{"id":20002,"date":"2017-12-15T07:46:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T12:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=20002"},"modified":"2017-12-15T13:48:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T18:48:28","slug":"new-england-central-almost-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-almost-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Central\u2014Almost Winter."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to write, \u2018why sometimes winter is better.\u2019 Except this is a late autumn photo. (If you accept that the Winter Solstice is the defining date for the beginning of Winter.).<\/p>\n<p>On December 6, 2017, Paul Goewey and I arrived at Depot Road in Leverett, Massachusetts several minutes ahead of the southward New England Central road freight, job 611 from Brattleboro.<\/p>\n<p>I was interested in exploring this angle looking toward the rock cut immediately north of the old station location.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve made a number of views from the old station area in summer, when the cutting tends to be obscured by brush and harshly shadowed.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s why sometimes Winter (or late autumn) is better. The lack of foliage combined with diffused light opens up numerous photo possibilities that are impractical when the trees are leafed out and underbrush is thick.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20001\" style=\"width: 1732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20001\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-almost-winter\/necr-3474_w_train_611_depot_road_leverett_dscf2368\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155\" data-orig-size=\"1732,1155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512575697&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;116.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NECR 3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with an 18-135mm lens.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?w=1732 1732w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2368.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with an 18-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20000\" style=\"width: 1732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20000\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-almost-winter\/necr-3474_w_train_611_depot_road_leverett_dscf2380\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155\" data-orig-size=\"1732,1155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512575702&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;116.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NECR 3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 18-135mm lens.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?w=1732 1732w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 18-135mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light is Daily!<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to write, \u2018why sometimes winter is better.\u2019 Except this is a late autumn photo. (If you accept that the Winter Solstice is the defining date for the beginning of Winter.). On December 6, 2017, Paul Goewey and I arrived at Depot Road in Leverett, Massachusetts several minutes ahead of the southward New England &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-england-central-almost-winter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New England Central\u2014Almost Winter.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20000,"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":[4473,3088,81,3260],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NECR-3474_w_train_611_Depot_Road_Leverett_DSCF2380.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5cC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20002"}],"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=20002"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20011,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20002\/revisions\/20011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}