{"id":25829,"date":"2019-03-15T03:27:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T07:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=25829"},"modified":"2019-03-14T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:28:48","slug":"irish-narrow-gauge-and-an-amazing-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-narrow-gauge-and-an-amazing-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Narrow Gauge and an Amazing Sky."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/>A week ago, Friday 8 March 2019, toward the end of our exploration of Bord na Mona\u2019s Lough Rea narrow gauge network near Lanesborough Co. Longford, the sky grew textured and glowed with evening magnificence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this view of an empty Bord na Mona train crossing the bog on its way to reload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trick making this photo work was to expose for the sky while letting the train go relatively dark. I was working with Ilford HP5 black &amp; white film, and during processing, I used two developers followed by selenium toning of the negatives to extract the maximum shadow detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25830\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-narrow-gauge-and-an-amazing-sky\/bord_na_mona_brian-solomon-494875\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?fit=1287%2C824\" data-orig-size=\"1287,824\" 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=\"Bord_na_Mona_Brian Solomon 494875\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A week ago, Friday 8 March 2019, toward the end of our exploration of Bord na Mona\u2019s Lough Rea narrow gauge network, the sky grew textured and glowed with evening magnificence.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?fit=709%2C454\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?fit=474%2C303\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?resize=474%2C303\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25830\" width=\"474\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?w=1287 1287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?resize=205%2C131 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?resize=709%2C454 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?resize=1022%2C654 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bord_na_Mona_Brian-Solomon-494875.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My intent was a moody and stark view of the train against the textured sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago, Friday 8 March 2019, toward the end of our exploration of Bord na Mona\u2019s Lough Rea narrow gauge network near Lanesborough Co. 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