John Oram's photos with the keyword: 08694

Another scene at Loughborough with my favourite compositional elements. Two water towers and semaphores fill the frame with EWS Class 08 08694 shunting mixed goods. 200_P1040676

This is probably my least successful photograph of the day. Amongst my many obsessions, I agonise over verticals (and horizontals) and this did not on first, second and third viewings, look right. However, there are several correct verticals in this general view of Loughborough featuring EWS Class 08 shunting mixed goods, two water towers (if you look closely) and semaphores. 200_P1040662C

EWS Class 08 08694 at Loughborough Central. 200_P1040655

EWS Class 08 08694 at Loughborough Central. 200_P1040656

I am probably never going to match some of my online contacts for composition but I am occasionally pleased with the results of a long shoot and an even longer edit. Selected from a series of similar shots, this shows EWS Class 08 08694 shunting mixed goods at Loughborough with a fine selection of semaphores included. 200_P1040653

I like water towers in my photographs. They make an attractive subject as part of composition and can provide an element of framing. Their height, however, makes composition overall more difficult. I was eventually satisfied with this picture of EWS Class 08 08694 shunting mixed goods at Loughborough. (I imagine it might have been withdrawn before the takeover by DB Schenker). Semaphores are always a welcome part of any railway scene. 200_P1040649