{"id":19279,"date":"2017-09-07T04:59:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T08:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=19279"},"modified":"2017-09-07T12:42:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T16:42:42","slug":"glint-flare-and-clouds-evening-in-the-gullet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/glint-flare-and-clouds-evening-in-the-gullet\/","title":{"rendered":"Glint, Flare and Clouds; Evening in the Gullet."},"content":{"rendered":"

I realize that today\u2019s title might not catch everyone\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n

How about: \u2018Clean GM Diesel on a Freight\u2019?<\/p>\n

Or, \u2018Irish Rail at Rush Hour\u2019 ?<\/p>\n

‘Gullet Glint\u2019?<\/p>\n

Anyway, this post is about light.<\/p>\n

I was waiting on the Up IWT liner (International Warehousing & Transport Ballina, County Mayo to Dublin Northwall container train)with recently painted Irish Rail 071 class diesel number 082.<\/p>\n

Just ahead of this Dublin-bound freight was the Up-Galway passenger train with a common set of ICRs (InterCity Railcars).<\/p>\n

I was photographing into the sun. My intent was to work the glint effect. (That\u2019s when the sun reflects off the side of the train).<\/p>\n

Usually, I find this is most effective when you shade the front element of the lens to minimize flare. Notice the two variations with the ICR.<\/p>\n

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By shading the front element I’ve prevented the rays of the sun from directly hitting the front element of my lens, thus minimizing the effects of flare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In this view, exposed moments after the photo above, I’ve allowed the sun to hit the front element to show the effects of flare. This small adjustment can produce very different results. Often I aim to control the amount of flare; a little bit lightens shadows and adds some colour to the scene but too much can result in unpleasant and unnatural looking light streaks or light fog.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the time the freight reached me clouds had partly shaded the sun leaving only a hint of back-lighting.<\/p>\n

All the photos were made using my FujiFilm XT1 with 90mm f2.0 lens. The camera RAW Files were all adjusted for colour balance, colour saturation and contrast using the same ratio of change. (In other words, although I\u2019ve manipulated the final result, all the photos have received the same degree of alteration).<\/p>\n

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The clouds shaded the sun for me here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In this image, I adjust the exposure on site to compensate for the clouds blocking the sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tracking the Light discusses photography daily.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I realize that today\u2019s title might not catch everyone\u2019s eye. How about: \u2018Clean GM Diesel on a Freight\u2019? Or, \u2018Irish Rail at Rush Hour\u2019 ? ‘Gullet Glint\u2019? Anyway, this post is about light. I was waiting on the Up IWT liner (International Warehousing & Transport Ballina, County Mayo to Dublin Northwall container train)with recently painted … Continue reading Glint, Flare and Clouds; Evening in the Gullet.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19274,"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":[10,48],"tags":[4326,19,1969,61,3338],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Irish_Rail_082_w_IWT_liner_in_the_Gullet_DSCF8963.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-50X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19279"}],"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=19279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19288,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19279\/revisions\/19288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}