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Strasburg 475 on the Move!

Yesterday evening, Kris and I paused on Esbenshade Road in Strasburg, Pa., to roll by the 6 p.m. excursion train. Engine 475 was leading the train tender-first.

This was the first time we’d seen 475 on the move in more than a year. This American classic, a former Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 “Twelve Wheeler,” had been undergoing its periodic overhaul.

It was nice to see this engine working again.

I made these images using my Nikon Z6 with a 24–70mm lens. I set the aperture at f/22 to get maximum depth of field and to give the “starburst” effect on the setting sun.

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Pennsylvania Railroad 44-Ton Diesel

In November 2008, I made this photo of Pennsylvania Railroad 44-Ton diesel 9331 in midday light at Strasburg. This locomotive had worked Strasburg Rail Road since before I was born. I’ve read that it left the property in 2013 for a new home in Maryland.

More than fifty years earlier, my father photographed a similar locomotive (9347) working Philadelphia waterfront street trackage.

I exposed this image on Fujichrome using a Canon EOS-3 with 24mm lens.

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The Mogul or the wheat?

On a sultry Saturday, Kris and I drove to Esbenshade Road to catch up with our friend Doug Scott, who was on his way north.

The return of a mid-afternoon excursion was due shortly, and we could hear Strasburg Railroad’s 2-6-0 Mogul No. 89 working west.

I was impressed by the field of wheat alongside the line and set up a photograph to feature this classic crop with the passing locomotive. I have no shortage of photos of the Mogul, so I was more interested in emphasizing the wheat, with the engine in the distance.

I exposed this series of images using my Nikon Z6 with a 24–70mm lens, then converted the NEF RAW files to DNG format using DxO PureRAW 5 with DeepPRIME corrections before importing the DNG files into Lightroom to make minor cosmetic adjustments, improving contrast and enhancing the texture of the grain.

So, which is the subject of these photos: the Mogul or the wheat?

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Telephoto to the Rescue!

As a follow up to yesterday’s post Too Much Corn, Too Little Train, today’s post is about some alternative views of the same scene.

Some photographers are content to work with one camera and just one lens, aiming to carefully craft the perfect composition with the tools in hand. I was once that way—when I was young and carried a Leica IIIA everywhere.

Not these days. I usually have at least two cameras with me. Plus a ‘spare’, (you know, just in case.)

So, when I wasn’t 100 percent sure about my ‘perfect composition’ with wavey corn, I reached for my Z7-II fitted with a 70-200mm and popped off a few long views.

In the end, I much prefer these telephoto images over the wide views displayed yesterday. But, I thought, I’d argue otherwise.

Rods down!
Screenshot of the Lightroom work window of the preceding image. All the details are in the upper right.
This has better framing with the trees, but the rods are not ‘down’—hmm.
Looking down Esbenshade Road in Strasburg, Pa.

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Too Much Corn, Too Little Train

It seemed like a great idea for a textured composition: wavy rows of corn illuminated by the late afternoon sun. I set up my Nikon Z6 with a 24–70mm lens on a tripod and framed the scene.

Strasburg Rail Road’s 4 p.m. train was returning from Leaman Place, working up the short grade from Cherry Hill toward Esbenshade Road.

Sometimes the engine crew makes a bit of smoke while climbing the grade. Not today, though. The engineer kept a clean stack—great for efficiency, but I was hoping for a little smoke to help tie the scene together.

Instead, the train is almost lost amid the waves of corn and scruffy trees.

Nice try; no prize…

However, I had a second camera fitted with a long telephoto lens…

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Spring Steam-six new photos.

Fresh foliage and soft Spring sun in a pastoral setting made for idylic timeless images of No. 89 working Strasburg Rail Road’s midday excursion to Paradise and back.

Over the past 20 years, I’ve photographed steam locomotives along the Strasburg Rail Road from dozens of angles. Despite the familiarity of the subject, every visit yields different photographs and I never tire of listening to the locomotives at work.

I made these images with my Nikon Z cameras.

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A Scene Seen So Many Times

Often in our drives around Strasburg, I’ve gazed across the field near the Esbenshade farm, as Strasburg Rail Road’s returning excursion was on its last leg to the East Strasburg station—its engine gliding along, firebox a-glow, and a wisp of condensation and smoke trailing from its stack.

A couple of weeks ago, I was 30 seconds ahead of the returning train, and noted there was no traffic behind me. I saw a clean place to pull over, and I thought, ‘now’s my chance!’

