{"id":18577,"date":"2017-05-26T05:28:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T09:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18577"},"modified":"2017-05-25T07:43:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:43:38","slug":"beacon-street-boston-mbtas-green-line-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/beacon-street-boston-mbtas-green-line-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Beacon Street, Boston MBTA\u2019s Green Line, May 2017."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 6, 2017, I made a few rainy afternoon photos of Boston\u2019s Green Line streetcars along Beacon Street.<\/p>\n<p>These were exposed old school; a Leica IIIa loaded with Ilford HP5, exposure calculated using a hand-held Minolta Mark IV light meter.<\/p>\n<p>In these views, I\u2019ve divided up my frame to account for the white sky and the effect of contrast and tonality. Do you think these photos would work in color?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18575\" style=\"width: 1829px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18575\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/beacon-street-boston-mbtas-green-line-may-2017\/brian_solomon_53601925\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?fit=1829%2C1093\" data-orig-size=\"1829,1093\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Beacon Street, Boston MBTA\u2019s Green Line, May 2017. Ilford HP5 processed in Perceptol (mixed 1-1) at 70 F for 13 and one half minutes plus 6 minutes in selenium toner (diluted 1 to 9 with water). &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?fit=709%2C424\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?fit=474%2C283\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18575\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?resize=474%2C283\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?w=1829 1829w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?resize=205%2C123 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?resize=709%2C424 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?resize=1022%2C611 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601925.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beacon Street, Boston MBTA\u2019s Green Line, May 2017. Ilford HP5 processed in Perceptol (mixed 1-1) at 70 F for 13 and one half minutes plus 6 minutes in selenium toner (diluted 1 to 9 with water).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18574\" style=\"width: 1842px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18574\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/beacon-street-boston-mbtas-green-line-may-2017\/brian_solomon_53601928\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?fit=1842%2C1085\" data-orig-size=\"1842,1085\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Ilford HP5 processed in Perceptol (mixed 1-1) at 70 F for 13 and one half minutes plus 6 minutes in selenium toner (diluted 1 to 9 with water).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?fit=709%2C418\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?fit=474%2C279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18574\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?resize=474%2C279\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?w=1842 1842w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?resize=205%2C121 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?resize=709%2C418 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?resize=1022%2C602 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601928.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ilford HP5 processed in Perceptol (mixed 1-1) at 70 F for 13 and one half minutes plus 6 minutes in selenium toner (diluted 1 to 9 with water).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18573\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/beacon-street-boston-mbtas-green-line-may-2017\/brian_solomon_53601929\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?fit=1840%2C1087\" data-orig-size=\"1840,1087\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?fit=709%2C419\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?fit=474%2C280\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18573\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?resize=474%2C280\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?w=1840 1840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?resize=205%2C121 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?resize=709%2C419 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?resize=1022%2C604 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light Posts Daily.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 6, 2017, I made a few rainy afternoon photos of Boston\u2019s Green Line streetcars along Beacon Street. These were exposed old school; a Leica IIIa loaded with Ilford HP5, exposure calculated using a hand-held Minolta Mark IV light meter. In these views, I\u2019ve divided up my frame to account for the white sky &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/beacon-street-boston-mbtas-green-line-may-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beacon Street, Boston MBTA\u2019s Green Line, May 2017.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18573,"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":[],"tags":[4204,3814,26,678,611,104,790],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601929.jpg?fit=1840%2C1087","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4PD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18577"}],"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=18577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18578,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18577\/revisions\/18578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}