{"id":11938,"date":"2015-07-25T04:41:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T08:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11938"},"modified":"2015-07-25T04:41:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T08:41:46","slug":"digital-magic-with-oulu-sunset-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/digital-magic-with-oulu-sunset-july-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Magic with Oulu Sunset\u2014July 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"

At Oulu, Finland, the sun hangs in the northwestern sky until after 11pm. For a visitor from more southerly regions this late light is fascinating.<\/p>\n

My host Markku Pulkkinen showed me this foot bridge over the main railway yard and I made a series of photographs with my FujiFilm XT-1. This image was tricky.<\/p>\n

A Swiss-designed class Sr2 electric was preparing to head south with an overnight freight. I found an alignment to capture this train departing against the backdrop of the low sun. My difficulty was in selecting the right exposure.<\/p>\n

If it was light enough to capture the details of the locomotive than the sky would have been blasted (over exposed), yet if I exposed to retain color and detail in the sky, than the railway yard and locomotive would have been virtually opaque.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, I made several exposures using my camera’s histogram to guide me. I avoided clipping the highlights, while allowing the shadow regions to slip to the lower end of the graph.<\/p>\n

After the fact, I used Lightroom (recently installed on my new MacBook) to adjust the highlight and shadow areas to hold detail, while pumping up the saturation a little.<\/p>\n

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VR Sr2 at Oulu, Finland after 11 pm on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. File adjusted for exposure, contrast, and saturation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ll admit the end result looks a bit surreal. But then again, I found the whole setting surreal from the get go!<\/p>\n

I processed the file and made my adjustments while riding on the upper level of a VR train heading toward Kontiom\u00e4ki.<\/p>\n

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