I had to take a pretty crazy risk and pull over on a tiny shoulder on the highway to get this shot. I'm glad I did, but i could feel the wind of the cars going 60+ past me, and Nashville has HORRIBLE drivers.
What risk did you have to take to get a shot?
A couple of old photos taken while the Amtrak was stopped - somewhere in Colorado, I think?
(And yes, I like that the vertical leans!)
Just a heads up for anyone that may be interested (and as things are slow in the group.....).
This female has arrived at Hamerton. This place rescues animals from all over the world, mainly endangered species, and they breed when they can.
I've photographed Ady a few times now. We get better each time as a team. This image was a fave from our latest session. I hope you like it to.
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I stood on a train track once to get a shot of a locomotive coming toward me. Looking through the lens you can't judge distance and they close in extremely fast. It was in a no whistle zone as well where they won't warn you they're coming. I barely stepped off the tracks in time feeling the breeze of the engine blow past. It's the closest I've come to death. Stick with cars on the road. It's much safer.
You have massive kahunas man. One thing I've learned from watching videos on the internet is to NEVER take photos near running trains. It ends horribly haha. Glad you're okay man.
Thanks - Shyama's statement below is absolutely correct. Don't risk your life for a shot. It was incredibly stupid for me to do what I did. Stay safe.
You have massive wise men?
Taking risk to take the perfect shot is not worth it, if you are not sure if you would be alive to tell the story.
There is a thin line between being a photographer and being stupid.
Please do not risk your or somone else's life for taking a photo.
One such example posted today on Fstopper:
https://fstoppers.com/humor/photographer-almost-hit-plane-trying-get-sh…
I've sat in the middle of the road to capture speeding motorcyclists leaning their bikes over, camped among bears for three days to get close to them, and just yesterday, due to a misunderstanding with my wife, was left facing an American bison only 15-20 yards away, with nothing for cover.
I've held an uninsured digital medium format camera over the edge of a pier inches from the water, and while that sounds more like its a danger to the gear than myself, if I had dropped it my wife would have taken to me like one of those above mentioned horrible Nashville drivers...
I've hiked to the top of and rappelled a 3000 ft cliff in order to shoot a climber at about the 2000ft mark all with a 40 lb backpack of gear, water and ropes. Worth every second of the 20 something hours.