great shot - wouldn’t want to be a russian tanker (ahem) on the end of that thing!!!
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My last RTF Challenge entry, so left it off here until that was resolved
Immortalising some local heritage
The Brick Train, Darlington
Sculpture by Scottish artist David Mach, unveiled in 1997.
Made of 185,000 bricks, and is made to look as though it has just come out of a tunnel, complete with billowing brick smoke. It is modelled on the famous locomotive, Mallard, which broke the world speed record for steam in 1938, by travelling at 126 mph.
The giant sculpture is 7 metres high and 29 metres long – over three times the length of a double-decker bus. The structure is hollow, providing space for time capsules created by local schools, and includes 20 hollow bricks designed to encourage bats to nest inside.
The brick train is a celebration of Darlington’s extraordinary railway heritage. In 1825, thousands of local people witnessed the opening of the now famous Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first ever publicly owned steam powered railway to carry goods and passengers.
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Let’s hope the Amazon delivery drones give it a wide berth.
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I’d be surprised if anyone recognises where these shots were taken! Just some screen grabs from my Youtube Video of a holiday we had last year. B-roll stuff really and out tomorrow. A bit different to my normal shots, I guess but so is the video! 
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Busted! But two of 'em aren’t. 
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1st one is manchester airport
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I guess the fact that when you click on maximise on the phone or roll the mouse across it, it says at the bottom:-Manchester Airport 1, Milan 1, Stresa 1 and Stresa 2 kinda gives it away 
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And here’s me thinking it was a great and educated observation. 
I think your drone might have been slightly over the 120m limit in the top right picture? 
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Yeah, Jen. … 34,600’ over!
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nice shot … couple of pointers as you’ve asked
- Ask yourself ‘what’s the subject here’?
- Eyes are great at isolating your subject looking through a camera viewfinder and things are a little easier on a drone controller screen if you ignore the flight/management icons presented but when you go 2D, anything superfluous is now a distraction … the top half of the shot is a fairly ordinary green field…
The folks that review cameras are legends - they take a £300 camera, go to Brighton and inevitably end up with some stunning shots - I get a shit beach scene with tons of grey sky, and maybe a seagull
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Thank you I appreciate your feedback. 
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That’s nice, I really like it. Just out of interest, whereabouts is it?
Redcar, Teesside
Great imagers
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Nice shots… …and you can see my friend’s house in those pictures 
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