{"id":14261,"date":"2016-02-20T06:03:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T11:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=14261"},"modified":"2016-02-20T08:51:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T13:51:22","slug":"drama-along-the-deerfield-river-gone-retro-february-18-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/drama-along-the-deerfield-river-gone-retro-february-18-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama Along the Deerfield River; Gone Retro\u2014February 18, 2016."},"content":{"rendered":"

At\u00a0this exact location thirty years ago, I made a dramatic black & white view of a westward Guilford freight on the Boston & Maine.<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 18, 2016, I stood in my own footprints, and recreated the drama.<\/p>\n

Photographer Mike Gardner and I were on one of our railroad photo quests.<\/p>\n

Pan Am Railway\u2019s freight EDRJ (East Deerfield to Rotterdam Junction) was working upgrade along the Deerfield River toward the Hoosac Tunnel.<\/p>\n

While I made some digital images, I also exposed several photos on Ilford HP5 using my Canon EOS3 fitted with a 20mm superwide angle lens.<\/p>\n

Some writers have come to call this \u2018analog photography\u2019. Let\u2019s use the word film: I made the photo on black & white film.<\/p>\n

When I returned home, I brought the film into the darkroom and I processed it using chemicals (as you do).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve detailed my secret recipe for black & white in the Tracking the Light post titled: Black & White revisited; Old Tech for a New Era part 2\u2014Secrets Revealed!<\/a> (http:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4o<\/a>) please click the link to see the post.<\/p>\n

For this roll of film I made some minor adjustments to the basic formula.<\/p>\n

The goal of my special process is to allow for a black & white negative that when scanned provides optimum tonality and contrast without the need for post processing adjustments.<\/p>\n

This is significant for two reasons: 1) I\u2019ve maximized the film\u2019s tonality, thus allowing to capture the most amount of information. 2) I\u2019ve minimized the amount of time I need to spend adjusting individual images.<\/p>\n

\"Exposed<\/a>
Exposed on February 18, 2016 with Ilford HP5 black & white film. Processed in Kodak HC-110 1:32 for 5 minutes at 68 degrees F, three bath fixer, and then selenium 1:9 for five minutes; rinse and dry. Scanned digitally using a Epson V600. No post processing contrast or exposure adjustments. Original exposure was f16 1\/500th of a second with 20mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With this photo, I scanned the original negative, and then scaled it in Lightroom while applying my water mark. I did not<\/u> make adjustments to exposure, contrast, or similar. This is in essence and unmodified scan.<\/p>\n

Here I\u2019ve intentionally selected a very contrasty scene. This demonstrates the success of the process and makes for a dramatic photograph of modern railroading.<\/p>\n

By using HP5, which is rated by Ilford at 400 ISO, I\u2019ve intentionally selected a comparatively grainy film. This adds texture and grittiness to the image. I \u00a0wonder how it will appear on your screen? On mine it is exceptionally sharp with broad tonal range.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

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At\u00a0this exact location thirty years ago, I made a dramatic black & white view of a westward Guilford freight on the Boston & Maine. Thursday, February 18, 2016, I stood in my own footprints, and recreated the drama. Photographer Mike Gardner and I were on one of our railroad photo quests. Pan Am Railway\u2019s freight … Continue reading Drama Along the Deerfield River; Gone Retro\u2014February 18, 2016.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14259,"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":[3814,4537,2409,3351,3352,7535,82,3354,3353],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Pan_Am_Railways_HP5_Feb18_2016_Brian-Solomon-582011.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3I1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14261"}],"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=14261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14270,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14261\/revisions\/14270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}