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Spring Keystone

For a few fleeting days in early April decorative trees blossom along Lancaster’s Jefferson Drive.

It is the third change of seasons that I’ve aimed to capture Amtrak passing the lush Spring trees.

This year, one of Amtrak’s old Metroliner cab cars in the new Phase 7 livery leading a Harrisburg-bound Keystone made for a constrast to earlier views.

Years ago, I studied a beautifully printed Japanese railfan’s magazine that presented compelling compositions of electric trains passing flowering trees.

Photos exposed using my Nikon Z6-III with 24-70mm lens.

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Lumix Views of the Night Local

This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post https://briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/dusk-at-greenfield-road/

Kris had suggested seeking out Norfolk Southern’s night local, which we found working at Greenfield Road in Lancaster, Pa.

After exposing a few photos using my FujiFilm XT1 (as presented yesterday), I made this series of images with a Lumix LX7.

The first image is of the train at Greenfield Road, where it was working High Steel Structures. The others were along Amtrak’s Harrisburg Line along Jefferson Drive.

All the images were converted in DNG format from RAW files using DxO PureRaw.

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Pink Tree-Part Three

I made another attempt a scoring a westward Amtrak Keystone passing a blossoming tree on Jefferson Drive in Lancaster, PA.

In my first attempt at this location, my efforts were foiled by a passing pickup truck that altered my composition and confused the Nikon’s autofocusing system. See: http://briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/amtrak-pink-tree-blossoms-fail/

I did much better with my second effort, which featured Norfolk Southern’s local freight on the New Holland Branch (which is adjacent to Amtrak’s electrified line). See: http://briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/flowering-tree-part-2-crescent-cab/

For this third effort, I reduced the size of my autofocus point and relocated it so it would not be affected by road traffic.

I also adjusted the zoom outward to provide a wider angle of view.

Although a car snuck into the photo at the last moment, at least the camera remained focused on Amtrak. This was more successful than my first attempt, but not as pleasing as my second effort. Time was running out for the pink blossoms, but I wasn’t done with this project yet!

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