Most of my trips to Steamtown in Scranton are on weekday mornings. I'm not around when the steam engines are fired up for excursions. I got really lucky on a late December weekend. While burning off some vacation time, I happened to be there when this engine was sending smoke and steam in to the blue winter sky.
The low winter sun angle wasn't my friend, and that's why the shot is from the back and the side. A preferable "head on" shot would have had me pointing the camera directly into the sun. Not good.
While the shot is far from perfect, I have a feeling you'll be seeing it in my year end review.
