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Reading & Northern at Tamaqua

I like the curving track in the shadow of the hillside at Tamaqua, Pa. This has that classic look of old time mountain railroading.

Below are two versions of the same digital file. I exposed this view of Reading & Northern’s vintage EMD diesels in early evening light using my Nikon Z7-II.

The top photo is an in-camera JPG that was enhanced at the time of exposure using Nikon’s Active D-Lighting setting.

The bottom photo is the camera’s NEF RAW file with adjustments in post processing using Adobe Lightroom. These refined the contrast and controlled highlight and shadow setting.

In-camera JPG enhanced using Nikon’s Active D-Lighting setting
NEF RAW file with adjustments in post processing using Adobe Lightroom.

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