{"id":2171,"date":"2013-04-16T04:59:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T08:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2013-04-16T04:59:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T08:59:43","slug":"guest-post-richard-jay-solomons-hoosac-trip-april-13-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/guest-post-richard-jay-solomons-hoosac-trip-april-13-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Richard Jay Solomon\u2019s Hoosac Trip, April 13, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note from Tracking the Light:<\/strong> This is the first guest post. It features photos and notes by Richard Jay Solomon.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s few shots of Saturday\u2019s (April 13, 2013) Boston<\/a> to Mechanicville, New York<\/a> private-car excursion that operated on Pan Am Railway\u2019s Boston & Maine route via the famed Hoosac Tunnel<\/a>. (also see: Boston & Maine Slug Set at Rices, near Charlemont, Massachusetts; June 26, 1986.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Pan<\/a>
Pan Am\u2019s executive F\u2019s lead Saturday\u2019s (April 13, 2013) excursion at Boston\u2019s North Station<\/a>: ASA 200, f\/5, 1\/40th sec. jpegs at full size (super size RAWs files were exposed simultaneously, along with color slides in another camera).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next two images are clips taken from a HDTV video of the run-by made with my Olympus PL1 \u2018micro 4\/3ds\u2019 sensor, and a\u00a014-42mm zoom lens (probably set at 14mm, f3.0)<\/p>\n

The camera was mounted on mini Gitzo tripod. No people filter used \u2014 just luck and low angle!<\/p>\n

\"East<\/a>
East Portal, Hoosac Tunnel on April 13, 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"If<\/a>
If I had two more hands I could have taken still digital with my Lumix LX-7 that would have been much sharper. The clips are processed in \u2018Levels\u2019 with an un-sharp mask.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And finally a shot inside Boston & Maine\u2019s 4.75-mile Hoosac Tunnel; Exposed at f\/4, 1s, ASA 800, 15mm with zoom, with image stabilization mode \u2018IS2,\u2019 exposed from the rear platform of the Caritas.<\/p>\n

\"Hoosac<\/a>
Hoosac Tunnel looking east.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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