Michael, I have seen a couple of angles from this scene and I have to say, you nailed the composition. Well done like only Michael F. Allen can do.
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Perhaps I do not understand the significance of the cemetery in the photograph. These staged "charter" runs are becoming more and more elaborate and I guess I am just not understanding the value of staging one's "grief" in a train photo? Also, 1984 is visible in the lower right. Please do not misinterpret this as a shot at the photographer or the composition itself, for I think the photo is well done I just feel as though I am missing something.
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This is the type of photo I always dream of being able to create. Incredible composition. The rain takes it to an even further level!
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I do appreciate the cemetery lending itself to the shot. Still, there's a bit of obvious staging, if only because it's improper to photograph grieving visitors to a cemetery. There's a couple of tip-offs that the photo is not authentic. One is the gravestone with 1984 on the back. Did anyone else catch the anachronism of the wrong number of stars on the American flags? They show 50 stars like the present, but if the photo is for the era of steam, the flags should have no more than 48 stars on them. How can I tell? The standard 48 had straight columns of stars, not offset.
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