Sunday Morning at Dunkin’ Donuts

Not every railroad photo is the result of a complicated quest.

On a sunny Sunday, we paused at Dunkin’ Donuts in Norfolk, Mass., for coffee. I noticed when I looked across the parking lot, there was clear view of the old New York & New England main line from Boston to Franklin—today the route of MBTA’s Franklin Line.

On weekdays the lot would be filled with cars, but on this day it was empty. Hmmmm . . .

So, while waiting for the coffee to be prepared, I checked the MBTA app on my phone. Lucky me, outbound MBTA train 2703 to Forge Village was only minutes away! I brought the coffees to Kris who was waiting in the car, and grabed my Lumix LX3.

Below are my results.

I offer two versions of the same image that reflect fundamental differences in postprocessing (detailed discussion for another post).

Lumix RAW file processed using DxO PureRaw4 software and then imported into Lightroom for postprocessing adjustment.