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Glinty Rolling Meet in Toronto

On a very frosty morning in February 2010, I visited Toronto with photographers Pat Yough and Chris Guss.

We braved the Arctic-chill on the four-track line near Sunnyside, west of Toronto Union Station.

Shortly after sunrise, using my Canon EOS-3 with a telephoto lens, I exposed this Fujichrome slide of an eastward VIA Rail LRC train meeting an outbound GO Transit commuter train.

I scanned this slide the other day using a Nikon LS-5000 slide scanner and processed the Tif file using Adobe Lightroom.

Below is the unprocessed scan and the processed version of the same image, plus the Adobe Lightroom work window to show the changes that I made.

Scaled but otherwise unmodified scan of an original Fujichrome slide.
This is the same image as above following a range of adjustments to level, contrast and exposure aimed at improving the appearance of the image and maximize the data in the scan. This was scaled following post processing.
Screen shot of the Adobe Lightroom work window showing the slider controls used to adjust the scanned slide.

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Coming and GOing at Sunnyside, Toronto.

Do you remember Velvia 100?

In February 2010, Pat Yough, Chris Guss and I made an epic trip to Ontario.

Our days in Toronto were memorably cold, but extremely productive photographically.

Clear frosty conditions are excellent for photography, but rough on fingers and camera batteries.

We caught the evening rushhour at Sunnyside, west of Toronto Union Station.

Using a Canon EOS-3, I exposed this Velvia 100 (RVP100) color slide of passing GO Transit trains minutes before sunset.

Velvia 100 was a relatively short-lived emulsion. It had a wonderful color palate, and a softer edge than Velvia 100F that was offered about the same time. Both Velvia 100 and Velvia 100F were a full stop faster than the original Velvia 50. This one stop difference really helped when photographing moving trains at the end of the day. Velvia 50, although expensive, is still available.

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