{"id":23649,"date":"2019-01-24T15:28:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=23649"},"modified":"2019-01-24T15:28:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:28:46","slug":"1385-cylinder-is-this-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/1385-cylinder-is-this-art\/","title":{"rendered":"1385 Cylinder\u2014Is this Art?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


The driving cylinder is a crucial component of a reciprocating locomotive, yet the inside of this equipment is rarely pictured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other day, Richard Gruber organized a tour of locomotive 1385, a former Chicago & Northwestern class R-1 4-6-0\u2014an old Alco steam locomotive that is undergoing a thorough restoration in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with my Lumix LX7, I made a selection of digital images depicting the engine\u2019s running gear and cylinders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Placing the camera inside the fireman\u2019s-side driving cylinder, I exposed this view as Scott Lothes\u2014Director of the Center of Photography and Art in Madison\u2014peered into the other end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exposing this photo was tricky. The need for a long exposure required me to balance the Lumix LX7 inside the cylinder and release the shutter using the camera’s self timer. To select the two – second self timer interval, I had to scroll through a series of menus fairly quickly. Further complicating matters was the extreme exposure difference between the inside of the cylinder and the shop environment. I dialed in an exposure compensation then selected ‘A’ for aperture priority. This is the camera-produced JPG without adjustment to contrast, exposure or color balance. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was delighted with the photo, as was Scott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, does this photo-abstraction of 1385\u2019s cylinder qualify as art? I only make the images. What do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This image is a tribute to my late friend John Gruber, who organized it on more levels than we have space to describe here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The driving cylinder is a crucial component of a reciprocating locomotive, yet the inside of this equipment is rarely pictured. The other day, Richard Gruber organized a tour of locomotive 1385, a former Chicago & Northwestern class R-1 4-6-0\u2014an old Alco steam locomotive that is undergoing a thorough restoration in Wisconsin. Working with my Lumix … Continue reading 1385 Cylinder\u2014Is this Art?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23650,"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":[4537,5215,3452,7535],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Scott_Lothes_inspects_\u00a9BrianSolomon_Jan2019_CNW_1385_restoration_cylinder_interior_P1030858.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-69r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649"}],"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=23649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23654,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23649\/revisions\/23654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}