Don Chen
About the Image(s)
Image Description:
This image was taken at the Illinois Railroad Museum during an event for photographers. The engineers were present, demonstrating various aspects of the old steam engine trains. I captured this picture in a horizontal format; however, most of the left portion turned out without detail due to the steam. Therefore, I decided to crop it to a square format and hope that viewers find this acceptable.
Technical Details:
Sony A7C with a 24-70mm lens, f/4, ISO 20,000, 1/20s on a tripod. The original color image was quite noisy, so I used Topaz software to reduce the noise and enhance sharpness. Black-and-white conversion was done in Lightroom, and many local adjustments (such as the removal of distracting elements) were made in Photoshop.