{"id":17429,"date":"2016-12-12T05:04:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T10:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17429"},"modified":"2016-12-12T07:08:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T12:08:36","slug":"hungarian-electric-freight-photographing-between-the-masts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/hungarian-electric-freight-photographing-between-the-masts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian Electric Freight; Photographing between the masts."},"content":{"rendered":"

The morning of 20 August 2003 was a warm one, and the day would gradually turn into a scorcher. It had been that way for a week.<\/p>\n

Western Hungary reminded me of eastern Nebraska: flat, open, and agricultural with scruffy trees here and there, and a busy double track railway running through a broad river valley.<\/p>\n

Where Nebraska\u2019s double track railways are heavy diesel-hauled freight lines; in Hungary these lines are largely electrified and carry a mix of freight and passenger trains.<\/p>\n

Denis McCabe and I were set up just east of the country station at Nagyszent-Janos to make the most of this warm morning.<\/p>\n

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MAV freight and passenger trains pass on double track. Exposed on Fujichrome Sensia II (ISO 100) using a Nikon F3 with an f2.8 180mm Nikkor lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For me the catenary masts are a crucial part of the scene both operationally and compositionally. Imagine the scene without the masts; how might I have composed the photo? Would it have worked considering the back lit conditions?<\/p>\n

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