The other day, Kris directed us to Cape Cod Central’s Sandwich (Massachusetts) station where we made a selection of photos.
Here we found some classic old buildings along the line, plus beautiful autumn foliage and rich morning light—that made for some excellent photographic conditions.
Late autumn operations can be be sparse on Cape Cod. No trains were expected during our visit to Sandwich, and as it happened, none passed.
Mass Coastal’s loaded unit trash train crosses a salt marsh at Sandwich, Massachusetts.
This was a grab shot. Total set up time: about 7 heartbeats.
Zoom lens set at 55mm; exposure f5.6 1/500th second ISO 200. File scaled in Lightroom for internet presentation. Both RAW and JPG files were exposed together, but this image is scaled using the in-camera JPG with a ‘Velvia’ color profile.
The lessons:
Think fast.
Have your camera on your lap.
Keep it set and ‘ready to go’.
Avoid centering the train.
Exposed digitally using my FujiFilm XT1 with 18-135mm Fujinon zoom.
