The signal had just changed from all red (stop) to red over flashing green (Limited Clear) on the main track.<\/p>\n
I exposed the photograph with my FujiFilm XT1 with 27mm pancake lens with the camera mounted on a Gitzo tripod.<\/p>\n
Using the \u2018A\u2019 mode with aperture set to f2.8, the exposure value boosted by about 2\/3rds of a stop, and ISO set to 400, my effective shutter speed was about 5 seconds. A length of time that seems like forever when you are standing alone in the dark with an icy wind in your face.<\/p>\n
I checked my exposure and focus and thought to myself \u2018good enough\u2019. Which means that if it were warmer, I\u2019d make another image.<\/p>\n CSX’s Q007 was lined west. But opted not to wait for it.<\/p>\n This was the last photo I exposed in 2017. It was about 4 degrees Fahrenheit at East Brookfield, Massachusetts, when I made this view at 9:38pm on December 31st looking west toward CP64. The signal had just changed from all red (stop) to red over flashing green (Limited Clear) on the main track. I exposed … Continue reading Final Photo of 2017.<\/span> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/East_Brookfield_CP64_at_night_DSCF3519.jpg\")
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Some purest somewhere may someday examine my file and determine that it was made in 2018, and it would have been If I was in Ireland. I don\u2019t bother recalibrating my camera\u2019s clock when I switch time zones. It\u2019s just one of those things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTracking the Light posts Daily.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"