{"id":10670,"date":"2015-04-17T03:37:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T07:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=10670"},"modified":"2015-04-17T08:02:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T12:02:46","slug":"irish-rail-201s-at-ballybrophy-a-study-in-colour-and-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-201s-at-ballybrophy-a-study-in-colour-and-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rail 201s at Ballybrophy\u2014a study in colour and light."},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a typical late summer\u2019s day at the top of Ballybrophy Bank on Irish Rail\u2019s Dublin-Cork mainline in 2006.<\/p>\n

I was expecting a procession of passenger trains down road (toward Cork). At the time there was still a good variety of intercity passenger stock and Irish Rail\u2019s 201s were working in four different liveries. This was an opportunity to show the passage of trains.<\/p>\n

Here, I\u2019ve presented variation on a theme. I\u2019d mounted my Nikon F3 with 105mm lens on Manfrotto 190PRO tripod. I kept the essential framing the same for each passing train, while making necessary changes to exposure reflecting the changes in light.<\/p>\n

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Frame 1: Irish Rail 220 with Cravens. Exposed on Sensia 100 with a Nikon F3 with 105mm lens. Exposure calculated with a Minolta Mark IV light meter. Image scanned with an Epson V500, other than scaling for internet presentation, I\u2019ve made no modifications to colour, contrast or exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frame 3, Enterprise painted 206 leads Mark 3s. Exposed on Sensia 100 with a Nikon F3 with 105mm lens. Exposure calculated with a Minolta Mark IV light meter. Image scanned with an Epson V500, other than scaling for internet presentation, I\u2019ve made no modifications to colour, contrast or exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frame 5, Irish Rail 211 leads Mark 3s. Exposed on Sensia 100 with a Nikon F3 with 105mm lens. Exposure calculated with a Minolta Mark IV light meter. Image scanned with an Epson V500, other than scaling for internet presentation, I\u2019ve made no modifications to colour, contrast or exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frame 6, Irish Rail 216 leads Mark 3s. Exposed on Sensia 100 with a Nikon F3 with 105mm lens. Exposure calculated with a Minolta Mark IV light meter. Image scanned with an Epson V500, other than scaling for internet presentation, I\u2019ve made no modifications to colour, contrast or exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notice how the quality of light and the position of the train changes the scene.<\/p>\n

Normally when photographing moving trains, I\u2019d adjust my framing, angle and the focal length of the lens to reflect changes in lighting, length of train, and the colour\/shape of the leading engine as it specifically relates to background and foreground elements.<\/p>\n

The effects of sunlight and contrast make a significant difference in the end result.<\/p>\n

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It was a typical late summer\u2019s day at the top of Ballybrophy Bank on Irish Rail\u2019s Dublin-Cork mainline in 2006. I was expecting a procession of passenger trains down road (toward Cork). At the time there was still a good variety of intercity passenger stock and Irish Rail\u2019s 201s were working in four different liveries. … Continue reading Irish Rail 201s at Ballybrophy\u2014a study in colour and light.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10666,"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":[4537,1703,182,20,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Irish-Rail_top_of_Ballybrophy_Bank_Aug_2006_Brian_Solomon_193345.jpg?fit=800%2C516","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-2M6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670"}],"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=10670"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10726,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670\/revisions\/10726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}