Of trains and snow
We threw snowballs at the train last night.
It was totally sweet.
I kept my gloves off to press the shutter button. When I saw the train coming, I waited as it lit up the trees with the spotlight at its head and then curved down the tracks towards us.
Once it hit the straightaway I tensed up., waited just a couple of seconds, trying to mentally gauge when I should press it for the picture that I wanted, with that, I pressed the button and started scrambling to get my gloves on.
Laura had made me a couple of snowballs. I got the gloves on (after putting one on backwards) after the train began to pass us.
As it came upon us, snow whipped up around us. I stooped to pick up the snowballs and stood to find myself looking straight at it.
This mass of steel and light whooshing by. Snow whirling about it.
I was awed.
Smiling, I threw first one snowball, then the other to see them swallowed whole by the snow whirling about the train.
I watched the rest of it go by.
It wasn't the best picture that I've taken, but it was definitely one of the coolest times just watching the train.
YAY!
It was a great way to bring in the new year.
It was totally sweet.
I kept my gloves off to press the shutter button. When I saw the train coming, I waited as it lit up the trees with the spotlight at its head and then curved down the tracks towards us.
Once it hit the straightaway I tensed up., waited just a couple of seconds, trying to mentally gauge when I should press it for the picture that I wanted, with that, I pressed the button and started scrambling to get my gloves on.
Laura had made me a couple of snowballs. I got the gloves on (after putting one on backwards) after the train began to pass us.
As it came upon us, snow whipped up around us. I stooped to pick up the snowballs and stood to find myself looking straight at it.
This mass of steel and light whooshing by. Snow whirling about it.
I was awed.
Smiling, I threw first one snowball, then the other to see them swallowed whole by the snow whirling about the train.
I watched the rest of it go by.
It wasn't the best picture that I've taken, but it was definitely one of the coolest times just watching the train.
YAY!
It was a great way to bring in the new year.