{"id":18007,"date":"2017-03-05T06:15:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T11:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18007"},"modified":"2017-03-05T06:27:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T11:27:20","slug":"cal-train-at-oyster-point-june-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/cal-train-at-oyster-point-june-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal-Train at Oyster Point\u2014June 1991."},"content":{"rendered":"

Consider this composition. Since the eye is naturally drawn to the front of the on-coming locomotive, I\u2019ve made for a more complex image by placing this primary subject off-center.<\/p>\n

When setting up this photograph, I was interested in secondary emphasis on the jointed rail, then still in use on Southern Pacific\u2019s mainline at Oyster Point, railroad-timetable east of the old Bayshore Yard.<\/p>\n

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Note the careful framing of the on-coming train beneath the crossover of the codelines. This one of several compositional elements in this photograph that has been \u00a0employed\u00a0to emphasize railroad technology.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was also interested in the wafting sea fog, a common atmospheric condition of the summer climate in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Key to my interest and another \u00a0crucial compositional element was the dual-headlight arrangement on the Cal Train F40PH-2 locomotive. Although not purchased by SP, these were the last locomotives delivered new to feature the once-standard SP lighting arrangement\u2014a classy characteristic of SP diesel operations.<\/p>\n

By 1991, the application of oscillating headlights (commonly called \u2018Mars lights\u2019) had fallen out of favor and the practice was already on the wane. The headlights standout because of the slightly backlit lighting that leaves the front of the locomotive dark.<\/p>\n

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Consider this composition. Since the eye is naturally drawn to the front of the on-coming locomotive, I\u2019ve made for a more complex image by placing this primary subject off-center. When setting up this photograph, I was interested in secondary emphasis on the jointed rail, then still in use on Southern Pacific\u2019s mainline at Oyster Point, … Continue reading Cal-Train at Oyster Point\u2014June 1991.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18011,"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":true,"_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":[48],"tags":[4089,4090,1839,80,1669,42],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cal_Train_Bayshore_Jun_1991_Brian-Solomon-234236.jpg?fit=1811%2C1104","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4Gr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18007"}],"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=18007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18019,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18007\/revisions\/18019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}