:
170476 2C41 1911½ York to Leeds Due Knaresborough 19:37 Actual 19:50
170477 2C68 1859 Leeds to York Due Knaresborough 19:44 Actual 19:52
170478 2C45 2011½ York to Leeds Due Knaresborough 20:36 Actual 20:41
170475 2C74 2006 Leeds to York Due Knaresborough 20:51 Actual 20:51
170476 2C70 2029 Leeds to York Due Knaresborough 21:14 Actual 21:26

*In a 2015 poll conducted by the Dalesman magazine, the viaduct came at number 23 out of the 50 best views in Yorkshire.

You can view all the images from this YouTube Railway photography adventure on my website https://andrewshenton.co.uk/

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