RTF December 8th to the 21st. - Railway Architecture - Vote for the Winners

The subject you chose for this round is: Railway Architecture

The requirement is to submit a still image created using a drone to illustrate the subject of the competition. This round will run from 00:01 Sunday 8th December until 23:00 Saturday, December 21st 2024; the subject is Railway Architecture

The image must be captured during the time that the competition is open. It is a Reason To Fly competition so please show that the image is created by a flying camera!

Editing is confined to colour and exposure adjustments and crop only. There must be no removal or pasting of an object.

Please post only one image, the image you wish to be judged, in this thread.

Images must be posted with the following information as a minimum:

In Capitals as the first line of your post:

THIS IS MY ENTRY

If this is not done at the time of posting the picture will be ignored. Should it be necessary to change your picture then delete the previous picture and add “This is my entry” - as above - as the first line of your new post. If in any doubt contact the Challenges Committee
(@Challenges_Committee)

Further Information is required

  • Location
  • Time and date
  • Aircraft/camera used
  • Feel free to add any further information that you think will be of interest

Voting

The members of GADC will judge images. They may vote for any number of pictures through an anonymous poll open for two days after the closing date for competition entries.

Voting in the poll is open to all GADC members, whether they have entered the competition or not.

You may vote for one, all, some or none of the entries.

The judges may request the original media in case of a dispute.

Schedule

The competition subject will be announced every second Saturday around 22:30. The subject will be chosen by a poll of GADC members selecting from three that have been picked at random from the subject list. You may make additions to the list at any time.

The competition will run from Sunday 00.01 to Saturday 23.00 fourteen days later. Voting by poll will be open for a further two days until Monday 22:00

The winner, second and third-placed competitors will be announced shortly after the vote is closed

Have Fun! Be Safe!

All flights are the sole responsibility of the individual conducting them. Each competitor must abide by the drone code and adhere to the limitations and restrictions imposed upon them by aviation law, the aircraft being used and the qualifications they hold. Do not fold, spindle or mutilate. If a flight is undertaken in a restricted zone proof of permission having been granted is required.

E&OE

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Hopefully ( weather permitting) I’ll put in an entry this round. Ain’t felt like doing any flying this past few weeks after losing our mutt :wink::wink:

THIS IS MY ENTRY

Location : North Queensferry, Fife
Time & Date : 10/12/2024 17:05
Aircraft : DJI Mini 3

Managed to capture an Azuma going past the station. Annoyingly I have what might be a nicer pic of the bridge head on with the NQ station building, but the poor little building isnt much to look at :smiley: A bit like me.

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THIS IS MY ENTRY

  • Langstone Bridge, Havant
  • 11.20 a.m 11th December 2024
  • DJI Mavic Air
  • The image shows the remnants of the wooden trestle bridge that carried the Hayling Billy branch line that ran from Havant on the mainland to the sea front on Hayling Island. The line closed in 1963 nearly a century after it first opened, the cost of maintaining and ultimately replacing the bridge proved to be the final nail in the coffin for the line.

The photo below published in the Portsmouth News shows the bridge as it was complete with Hayling Billy Steam Train.

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THIS IS MY ENTRY :see_no_evil:
I’ve given up :rofl:
Hurstbourne viaduct Whitchurch Hampshire
11-12-24 @ 11-00 hours ish
Mavic 3 Classic

Bit of history below …

Here

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I didn’t know that was there! will have to explore further on the bike :rofl: thanks

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I’ll have to give this one a miss, storms, wind, more storms. Perhaps next time. Well done to anyone submitting an entry!

Not the best time of year for blue skies and bright sunlight. Hence we had just a trio of entries to pick from. Cast your vote before 22:00 on Monday December 23rd (Christmas Eve Eve) and await the results :slight_smile:

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Disappointed that I couldn’t get out for this one, the only time we had a day or two of decent weather was when I was out of the country :disappointed:

Tried to get out this week, but everything conspired against me. Managed one very local flight this week to get my “tree” pic, the other day. Hopefully we get some better flying weather soon. :wink::wink:

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Had this on me radar, as well the other challenge for trees. In between the shite weather and the shite weather it turned into a no can do for this round, and me subject was just up road :rofl:. Might av a go at Xmas lights…shite weather permitting​:rofl:

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And we have a result!

In third place is Peter - @Frimleyphotography - who popped down to Hayling and captured the remains of the bridge for the old Hayling Billy line with the gap in the middle of the piers where the swing bridge used to be.

Our second-place winner, Paul—@ParmoPaul—chose a nighttime shoot to capture a diesel-electric hybrid Azuma train heading south from North Queenferry station to cross over the Firth of Forth on the world-famous Forth bridge.

Which means that our first place and the winner’s laurels go to regular entrant Richard - @Kirky - with his picture of the Hurstbourne Viaduct near Whitchurch, Hampshire with the Vitacress Salads factory half hidden in the background.

The marks on the viaduct are not the result of taggers or vandals as it may appear at first glance; according to the Souther Railway E-Mail Group:

There are extensive mineral deposits on the lower parts of the arch soffits and spandrels, caused by water filtering out through the structure. This has probably been caused by a problem with the viaduct’s drainage system. The lack of deposits higher up, suggests that the inner faces of the structure have been waterproofed where it has been possible to excavate from track level.

Well done to our three winners, and congratulations to our first-placed competitor, Richard.

It looks as though the weather has defeated those who would also like to have taken part; you have your chance for the round that ends on January 4th, the timely and somewhat predictable Xmas Lights

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@Kirky nice one Rich. :clap::clap:

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Thank you for the votes peeps, a bit confused as I did cast a vote myself on @Frimleyphotography Peters picture but it’s not there :thinking: very sorry about that but did vote,

Good that has been noted, I’ve seen many bridges where the water etc seems to soak through the structure, adds a nice bit of character to that viaduct,
Once again thank you.

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Well done @Kirky :clap:

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Thank you & likewise ….

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Thank you Colin :+1:

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Congratulations @Kirky , great image, looking forward to visiting the viaduct myself when the better weather comes.

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Thank you @Frimleyphotography Peter,
It’ll be a good capture I reckon on a better weather day, as you can see the day was just washed out I should have mono’d it :joy:

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