{"id":18766,"date":"2017-06-25T05:39:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T09:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18766"},"modified":"2017-06-23T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T14:58:39","slug":"making-sunrise-csx-near-palmer-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/making-sunrise-csx-near-palmer-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Sunrise\u2014CSX near Palmer, Massachusetts."},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 1986, the interlocking east of Palmer at the east-end of the dispatcher\u2019s controlled siding has been known on the railroad as \u2018CP79\u2019 which describes it as a \u2018control point (remote control power switches and signals) 79-miles west of Boston\u2019.<\/p>\n

Friday, morning (June 22, 2017), I anticipated a westward freight just after sunrise, and set up looking across the farmer\u2019s field west of CP79, looking toward the rising sun.<\/p>\n

Working with an external graduated neutral density filter, I carefully exposed a sequence of photos, including pictures with the train. Then working with the camera RAW files in Lightroom, I manipulated contrast, exposure, color temperature and color balance, to make for better balanced more pleasing photos.<\/p>\n

With extreme lighting conditions I find that post processing is a necessary, if tedious, part of the photographic process.<\/p>\n

Below are my results.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the equipment: FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera with 18-135mm Fujinon zoom lens. It is fitted with an externally mounted Lee 0.9 graduated neutral density filter with an aftermarket filter holder. I can rotate the filter left or right, and adjust it up and down in order to meet my specific requirements. The 0.9 filter works out to be about 1 full stop at its darkest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In anticipation of the westward CSX train, I made a series of photos to show changes in the lighting. The interesting part of the scene is also the most difficult part to make a acceptable exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Changing lighting conditions makes for added challenges.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CSX Q009 rolls west toward Palmer, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Since 1986, the interlocking east of Palmer at the east-end of the dispatcher\u2019s controlled siding has been known on the railroad as \u2018CP79\u2019 which describes it as a \u2018control point (remote control power switches and signals) 79-miles west of Boston\u2019. Friday, morning (June 22, 2017), I anticipated a westward freight just after sunrise, and set … Continue reading Making Sunrise\u2014CSX near Palmer, Massachusetts.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18760,"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":[4244,4243,35,30],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CSX_Q009_Sunrise_CP79_DSCF6062.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4SG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18766"}],"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=18766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18767,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18766\/revisions\/18767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}