My Z7-II was fitted with the ‘big zoom’ (70-200mm), and I lined up my shots just as I’d seen them so my time from the car, carefully aiming to place the locomotive neatly against the background, while timing the turn of the drivers to catch them ‘rods down’.

Soft Spring sunshine helps.

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Under a Crescent Moon

It was bitterly cold at Strasburg when I made these photos the other evening. A fine crescent moon accented the cool sky. Cars idled during the quiet season make for solemn silhouettes.

Images exposed using a Nikon Z6-III with 50 f1.4.

f1.4 1/250th second, ISO 800.
f2.2 1/100th second, ISO 800.

My next class at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania covers night photography techniques. This will be held at the museum in Strasburg, Pa., on Wednesday, Feb 4 from 5 pm to 7 pm EST. See: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/night-photography-at-the-museum-with-brian-solomon-tickets-1980583252825?aff=erelexpmlt

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Old 89’s Drama Enhanced

I made this image of Strasburg Rail Road’s 2-6-0 89 charging up the grade toward Esbenshade Road with my Z7-II with 70-200mm Nikkor zoom.

To make the most of image, I applied a variety of corrections to the original NEF RAW photo using Adobe Lightroom.

The end result was even more dramatic than the original.

Without cosmetic modification.
Lightroom control panel showing the position of exposure/contrast control sliders.
Following cosmetic modification.

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Seamus Enjoys the passing Steam at Esbenshade Road.

Last Saturday, Kris, Seamus-the-dog and I caught up with our friend and fellow photographer Pat Yough at Esbenshade Road in Strasburg to watch and photograph the railroad’s Santa Paradise Express trains.

Seamus enjoyed watching the trains pass from the safety of our car as we made photographs.

Clear winter sun and brisk conditions made for stunning displays of steam and smoke. I exposed these photos with my Nikon Z7-II, but also made images with my Z6-III and my dad’s old Leica M4 (loaded with Kodak Ektachrome). Kris worked with her FujiFilm X-T4 digital camera.

After a little while we moved on to another location to make productive use of the light and intensive railroad action.

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Ektachrome at Esbenshade Road

Last summer, Kris, Seamus-the-dog and I caught Strasburg Rail Road’s evening train returning from Leaman Place from a vantage point along Esbenshade Road.

I exposed this photograph on Kodak Ektachrome 100 color slide film using a Nikon F3 with f2.0 35mm lens. To make the most of the foreground crops, I made an off-center composition with engine 89 at the center left of the image.

Ektachrome allows for traditional color rendition and contrast that I find distinctive from modern digital images.

This film was processed by AgX Imaging of Sault Saint Marie, Michigan (https://www.agximaging.com) and returned to me last week. I scanned the original photograph using my Nikon LS-5000 slide scanner driven by VueScan 9.8.49 software.

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Sunny November Evening at J-Tower

A few moments of low evening sun yesterday made for a classic view of Strasburg Rail Road’s former Pennsylvania Railroad J-Tower.

In addition to this digital photo, I made a single color slide on Velvia 50 using my old F3 with 35mm lens. I’ll be sending that out for processing soon.

Nikon Z6 mirror-less digital camera with 24-70mm lens set to 43mm. ISO 100, f4, 1/320 second. White balance set to daylight.

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Sunburst & 89—Rods Down

Some photos preserve an instant. Such is the case with this photo that I made of Strasburg 89 at Esbenshade Road. By selecting the smallest aperture (f22), I captured the sunburst effect of the setting sun. Careful attention to the drivers enable me to catch them ‘rods down’ as the engine passed my position. The wafting engine exhaust leads the eye from the locomotive to the setting sun. The juxtoposition of components contributed to this successful composition.

Nikon Z7-II with 24-70mm lens at 24mm; f22, 1/100th of second, 100 ISO.
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Across Fields of Soy . . .

Not a typo.

Friday evening, Seamus-the-Dog, Kris, and I scoped out a view looking across fields of soy plants off of Esbenshade Road to catch Strasburg Rail Road’s returning 6pm excursion.

I made these views using my 70-200mm Nikon Z-Series telephoto zoom fitted to my Z6 mirrorless camera.

The light was perfect and the angle just to my liking.

While not a bad sequence of images, it’s only 95 percent in my book.

What’s wrong? In the process of framing the image to get the foreground and background just right, I wasn’t able to pose the locomotive ‘rods down’. I guest that’s just a ‘fail.’ We’ll have to try again sometime.

