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<\/a>In late April, I made this trailing view of a Boston-bound Acela Express<\/em>tilting train crossing the former New Haven Railroad draw bridge at Westport, Connecticut.<\/p>\n By working from the outbound Metro-North platform in the evening, I cross lit the train for dramatic effect and to better show the infrastructure.<\/p>\n Cross-lighting, is when the main light source (the sun in this case) primarily illuminates only the facing surface of the subject, while the\u00a0 surfaces are bathed in shadow. This presents a more dramatic contrast than three-quarter lighting, which offered relative even illumination across the subject.<\/p>\n Cross-lighting is often most effective for railroad photography when the sun is relatively low in the sky. In this instance the compression effect that results from the long telephoto lens works well with the cross lit train.<\/p>\n Exposed digitally using a FujiFilm X-T1 with 18-135mm lens. To make this photo work, I had to carefully mind the shadows from catenary polls so they didn\u2019t appear to interect the sloping face of the Acela Express<\/em>train set.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yes, I\u2019m trying to pick a title that will get you to read this post. I could call it \u2018Fast Train on the Bridge\u2019 or ‘Amtrak on the New Haven’, or \u2018What? NO! Not Westport, Again!\u2019 Or perhaps the accurate, if opaque, \u2018Trailing View over the Saugatuck.\u2019 In late April, I made this trailing view … Continue reading Acela Express Cross-Lit on the Draw.<\/span> Tracking the Light Posts Daily.<\/span><\/h3>\n