{"id":18750,"date":"2017-06-22T05:43:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T09:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18750"},"modified":"2017-06-21T21:51:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T01:51:34","slug":"bridge-street-monson-two-takes-four-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/bridge-street-monson-two-takes-four-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Street Monson\u2014Two Takes, Four Views."},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Central\u2019s grade over State Line Hill climbs through Monson, Massachusetts. When I\u2019m in Monson\u2014where I live for part of the year\u2014I can hear the trains as they pass through town.<\/p>\n

In recent posts, I\u2019ve focused my cameras on New England Central\u2019s weekday freight, job 608, that runs from Willimantic, Connecticut to Palmer and back.<\/p>\n

In the long days, the present schedule for 608 finds it in a number of classic locations that are well-lit for photography.<\/p>\n

I can go after the train on any given morning, as often as I choose, and this allows me the freedom to explore different angles, photographic techniques, and visit locations repeatedly to make more interesting images.<\/p>\n

I like to work in black & white and I choose to use traditional film cameras with which I can craft images in the old school. I process the film myself using custom-tailored recipes, and then scan for presentation here.<\/p>\n

Why black & white film? First of all it\u2019s not simply monochrome. My black & white photography is the culmination of decades of experimentation. This shouldn\u2019t imply that the photos are inherently better than simple digital snap shots, but infers that I\u2019ve put more thought and energy into achieving my end result.<\/p>\n

Here I\u2019ve displayed three variations of a black & white image I exposed using a Leica IIIa with 35mm Nikkor lens at Bridge Street in Monson. I\u2019ve adjusted the contrast and tonal range producing subtle differences in each interpretation. For comparison, I\u2019ve also supplied a similar digital color view that I exposed with my Lumix LX7.<\/p>\n

I wonder how many viewers will notice the fundamental difference between the digital photograph and the film image variations?<\/p>\n

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My first post-processed variation of New England Central’s 608 climbing at Bridge Street, Monson, Mass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Here I’ve lowered the over-all contrast, which allows for greater shadow and highlight detail, but overall produces a softer tonality.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My third variation; I’ve made a global exposure change and adjusted shadow areas to produce a starker image with greater tonality and deeper blacks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Is color better? Chime in with your opinion in the comments section.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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New England Central\u2019s grade over State Line Hill climbs through Monson, Massachusetts. When I\u2019m in Monson\u2014where I live for part of the year\u2014I can hear the trains as they pass through town. In recent posts, I\u2019ve focused my cameras on New England Central\u2019s weekday freight, job 608, that runs from Willimantic, Connecticut to Palmer and … Continue reading Bridge Street Monson\u2014Two Takes, Four Views.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18746,"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":[48],"tags":[4239,3814,1067,103,81,1522],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601059-3.jpg?fit=1073%2C1862","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4Sq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18750"}],"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=18750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18751,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18750\/revisions\/18751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}