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Rolling Freight by Harris Tower

Among the attractions of the historic former Pennsylvania Railroad Harris Tower in Harrisburg is the continual parade of Norfolk Southern freights.

While this is a good venue for watching trains, it is a visually challenging place to picture them because of the array of urban clutter around the Harrisburg, Pa station,

The combination of wires and cables with an urban background results in some difficult photo choices. I’ve found one of the best ways to picture trains in this type of setting is to pan from a broad-side angle using a slow shutter speed .

I made these images using my Nikon Z7-II with 24-70 and 70-200mm Nikkor Z-series zoom lenses.

Nikon Z7-II with Nikkon 24-70mm zoom set at ; 70mm, f16, 1/40th second, ISO 80
Nikon Z7-II with Nikkon 24-70mm zoom set at ; 70mm, f16, 1/40th second, ISO 80
Nikon Z7-II with Nikkon 24-70mm zoom set at ; 70mm, f16, 1/40th second, ISO 80
Nikon Z7-II with Nikkon 70-200mm set; 90mm, f13, 1/50th second, ISO 100
Nikon Z7-II with Nikkon70-200mm zoom set at; 70mm, f18, 1/50th second, ISO 100
Nikon Z7-II with Nikkon70-200mm zoom set at; 70mm, f18, 1/50th second, ISO 100
Nikon Z7-II with Nikkon70-200mm zoom set at; 70mm, f18, 1/50th second, ISO 100

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