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TT-ONR-NRN
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British train only?
Foreign entries are not excluded but as we are primarily a UK based forum it is more likely we will pick UK based entries.
Shimbleshanks
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Sorry, I don't quite understand the instructions. When you click on the link you get a screen with 'Title', 'Recipients' and 'Message'.
What are you meant to put in the Recipients and Title boxes?
What are you meant to put in the Recipients and Title boxes?
Recipient is RailUKPhotos . Title and message is whatever you as if you are sending an e-mai
mwest123
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I haven't done 5 posts yet, meaning I can't start a conversation with @RailUKPhotos, so what do I do?
You have made 4 posts already, I'm sure you'll be able to make at least 1 more post before entries close.
mwest123
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Okay, thanks. This reply should be the 5th one I guess!
Oh, that explains the error message I was getting - d'oh.
A big well done to Flange Squeal for his winning entry of an IET at Dawlish which is now being used in the forum banner 
It was great to see so many entries from our users. The staff had a hard time picking a winner.
It was great to see so many entries from our users. The staff had a hard time picking a winner.Am I missing something? I've still got the Voyager in the banner. Maybe it's a punishment for once saying I didn't mind themA big well done to Flange Squeal for his winning entry of an IET at Dawlish which is now being used in the forum banner
causton
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Am I missing something? I've still got the Voyager in the banner. Maybe it's a punishment for once saying I didn't mind them
Same, until I did a hard refresh (press Ctrl+F5)!
Iskra
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A big well done to Flange Squeal for his winning entry of an IET at Dawlish which is now being used in the forum banner
Could you share the 'runners up'? If there are any particularly good ones.
Iskra
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Thanks for that tip!
Islineclear3_1
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Damn, just realised I've missed the deadline by over a week... 
Deepgreen
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It's a good shot, but it is a 'going away' one - were there really no good conventional 'approaching' shots submitted? I have no particular issue with 'going away' shots but I'm surprised convention didn't win out here.
What's wrong with a going away shot compared to an approaching one? Both are similar angles generally (in the 'conventional' photo at least) so the only difference I can see is the direction the train's moving but that's not a problem for a photo.
Deepgreen
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As I said, there's nothing "wrong" about it, but railway photography convention has approaching as the norm/preferred. Most publications follow this. These days it's more obvious with brighter red/white lights, of course.
xotGD
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When you have pushpull sets with the loco on the back then a going away shot is the only option.
As an aside, going away seems to be the favoured angle for photos of canal craft.
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