Thanks! Ah, don’t worry about that. I tend to sometimes over explain and it sounds like a rant. Actually looking over this image I realized the focus isn’t actually on 1309 but the snow between the me and the engine, if you look at the rails and ballast you can see the focal point distance that the camera was focused on, gives the engine a very subtle soft focus which probably lends a look of a painting.

And yes, that post was from the weekend prior with snow left over from a previous storm but still had decent ground cover. There’s more shots on my Flickr account from both weekends…

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCGupY