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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania—Class 2 Part 1

Tuesday at 10am, my second class in the Railroad Photography 101 series convened at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

I delivered my 30 minute slide show, then brought participants into the main hall, where I used portable LED lights to provide illumination of locomotives that normallyl languish in shadow.

Afterwards, I answered questions, offered suggestions, discussed the value of post processing and discussed photography.

During the session, I worked with two cameras. These views were made using my FujiFilm XT1 fitted with a Carl Zeiss 12mm Touit. This allowed me to make photos of equipment in comparatively tight places, All these images were exposed with camera firmly mounted on a 3Pod tripod.

Except for the image of the PRR B1 electric, the photos benefit from fill light from the portable LED lights. My next class is scheduled for Tuesday June 10. See: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/railroad-photography-101-session-three-tickets-1318803158749?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Narrow Gauge in Swiss Vineyards

In April 2017, I exposed this view of a Swiss narrow gauge local train ascending from Aigle toward Leysin. This colorful little train was operated by Transports Publics du Chablais, an operator known by its initials TPC.

Recently, I converted the original FujiFilm RAF raw file to a DNG file using DxO PureRaw, then made some minor adjustments using Lightroom. These changes minimized lens defects, produced a sharper image, and made for a better photograph.

FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm Fujinon zoom set at 29mm.

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