{"id":13504,"date":"2016-01-03T06:06:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T11:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=13504"},"modified":"2015-12-18T16:16:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T21:16:01","slug":"ruinous-landscape-with-pan-am-railways-22k-wires-poles-and-roads-are-these-element-insidious-intrusions-or-compositional-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/ruinous-landscape-with-pan-am-railways-22k-wires-poles-and-roads-are-these-element-insidious-intrusions-or-compositional-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruinous Landscape with Pan Am Railways 22K; Wires, Poles and Roads."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Are these elements insidious intrusions or compositional aids?<\/h3>\n

The other day I was inspecting a nature photography magazine. Each and every photograph featured a stunning landscape free from the hand of man. Waterfalls and luscious skyscapes, arctic views and verdant forests.<\/p>\n

Nowhere were there poles, wires, or tarmac roads. This magazine had portrayed a world free from industry, electricity, commerce, and railways!<\/p>\n

Fear not good citizen! Tracking the Light will fill these photographic omissions!<\/p>\n

Take for example these images of Pan Am Railways\/Norfolk Southern\u2019s intermodal train symbol 22K, photographed in November 2015 near its Ayer, Massachusetts terminal.<\/p>\n

\"Intermodal<\/a>
Intermodal train 22K at Ayer, Massachusetts in November 2015. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A ruinous landscape?\u00a0Just imagine this scene free from roads, wires, and the hand of man. What would be left to photograph?<\/p>\n

\"Here's<\/a>
Here’s a similar view of Pan Am Railways\/Norfolk Southern symbol freight 22K at Ayer. Exposed with my Fuji X-T1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tracking the Light Looks at Wires!<\/span><\/h2>\n

New Images Daily!<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Are these elements insidious intrusions or compositional aids? The other day I was inspecting a nature photography magazine. Each and every photograph featured a stunning landscape free from the hand of man. Waterfalls and luscious skyscapes, arctic views and verdant forests. Nowhere were there poles, wires, or tarmac roads. This magazine had portrayed a world … Continue reading Ruinous Landscape with Pan Am Railways 22K; Wires, Poles and Roads.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13502,"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":[3786,930,237,7535,3177,3176],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Norfolk-Southern_8463_22K_at_Ayer_P1340912.jpg?fit=1731%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3vO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13504"}],"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=13504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13507,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13504\/revisions\/13507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}