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Steam from the Graveyard

We paused at Blackhorse Road to roll by Strasburg Rail Road’s evening train. I’ve made countless photos from Blackhorse and the adjacent Carpenters Cemetery, so I thought I’d try something a little different.

As engine 89 approached the crossing, I took a position in the graveyard. To make my photo, I adjusted the flexible rear display on my Nikon Z7-II, and held the camera at arm’s length over my head to gain some needed elevation.

Although, I was able to frame up my composition, I found it difficult to keep the camera level. Ultimately, I straightened the image in post processing, which also included adjustments to contrast, exposure and saturation.

I can’t complain about the car in the photo; it’s ours!

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Crop Patterns at Esbenshade

Although, I’ve made countless photos at Esbenshade Road, on this occasion I was interigued by the crop patterns in the field on the northside of the Strasburg Rail Road tracks.

The combination of a richly textured sky and these foreground patterns made for an interesting setting.

I made a sequence of images using my Nikon Z7-II mirrorless. In post-processing I created two variations from the same cropped NEF RAW file.

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Old 89—More Touit

Yesterday, following a trip to the Down at the Farm Creamery, Kris and I returned to the Strasburg Rail Road.

The only camera I had with me was my trusty FujiFilm XT1 and 12mm Zeiss Touit wideangle lens.

I might tell you that I only use my FujiFilm XT1 occasionally, instead preferring my Nikon Z cameras and Lumix LX7. However, since I December, I’ve exposed more than 800 images with the XT1. (So I guess I make pretty good use of this camera after all!).

Among these were the few photos that I made of Strasburg Rail Road’s 2-6-0 No. 89 working toward Cherry Hill Road. I wanted to make the most of the scene, and the Zeiss 12mm Touit was a pretty good option.

I converted the camera’s RAF RAW file to a DNG file using DxO PureRaw, and then created two versions by making adjustments to color, contrast and exposure using Adobe LightRoom.

I’ve included each my three files below.

This is the RAF RAW file following conversion to a DNG file but without correction, cropping, adjustment or changes, except for scaling for internet presentation with final output as a Jpg.
This is the same DNG file but following cropping and adjustments using multiple masks to improve contrast and exposure.
I was dissatisfied with the first round of changes, so reset the previous round of corrections and began again. In this view, I masked the sky and made changes to exposure and contrast, then made a variety of subtle changes to contrast, color and exposure. Admittedly, the two interpretations are very similar, but I feel that this one has a bit more ‘snap’ to it, and just looks better.

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Mogul on a Bright May Morning

It was a clear morning last Saturday and I was aiming to try something a little different. Over the last couple of years, I’ve made countless photos of Strasburg Rail Road number 89 (a former Canadian National 2-6-0 Mogul type) crossing the pastoral fields in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

Working with the contrast of mid-morning, I exposed this view of 89 on its return run from Leaman Place. By including a small tree, I’ve provided a visual balance to the locomotive.

The result is a scene that could have been a century ago.

Nikon Z7-II with 24-70mm Nikkor Z-series zoom lens. NEF RAW file adjusted using Lightroom.

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Carpenters with a View

I went to catch No. 90 returning with the 12 noon train.

The ancient cemetery at Carpenters offers views of the line.

For these photos, I held my Fuji X-T1 at arms’ length and composed using the adjustible rear display.

My goal was to make photos here that were different than those I’ve made here previously.

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When the Grass is Greener . . .

Catching a freshly shopped steam locomotive crossing a lush field isn’t hard to take.

Strasburg Rail Road’s number 90 is back working excursions to Leaman Place after its recent overhaul.

Friday was cool and cloudy. Would these photos be better if had been warm and bright?

Photos exposed using a Nikon Z7-II with 24-70mm Nikkor Z-series-zoom. Files exposed as NEF RAW and converted to DNG format using DxO Pure Raw before adjustment in Lightroom

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Steam Freight!

Tuesday, I was on my way to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and decided to make a short detour to Blackhorse Road to roll by Strasburg’s 1pm passenger excursion. Old 89 had paused short of the road crossing for its standard ‘ghost whistle’ routine. While this was going on, I heard another engine chuffing up the grade (technical term) between Cherry Hill and Esbenshade Road.

In a heartbeat, I made a u-turn and drove post-haste back toward Strasburg. While racing along PA Route 741, I overtook 2-10-0 number 90 hauling four covered hoppers.

