{"id":15025,"date":"2016-04-25T05:37:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T09:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15025"},"modified":"2016-04-24T03:17:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T07:17:23","slug":"narrow-gauge-rack-contrast-in-the-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/narrow-gauge-rack-contrast-in-the-alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrow Gauge Rack; Contrast in the Alps."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Below are two versions of an image I made of a Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn narrow-gauge train engaging the Abt rack system on its steep ascent from G\u00f6schenen to Andermatt.<\/p>\n

These were made with my FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera on my visit to the Alps with Stephen Hirsch, Gerry Conmy and Denis McCabe\u00a0in mid April 2016.<\/p>\n

The first is the unadjusted (except for scaling) Jpg produced in camera. Notice that the sky is washed out and lacking in detail.<\/p>\n

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Camera produced Jpg exposed at G\u00f6schenen, Switzerland where the MGB meets the standard gauge line over the Gotthard Pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second image is a Jpg that I produced from the camera RAW file by making nominal contrast and saturation adjustments in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

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Improved image; this was made from the RAW file by adjusting contrast and saturation .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The aim of the second image was\u00a0to hold the sky and highlight detail that was lost by the camera Jpg. This demonstrates the ability of the RAW file to retain greater detail than the Jpg.<\/p>\n

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Instead of using an external graduated neutral density filter, as I had with some previous images displayed on Tracking the Light, I used the equivalent graduated neutral density filter in the Lightroom program.<\/p>\n

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Why not use the external filter in this situation? Two reasons:<\/p>\n