{"id":14421,"date":"2016-03-11T04:49:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T09:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=14421"},"modified":"2016-03-11T08:24:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:24:01","slug":"success-and-follow-up-one-year-on-irish-railways-looking-back-ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/success-and-follow-up-one-year-on-irish-railways-looking-back-ten-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Success and Follow Up \u201cOne Year on Irish Railways; Looking back Ten Years\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, as advertised, I presented my program to the Irish Railway Record Society in Dublin.<\/p>\n

I had a large and receptive audience. There were more bodies than seats.<\/p>\n

The program was in two parts, divided by a tea break (as per tradition). After a few slides from America, I focused on the main event: Ireland as I saw it 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

I apologize: there were no photos of the DART or 29000-series CAF-built railcars, and I probably offered a disproportionate number of views of the last two operational class 121 diesels.<\/p>\n

For those curious about my camera equipment: at the time I was in a transition between Nikon and Canon systems, while I was also making good use of a Contax G2 rangefinder. Color slides were exposed with lens ranging from a 16mm Zeiss Hologon to a 400mm Tokina telephoto.<\/p>\n

In 2006, I was more than 2 years away from exposing my first digital photo. I was like the Norfolk & Western in 1953, and still firmly committed to the old technology. Most of the slides were exposed using Fujichrome Sensia2 (ISO 100), although I also used some Fujichrome Velvia 100, Provia 100F, and Provia 400F, as well as the occasional roll of Ektachrome.<\/p>\n

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Norfolk Liner at Bekan. Exposed on Fujichrome 100 with a 180mm Nikkor lens. Contrast adjusted in post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I had dual tripods and dual Nikons at this location. For this follow-up view of the same Norfolk Liner, I used a 400mm Tokina telephoto that I bought from Doug Moore back in 1992. I still have it with me in Ireland, although there’s not many places on this island\u00a0to make effective use of such a long lens. Bekan (east of Claremorris) offers ths unusual ‘flight of stairs’ effect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to everyone who attended!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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