{"id":23580,"date":"2019-01-19T08:58:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T13:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=23580"},"modified":"2019-01-16T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:09:51","slug":"saturday-test-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/saturday-test-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Test Pattern!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/>As a youngster I&#8217;d get up early in anticipation of Saturday morning cartoons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had no sense of time back then and sometimes would wake before the networks would begin their broadcast. In those situations I&#8217;d stare with anticipation at the &#8216;test pattern&#8217; on the TV until the cartoons began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23581\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/saturday-test-pattern\/cv_ry_444_east_northfield_ma_oct8_1991-km_briansolomon592659\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?fit=5312%2C3637\" data-orig-size=\"5312,3637\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LS-5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1547474156&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=\"CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?fit=709%2C485\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?fit=474%2C325\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?resize=474%2C325\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23581\" width=\"474\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?w=5312 5312w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?resize=205%2C140 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?resize=709%2C485 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?resize=1022%2C700 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CV_Ry_444_East_Northfield_MA_Oct8_1991-KM_\u00a9BrianSolomon592659.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Central Vermont freight at East Northfield, Massachusetts on October 8, 1991. Kodachrome color slide exposed with a Nikon F3T and 200mm telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are seeing this post it&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve been too preoccupied with travel and the making of photographs to prepare a fresh post. If time permits, I&#8217;ll plan on posting again later in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Tracking the Light aims to Posts Every Day, even when Brian is on the road.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PS: At least my \u2018test pattern\u2019 is an original photo with a train in it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PPS: Do the network still feature test patterns? I haven&#8217;t watched early morning television in a <em>very<\/em> long time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Vermont freight at East Northfield, Massachusetts on October 8, 1991. 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