{"id":10495,"date":"2015-03-23T02:14:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T06:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=10495"},"modified":"2015-03-22T07:29:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T11:29:38","slug":"steam-in-the-gullet-railway-preservation-society-irelands-marble-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/steam-in-the-gullet-railway-preservation-society-irelands-marble-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam in the Gullet; Railway Preservation Society Ireland\u2019s Marble City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday Morning, March 22, 2015: I waited patiently at the Con Colbert Road near the top of the Gullet\u2014the cutting west of Islandbridge Junction in Dublin.<\/p>\n

In the distance I could see the smoke from the locomotive; it was blocked outside of Heuston Station waiting for a path.<\/p>\n

Up and down regular passenger trains gave me an opportunity to check my focus and exposures.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The 10am Dublin-Cork passenger train was led by Irish Rail class 201 number 215. A perfect subject with which to check focus and exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A following Inter City Railcar gave me another test subject. I was mindful that the block front of steam locomotive 461 would result in different exposure considerations than the bright yellow front of the ICR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Past experience photographing steam locomotives in contrasty light has taught me that auto focus systems can easily get confused by wafting steam and smoke. The last thing I need is for the camera to be \u2018hunting for focus\u2019 during the moment of peak drama.<\/p>\n

I switched my Fuji X-T1 to manual focus and pre-selected a focus point. The beauty of a digital camera is the ability to inspect results on site.<\/p>\n

If I planned this correctly, dappled light and direct backlighting would help illuminate the smoke.<\/p>\n

Finally, the bark of the locomotive and a volcanic display of exhaust. The camera was set in \u2018turbo flutter\u2019 (continuous high) and as 461 worked its way up the Gullet I exposed several strategically timed bursts of images.<\/p>\n

\"Finally,<\/a>
Finally, an impressive display of steam and smoke! Locomotive driver Ken Fox works engine 461 upgrade. Fuji X-T1 with 135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"This<\/a>
This tighter view required a nominal focus adjustment at the last instant. Success!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sunday Morning, March 22, 2015: I waited patiently at the Con Colbert Road near the top of the Gullet\u2014the cutting west of Islandbridge Junction in Dublin. In the distance I could see the smoke from the locomotive; it was blocked outside of Heuston Station waiting for a path. Up and down regular passenger trains gave … Continue reading Steam in the Gullet; Railway Preservation Society Ireland\u2019s Marble City<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10,48],"tags":[3786,65,19,20,21,2629,64],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RPSI_461_Marble_City_in_gullet_distant_DSCF4297.jpg?fit=700%2C1050","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2Jh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10495"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10495"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10501,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10495\/revisions\/10501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}