{"id":15071,"date":"2016-04-30T05:35:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15071"},"modified":"2016-04-29T17:42:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T21:42:04","slug":"bls-cargo-electric-works-north-on-db-exercise-in-composition-and-contrast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/bls-cargo-electric-works-north-on-db-exercise-in-composition-and-contrast\/","title":{"rendered":"BLS Cargo Electric Works North on DB; exercise in composition and contrast."},"content":{"rendered":"

On 20 April 2016, I made this image of a Swiss BLS Cargo (Bern L\u00f6tschberg Simplon) electric leading a northward freight on DB’s (German Railways) heavily traveled double-track line north of Freiburg, Germany.<\/p>\n

Although clear and sunny, the direction of the light was directly behind the locomotive, which is anything but ideal.<\/p>\n

To make the most of this awkward lighting situation, I opted to feature the flowering tree that was well-lit by the angle of the sun, and work with the locomotive in silhouette, while taking a low angle to minimize distracting elements on the far side of the line.<\/p>\n

In post processing, I\u2019ve lightened the shadow areas of the RAW file to restore detail and improve the overall contrast to the locomotive.<\/p>\n

Below are both the unimproved RAW file (only scaled for presentation) and my modified file.<\/p>\n

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This is a Jpg made from FujiFilm X-T1 camera RAW file (scaled for internet presentation). No contrast adjustments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Using Lightroom, I’ve lightened the shadow areas and made an overall contrast adjustment with the ‘clarity’ slider. My aim was to produce a more graphic and interesting illustration of the BLS electric and flowering tree. Exposed on 20 April 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On 20 April 2016, I made this image of a Swiss BLS Cargo (Bern L\u00f6tschberg Simplon) electric leading a northward freight on DB’s (German Railways) heavily traveled double-track line north of Freiburg, Germany. Although clear and sunny, the direction of the light was directly behind the locomotive, which is anything but ideal. To make the … Continue reading BLS Cargo Electric Works North on DB; exercise in composition and contrast.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15070,"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":[3786,1305,3509,1991,263,1393],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BLS_-trees_MOD1_DSCF5991.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3V5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15071"}],"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=15071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15072,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15071\/revisions\/15072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}