As mentioned on TTL the other day, engine number 90 recently completed its overhaul, and I’ve been hoping to catch it in service. This fortuitous encounter was just another instance of dumb luck.

At Strasburg, number 90 ran around its train and proceeded back toward Cherry Hill where it met 89 on its return run from Leaman Place on the siding at Grofts. But that’s a story for another post!

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One Short of Ninety

I’d heard that Strasburg Rail Road’s 2-10-0 number 90 might be out and running after its most recent overhaul. So last Saturday, I waited at Esbenshade Road for the return run of the 11am train.

It was one short. In other words, instead of 90, I caught 2-6-0 number 89.

It was still pretty neat to listen to the engine laboring up the grade from Cherry Hill Road.

I made these 200mm telephoto views with my Z7-II and 70-200mm lens.

Stay tuned for more. . . .

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8618 Before and After Processing

On our recent excursion to Paradise and back, I made a few photos of Strasburg Railroad’s SW8 8618 using my FujiFilm XT1 with 16-55mm Fujinon zoom lens.

Below are two versions of the same file. The top is a scaled but otherwise unaltered Fuji RAF RAW. The bottom is the image after transformation into a DNG file with lens defect correction using DxO PureRaw followed by selective cosmetic adjustments using Adobe Lightroom to maximize shadow and highlight detail, plus level, color and exposure corrections.

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Busman’s Holiday

Last weekend, Conway Scenic Railroad Trainmaster Mike Lacey and his wife Betty visited Kris and me in Pennsylvania. Although I work remotely, I speak with Mike daily in my work for Conway Scenic.

After a barbecue at our house, Kris and I brought Mike for a trip on the Strasburg Rail Road. We bought our tickets on the platform and traveled on the 4 pm train to Paradise.

Mike enjoyed his busman’s holiday taking in the sights and sounds of old 89 at work as we rolled across the fields in Amish country. I can never get enough of the Strasburg Rail Road, and this was a great joy for me as well.

I made these photos using my FujiFilm XT1. Mike snapped some photos with his Canon R mirrorless.

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iPhone capture of a 2-6-0

We could call this a Mogul Video, no?

On our drive last last weekend, Kris, Seamus-the-Dog and I paused at Cherryhill Road in Strasburg, to roll by an early afternoon excursion to Leaman Place, Pa.

I was traveling ‘light,’ working with my old Fuji XT1 and 16-55mm Fujinon zoom. As the train passed, Kris made a video with her iPhone from the window of our car.

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Switching the Switcher

Yesterday, I was among observers as Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road switched with 2-6-0 89. This included a move to position EMD-built SW8 8618 in the engine shop nearest the station.

This is a lesson in back lighting and the lightening of shadows in post processing.

I worked with my FujiFilm XT1 with 16-55mm Fujinon zoom, exposing my photos in RAF raw format. Later I converted the RAW files to DNG format using Iridient X-Transformer. Finally, I made post processing corrections in Adobe Lightroom. This involved lightening the shadow areas and adjusting sky density.

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Moon, the Stars & Mars . . .

And an SW8.

Working with my Fuji XT1, I made a series of 1/2 to 3 second exposures of Strasburg Rail Road SW8 8618 by the light of the full moon.

While, I had the benefit of a 3Pod Tripod, I didn’t have the use of the specially made clip that holds the camera to the ball head. Unfortunately, that was attached to my Nikon Z7-II, which I’d left at home.

I made due by firmly holding the camera to the tripod during exposure.

After importing the RAF Raw files, I converted these to PNG format using DxO Pure Raw software, and then imported the converted file into Adobe Lightroom for adjustment.

Exposed in RAF RAW using a Fuji XT-1 with 16-55mm Fujinon Lens.

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Ah, Esbenshade . . .

In the course of my photography, I have places that I return to again and again. These are the places that are accessible, but more importantly yield results. And, most significantly, despite many visits, the results are not just satisfactory but varied.

Add Esbenshade Road in Strasburg, Pennsylvania to that list. I first photographed at this place in 1996.

Below are my most recent efforts from this crossing of the Strasburg Rail Road as sunset— just a few weeks ago.

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December Sunset at Blackhorse Road

The sun clung to the western horizon as Strasburg Rail Road 475 worked the short grade at Carpenters.

Rich red-orange light glinted off the passing train as skeletal trees stood by as stark reminders of summer seasons past.

