{"id":17822,"date":"2017-01-30T05:28:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T10:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17822"},"modified":"2017-01-29T21:38:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T02:38:01","slug":"long-lens-small-trains-another-take-on-last-weekends-railroad-hobby-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/long-lens-small-trains-another-take-on-last-weekends-railroad-hobby-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Lens, Small Trains; Another Take on last weekend\u2019s Railroad Hobby Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used my Lumix LX7 for my earlier post of\u00a0photos at\u00a0the Amherst Railway Society’s BIG Railroad Hobby Show (held last weekend at the Big E fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts).<\/p>\n

Ah, my old Lumix. Yes indeed. But, I was also carrying a FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera fitted with a \u2018fast\u2019 (wide aperture) 90mm lens.<\/p>\n

Using a 90mm lens at f2\u00a0\u00a0allowed me to make telephoto views with very shallow depth of field.<\/p>\n

I think selective focus is a neat technique for capturing model railways. It\u2019s a great tool for making portraits too.<\/p>\n

Below is a selection of views exposed at last weekend\u2019s show made with my fast 90mm.<\/p>\n

Any favorites?<\/p>\n

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Lego my caboose!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tracking the Light posts daily.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I used my Lumix LX7 for my earlier post of\u00a0photos at\u00a0the Amherst Railway Society’s BIG Railroad Hobby Show (held last weekend at the Big E fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts). Ah, my old Lumix. Yes indeed. But, I was also carrying a FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera fitted with a \u2018fast\u2019 (wide aperture) 90mm lens. Using … Continue reading Long Lens, Small Trains; Another Take on last weekend\u2019s Railroad Hobby Show<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17813,"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],"tags":[4047,4011,1903,3291,247,3293,2551,245],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Train_Show_DSCF0805.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4Ds","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17822"}],"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=17822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17824,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17822\/revisions\/17824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}