Tips and Technique

Italian Pendolino Crosses Swiss Alpine Arch

It was a dull day on Switzerland’s Gotthard Pass on 17 April 2016, when my Irish friends and I focused on trains working though the loops at Wassen.

Looking toward the top level the railway’s sinuous ascent of the pass, I had a decent view of this concrete arch.

Working with my FujiFilm XT1, I exposed a telephoto view of an Italian Pendolino working through the Alps toward Milan.

I’ve posted two views. The first is the XT1’s in-camera JPG with Fuji’s Velvia color profile. The second photo is a JPG crafted with Adobe Lightroom from the in-camera Fuji RAW file. I made adjustements to contrast, highlights and color saturation.

FujiFilm XT1 in-camera JPG with Velvia profile.
Adjusted Fuji RAW file with added saturation and changes to shadow and highlights.

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