{"id":22770,"date":"2018-11-13T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=22770"},"modified":"2018-11-13T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T13:30:28","slug":"berlin-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin at Night."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, November 12, 2018, my father and I paid a visit to the new Berlin, Connecticut station to collect a visitor from Amtrak 412.<\/p>\n<p>The train was running behind the advertised, which gave me time to make a few photos of the well-lit modern facility.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22771\" style=\"width: 3265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22771\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-at-night\/berlin_ct_station_p1790304\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?fit=3265%2C2449\" data-orig-size=\"3265,2449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22771\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?w=3265 3265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?resize=1022%2C767 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Berlin_CT_Station_P1790304.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ground level view of the new Berlin, Connecticut station. I steadied the Lumix LX7 by resting it on the curb stones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22772\" style=\"width: 3265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22772\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-at-night\/amtrak_412_berlin_ct_station_p1790321\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?fit=3265%2C2449\" data-orig-size=\"3265,2449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22772\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?w=3265 3265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?resize=1022%2C767 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790321.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak train 412 pauses to let off two passengers at Berlin. Wide-angle view with a Lumix LX7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22773\" style=\"width: 3265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22773\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-at-night\/amtrak_412_berlin_ct_station_p1790323\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?fit=3265%2C2449\" data-orig-size=\"3265,2449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22773\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?w=3265 3265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?resize=1022%2C767 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak train 412 pauses to let off two passengers at Berlin. Slightly tighter view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22774\" style=\"width: 3265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22774\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-at-night\/amtrak_412_berlin_ct_station_pan_p1790327\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?fit=3265%2C2449\" data-orig-size=\"3265,2449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22774\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?w=3265 3265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?resize=1022%2C767 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_pan_P1790327.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pan of the Amtrak P42 diesel working at the back of train 412.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I featured Berlin back in June at the time of the CTrail Hartford Line commuter train start up.<\/p>\n<p>See:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5A2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEN photos: All-New Berlin Station\u2014Connecticut, that is!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also see:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4EM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berlin, Connecticut Revisited.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These photos were exposed using my resuscitated Lumix LX7. I worked in RAW and adjusted the files in post processing to optimize highlight and shadow placement, present more pleasing contrast, and improve color saturation.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, November 12, 2018, my father and I paid a visit to the new Berlin, Connecticut station to collect a visitor from Amtrak 412. The train was running behind the advertised, which gave me time to make a few photos of the well-lit modern facility. I featured Berlin back in June at the time &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/berlin-at-night\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Berlin at Night.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22779,"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":[4991,4990,949,116,7535,2326],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Amtrak_412_Berlin_CT_Station_P1790323-2.jpg?fit=3265%2C2449","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5Vg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22770"}],"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=22770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22780,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22770\/revisions\/22780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}