{"id":1791,"date":"2013-03-19T06:01:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T10:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2013-03-19T06:03:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T10:03:27","slug":"bnsf-eastbound-along-the-mississippi-river-at-savannah-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/bnsf-eastbound-along-the-mississippi-river-at-savannah-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF Eastbound Along The Mississippi River at Savannah, Illinois."},"content":{"rendered":"

BNSF<\/a> Eastbound Along The Mississippi River<\/a> at Savannah, Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A Commanding View of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n

On June 25, 2010, I used my Lumix<\/a> LX-3 to expose this backlit image of an eastward BNSF intermodal train hugging the east bank of the Mississippi River near Savannah, Illinois. My vantage point is a limestone outcropping atop the bluffs in Illinois\u2019 Mississippi Palisades State Park<\/a><\/p>\n

This former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy<\/a> double-track line is part of BNSF\u2019s raceway between Chicago and the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n

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General Electric DASH9 locomotives lead a BNSF intermodal train along the Mississippi River on June 25, 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I exposed the image in manual mode, using the camera meter to gauge exposure for the river to avoid blowing out the highlights in the water. I turned all the automatic features, (including the auto focus) \u2018off\u2019, thus giving me a virtually instantaneous shutter release that allowed me to neatly fill the frame.<\/p>\n

One of the difficulties with many small cameras is a \u2018shutter lag\u2019\u2014an undesirable delay from the time the shutter button is released and the actual moment the shutter opens. This unfortunate problem handicaps a photographer\u2019s ability to capture the decisive moment and greatly limits the potential for railway action photography. For me one of great advantages of the Lumix LX-3 is the ability to disable automatic functions and thus obviate the problems associated with a delay. The other camera\u2019s other great advantage is its Leica Vario-Summicron\u00a0 lens, noted for remarkable sharpness and clarity.<\/p>\n

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