{"id":17828,"date":"2017-02-01T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17828"},"modified":"2017-01-30T21:41:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T02:41:51","slug":"amtrak-keystone-retro-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-keystone-retro-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak Keystone\u2014Retro Style."},"content":{"rendered":"

More experiments with Foma (Czech film producer) so-called \u00a0Retropan ISO 320 black & white film. See previous posts:<\/p>\n

Retropan 320\u2014First Experiment.<\/a><\/p>\n

Retropan on the Rails; Experiments with My second Roll of Foma\u2019s 320 ISO Black & White film.<\/a><\/p>\n

Unexpected Results: My Third Experiment with Retropan.<\/a><\/p>\n

Working with my Nikon F3 fitted with a vintage Nikkor f1.4 50mm lens, I made these views at Strafford, Pennsylvania along the old Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line west of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

It was a dull Sunday afternoon in January and my hope was to make iconic views using traditional materials that might work more effectively than modern digital color photographs (although I exposed some digital images as well.)<\/p>\n

For this batch of Foma Retropan, I returned to hand processing in Paterson tanks. I used Retro Special Developer stock solution (diluted 1:1 with water) with a 4 minutes development time. Prior to introducing the primary developer, I pre-soaked in a water bath with a drop of Retro Special Developer stock for 1 minute.<\/p>\n

My aim was to retain the broad tonality achieved with earlier experiments while keeping the grain size relatively fine.<\/p>\n

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Shallow depth of field and classic graininess make for a photo that looks like film. Because it was made with film. I like that concept. Not sure about the results however. I think this one needs refinement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Amtrak train number 670, a Keystone service from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania blitzes Strafford on the old Main Line. Exposed using a Nikon F3 with 50mm lens; f2.2 1\/250th of a second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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You know it’s not very bright when the streetlights are lit. This was a pretty low contrast scene. I scanned the negatives but did not manipulate the end result.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honestly, I\u2019m not sure that these photographs work for me. But the lighting was pretty tough. (Flat, dull, and lacking in character and\u00a0direction).<\/p>\n

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More experiments with Foma (Czech film producer) so-called \u00a0Retropan ISO 320 black & white film. See previous posts: Retropan 320\u2014First Experiment. Retropan on the Rails; Experiments with My second Roll of Foma\u2019s 320 ISO Black & White film. Unexpected Results: My Third Experiment with Retropan. Working with my Nikon F3 fitted with a vintage Nikkor … Continue reading Amtrak Keystone\u2014Retro Style.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17827,"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":[4008,4049,4050,4009,4048,31,122],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Keystone_at_Strafford_\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601601.jpg?fit=1786%2C1119","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4Dy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17828"}],"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=17828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17830,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17828\/revisions\/17830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}