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Will I Come Back(thoughts of a soldier)
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This shows the waiting room at Rothley station as it was during WW11; thousands of allied troops boarded the trains at this sleepy village station in May 1944 to be taken to the South coast of Britain to embark on the D-Day landings.
The room is a little bigger but I focused on the fire at the end of the room, it still burns logs and the radio plays softly, the popular songs of that era.
When you stand in the room you do seem to get a sense of the past, and what many a soldier must have been thinking as he looked into the fire, not knowing where he was going or if he would be coming back.
It was taken handheld (braced against the wall) using natural light. |
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- tyro
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(3929) - [2008-03-16 16:34]
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Hello, Michael.
This is technically superb - you must have a very steady hand to hold a camera steady for a fifth of a second! Granted, you were braced against a wall and the focal length was only 15mm but, even so, I guess you must have cropped this a little so that effectively lengthens the focal length (if you see what I mean).
Beautifully presented too - very nostalgic indeed with the 1930's furniture, the army greatcoat and the wireless set (that's what I still call it!). Great colours too. And a very good note.
Excellent!
Best Wishes,
John.
A super image, all the better for being l;it by ambient light - flash would have ruined the atmosphere and I believe the aged colours. It would also have spoiled the the effects of the flames. Good work as usual.
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- Dot
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(12652) - [2008-04-28 6:15]
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Hi Michael
You definitely took me back to the past with this shot.
I admire your stamina to stand steady holding the camera for that lenght of time without shaking as everything came out so sharp.
Being old enough to remember WW11 and all it entrailed.I was 14 when it ended. You really captured the era with precision. I can almost hear Winston Churchill with his deep voice talking up a storm, and the war correspondants giving us the war news every day at 7pm.
Bravo this is definitely a keeper.
Dot