Today, it’s hard to go wrong when making photographs at sunset, a task made is easier with digital cameras that allow you to adjust sensor sensitivity with the spin of a dial.

Low light photography posed greater challenges in my Kodachrome days.

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J Tower under a Starry Sky

On the evening of October 28, 2024, I paused in the car park at the Strasburg Rail Road to make a few test photos with my Nikon.

J-Tower was lit for Halloween.

Earlier in the evening while attempting some long time exposures, I’d accidentally set my Nikon Z7-II in a ‘mode’ and my results were something other than what I’d expected.

A bit of systematic fiddling with the camera restored the settings to where I’d needed them to be for a nocturnal time exposure on a tripod.

This image was exposed at f4.0 for 30 seconds (at ISO 100), the lens focal length was set to 52mm. I adjusted the NEF RAW file in post processing to make the most of the sky and tower.

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Gray Day for a Black Switcher

A few weeks back, I was conducting my research at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Before my appointment to review literature from railroads of the past, I wandered across the street where Strasburg Rail Road’s former New York Central SW8 8618 was switching out a passenger consist.

I have a fondness for black EMD switchers. When I was about five, my father bought me a Lionel NW-2 painted for Santa Fe—black with the railroad’s classic logo. That small engine, no 623, is presently beneath our Christmas Tree, where on command it leads a short consist on a figure 8.

I made these photos with my Nikon Z7-II.

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Timeless 89 Approaching Carpenters

Yesterday, I met up with Tracking the Light reader and photographer Andrew Ludasi at Strasburg. We drove to Carpenters to catch the 3pm returning with engine 89.

It was dull afternoon, but the sound of the locomotive in the pastoral setting was rewarding. After the train passed, we discussed cameras, film and photographic technique.

I mentioned that I always liked black & white, and in years past often used black & white film even when I’d had the opportunity to expose color. I suggested that occasionally, I’d convert digital color photos to black & white, and this might be a good idea for today’s photos.

Last night during the processing of my images, I desaturated one of the photos and cropped it to make for a more dramatic composition.

In this image, I didn’t make for a full black & white conversion as I left a hint of color and gave the image a sepia-tint for effect.

Is this better than the full color versions? Today, I can have the best of color and black & white. Take your pick as to which versions you prefer.

Full frame color version; Nikon Z6 with 24-70mm Z-series zoom.

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Glint at Paradise Lane

Summer weekend evenings are a wonderful time to take in the cosmic thrill offered by the Strasburg Rail Road.

Low sun tinted with a golden glow can make for a romantic scene of the iron horse racing across a pastoral landscape.

I made these photos of the last train of the day returning to Strasburg from Leaman Place.

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Summer Evening Sky

Layers of haze, a bit of agricultural pollution, probably some high level smoke from distant fires plus some cotton candy clouds made for a colorful textured summer evening sky.

Kris and I drove to Esbenshade Road to roll by the Strasburg Rail Road’s Saturday evening late departure. For me the sky offered something different at a setting where I’ve made countless photos over the last couple of years.

Photos exposed using my Nikon Z6 and Z7-II mirrorless digital cameras. Files were processed using Adobe Lightroom to make the most of the highlights in the sky while retaining shadow detail.

I framed the on coming train in a way to make the most of the clouds, while trying to capture the reflection of the sky as the tail car passed by.

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Subtlety of Steam on Soft Evening

We were on our way to the Fox Meadows Creamery for ice cream and coffee. I made a slight detour via Strasburg, thinking we might just catch the 5pm train returning.

As we approached Paradise Lane, we saw the train coming aross the cornfields. I pulled in and reached for my Nikon Z6.

Since the weather had been very warm and humid, we were running the air-conditioning in the car. When I stepped outside my lens immediately frosted over. So before I could make an exposure, I had to wipe the front element clean. Then I exposed this sequence of photos.

I’m pleased; these turned out well for hastily composed photos on a soft summer evening.

Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm Nikkor Z-series zoom set to 200mm, f4.5 1/640 second, ISO 200. Image adjusted during post-processing for exposure, contrast and saturation using Adobe Lightroom.
Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm Nikkor Z-series zoom set to 95mm, f4.5 1/800 second, ISO 200. Image adjusted during post-processing for exposure, contrast and saturation using Adobe Lightroom.
Focus set on the tabacco leaves in the foreground. Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm Nikkor Z-series zoom set to 140mm, f14 1/60 second, ISO 200. Image adjusted during post-processing for exposure, contrast and saturation using Adobe Lightroom.

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