That first pic with the three symmetrical trees and the completely lateral angle looks taken from a Wes Anderson movie. Well, it’s not just the angle… there is this overall impression that despite doing their best both the car and the driver aren’t going that fast…
Possibly fodder for r/AccidentalWesAnderson/
I just love it.
Thanks 
I wasn’t familiar with Wes Anderson… reading about him now!
I love that - maybe shouldn’t tell the driver… 
The second shot with the God rays is really nice!
Thank you.
My wife and I are actually going back to Arkansas again this Friday for the long (US) Memorial Day holiday weekend. We’re heading to another (but also beautiful and mountainous) section of the state and will be visiting with my sister and her husband while we’re there. But I’m carrying my camera anyway! LOL
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Must’ve been living under a rock!
Hey, it’s crowded under that rock! I looked at the IMDB page for him, and there’s not one movie of his I’ve seen and only a couple I’ve heard of.
Well i guess you two have a few movies to watch! 
hoping this may link to the earlier shot of the same scene, let me know if there is a better way of doing this
It’s funny you mention that. Lately, I’ve been ‘studying’ a lot of movies to learn better composition (I mostly shoot street/documentary images). I’ll have to add a few Wes Anderson films to my list.
Wes Anderson’s composition is very special. Several YT videos explain it very well. The idea is that most directors try to make the viewers feel part of the action and forget they are watching a movie, so, they use perspective, natural colors, etc… WA does the opposite. He does his best to make you aware that you are looking at a story: unnatural colors, very symmetrical composition, flat perspectives (when the camera pans, it has 90° stops…). A WA movie is a comic book…
Sounds right up my street. Thanks for the info — I’ve moved them to the top of my list, now. I’ll be checking the YT videos, too — I love stuff like that.
EDIT: It should be bed time for me, but now I’m intrigued — heading over to YT in 3… 2… 1…
Ah, of course! He’s the guy who did The Grand Budapest Hotel! I loved that! I have a feeling I’m going to be on YT for a while. LOL.
Skip the YouTube and just go for the movies themselves.
Yep! I think you’re right!
This week, I am working on this:
It’s a standard gauge (4 feet, 8 1/2 inches) flatcar that was converted to narrow gauge (3 feet). Here, we’ve just finished removing the top deck, which was rotten badly.
I keep my camera batteries charged for these excursions, never know what you might see. Sure 'nuf, heard a distinctive whistle in the railroad yard, my favorite locomotive DRG #168, hot after a hiatus to fix its cylinder saddle:
This Sunday, my son and I are going to ride a train behind #168, I’ll post more beautiful pictures of that…
My favourite of his. I believe his composition is very much influenced by the stage - he makes movies like they are a play. If you like that style and can stomach a movie without dialogue, I highly recommend some of the old silent film comedians - particularly Buster Keaton (“The General”, “The Cameraman”). @ggbutcher latest post about trains is a nice segue to “The General”.
I kinda figured it was the Flying Scotsman based on your location, started to feel confident at the fifth image… 
We saw it being renovated at the Railway Museum in York. We were actually there to see Mallard.
My pictures were taken at Rawtenstall station in Lancashire, one of the stations on the East Lancashire Railway.
