{"id":18740,"date":"2017-06-21T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T14:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18740"},"modified":"2017-06-21T11:36:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T15:36:39","slug":"18740","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/18740\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Solstice Special."},"content":{"rendered":"

It was an early sunrise this morning; ruby red with feathered clouds.<\/p>\n

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Sunrise in Monson, Massachusetts on June 21, 2017. Exposed using a FujiFilm XT1 with 27mm pancake lens. Camera-JPG, no changes in post processing except to scale the image for internet presentation. That’s the sky how it looked this morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After catching the early glow, I wandered to Palmer, Massachusetts to make a few photographs along the old Boston & Albany route.<\/p>\n

Although quiet during midday, CSX\u2019s B&A route sees an intermodal train each way within about an hour or two of sunrise. Patience paid off.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a sample from this morning\u2019s efforts (June 21, 2017).<\/p>\n

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CSX Q009 approaches CP83 in Palmer, Massachusetts. Exposed with a Canon 7D with 100-400mm zoom lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CSX Q009 at Palmer, Massachusetts. I’m pushing the limits of digital image data-capture: Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1 fitted with Zeiss 12mm Touit and Lee 0.9 graduated neutral density filter (to hold sky detail and color saturation). RAW file adjusted in Lightroom to control highlights, shadows and overall exposure, plus color saturation (boosted).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A BNSF locomotive was trailing on the Q009. It’s rare that I’ve photographed a BNSF locomotive on the B&A route.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CSX Q009 tail-end at Palmer, Massachusetts. Exposed with a Canon 7D with 100-400mm zoom lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1 fitted with Zeiss 12mm Touit and Lee 0.9 graduated neutral density filter (to hold sky detail and color saturation). RAW file adjusted in Lightroom to control highlights, shadows and overall exposure, plus color saturation (boosted).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CSX intermodal train Q022 works east at Tennyville in Palmer, Massachusetts. Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D with 100-400mm zoom lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CSX Q022 passing below the ‘Tennyville Bridge’ (Route 32) in Palmer, Massachusetts. Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 90mm f2.0 Fujinon lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 90mm f2.0 Fujinon lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It was an early sunrise this morning; ruby red with feathered clouds. After catching the early glow, I wandered to Palmer, Massachusetts to make a few photographs along the old Boston & Albany route. Although quiet during midday, CSX\u2019s B&A route sees an intermodal train each way within about an hour or two of sunrise. … Continue reading Summer Solstice Special.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18732,"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":[4238,4236,4237,41,35,30],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7712.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2BVuC-18740","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18740"}],"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=18740"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18745,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18740\/revisions\/18745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}