Competition entry: Durango and Silverton in Animas Canyon
Durango and Silverton in Animas Canyon by Brian Narveson
2019 November Competition - A Open
33 points - 1st Place
Judges' comments:
Great curved leading line; colors make the train pop out; very sharp; panorama format works well; would like to see more of the smoke
Maker's notes:

This image was shoot in the Animas Canyon along the route of the Durango and Silverton Railroad in Colorado.  The area is only accessible by the train.  My Canon 7D Mark II was handheld in shutter priority mode Tv.  Shutter was set to  1/1000 second to prevent motion blur.  ISO 800 was used so an aperature of f/5.6 was achieved for depth of field.  Zoom lens was set to 29mm.