{"id":18416,"date":"2017-05-05T06:47:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18416"},"modified":"2017-05-05T13:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:43:27","slug":"photographing-the-mob-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/photographing-the-mob-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing the MOB\u2014Part 1."},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not talking about surreptitiously documenting nefarious underworld dealings of Sicilian criminals, but rather the trains and operations of Switzerland\u2019s\u00a0Montreux-Oberland-Bernois railway line.<\/p>\n

This narrow gauge line famously operates via the Golden Pass route offering hourly long distance trains as well as local services to communities along its lines.<\/p>\n

In April, it was among the routes that Denis McCabe and I explored.<\/p>\n

We were fortunate to have clear blue skies, which when combined with stunning Alpine scenery makes for great photographic possibilities.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d researched a variety of potential locations, and opted to photograph around Gstaad and Gruben, where open Alpine meadows, tall bridges, and distant mountain peaks made for great settings.<\/p>\n

Traveling to Gstaad, we hoped off a train that had 14-minute pause in its schedule, and on the recommendation of photographer Barry Carse, immediately set out to find the high viaduct beyond the station.<\/p>\n

We found it easily enough, and went charging up a steep slope to position ourselves above the bridge, only to find there was a well-established trail already there! This made getting back to the station much easier.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a small sample of my digital efforts at Gstaad. My primary focus was exposing color slide film with my Nikon; and those images are en route to the lab now.<\/p>\n

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MOB’s Belle \u00c9poque eases across the multiple span bridge near Gstaad. (Ye Auld Tyme painted carriages at the back).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Working toward Gstaad and Montreux is MOB’s Golden Pass Panoramic. Exposed using my FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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MOB’s Golden Pass Panoramic carries glass lined observation cars to allow passengers better views of the Alps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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MOB’s Gstaad station offers only a prosaic view compared with those from the Alpine meadows a five minute walk away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I\u2019m not talking about surreptitiously documenting nefarious underworld dealings of Sicilian criminals, but rather the trains and operations of Switzerland\u2019s\u00a0Montreux-Oberland-Bernois railway line. This narrow gauge line famously operates via the Golden Pass route offering hourly long distance trains as well as local services to communities along its lines. In April, it was among the routes … Continue reading Photographing the MOB\u2014Part 1.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18413,"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":[4177,4176,4174,4175,1165,2166],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MOB_Gstaad_Switz_DSCF3703.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4N2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18416"}],"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=18416"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18430,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18416\/revisions\/18430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}