{"id":20067,"date":"2017-12-27T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=20067"},"modified":"2017-12-27T05:37:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T10:37:44","slug":"amtrak-in-the-snow-f9-and-be-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-in-the-snow-f9-and-be-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak in the Snow; f9 and be there."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running errands again.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak 449 was only 2 minutes late leaving Worcester.<\/p>\n<p>I stopped in at CP83 in Palmer between tasks (I had to mail a letter and visit the bank).<\/p>\n<p>Signals lit westbound; first all red, then a high green on the main track.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clear signal CP83 main to main&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20065\" style=\"width: 1732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20065\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-in-the-snow-f9-and-be-there\/amtrak_449_palmer_dscf3027\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155\" data-orig-size=\"1732,1155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1514318424&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;f9.0 1\/500th of second at ISO 400.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20065\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?w=1732 1732w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3027.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">f9.0 1\/500th of second at ISO 400.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With my ISO preset to 400, using the histogram in the camera, I set my exposure as follows; f9.0 1\/500th of a second.<\/p>\n<p>I like my snow white; but not blown out (over exposed).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20064\" style=\"width: 1732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20064\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-in-the-snow-f9-and-be-there\/amtrak_449_palmer_dscf3031\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155\" data-orig-size=\"1732,1155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1514318430&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;F7.1 1\/500th at ISO 400.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20064\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?w=1732 1732w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3031.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">F7.1 1\/500th at ISO 400.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20063\" style=\"width: 1732px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20063\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-in-the-snow-f9-and-be-there\/amtrak_449_palmer_dscf3042\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155\" data-orig-size=\"1732,1155\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1514318431&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;F7.1 1\/500th at ISO 400.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20063\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042.jpg?w=1732 1732w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3042.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, 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Amtrak 449 was only 2 minutes late leaving Worcester. I stopped in at CP83 in Palmer between tasks (I had to mail a letter and visit the bank). Signals lit westbound; first all red, then a high green on the main track. &#8220;Clear signal CP83 main to main&#8221; With my ISO preset &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-in-the-snow-f9-and-be-there\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amtrak in the Snow; f9 and be there.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20066,"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":[1897,31,887,30,1933],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Amtrak_449_Palmer_DSCF3028.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5dF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20067"}],"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=20067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20070,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20067\/revisions\/20070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}