{"id":27556,"date":"2019-08-22T09:16:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T13:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=27556"},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:16:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T13:16:26","slug":"conrail-at-olean-november-6-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/conrail-at-olean-november-6-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Conrail at Olean\u2014November 6, 1988."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Yesterday I scanned this 30 year Kodachrome  25 slide using a Nikon Coolscan5000 operated with VueScan 9.6.09 scanning software.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unmodified scan is a bit on the dark side. I\u2019d been chasing Conrail ELOI (Elkhart to Oak Island) eastbound on the former Erie Railroad on typically dull western New York November day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of my photos from that chase were exposed on black & white film using my father\u2019s old Rollei Model T. At least one of those appeared in CTC Board as a Conrail new illustration back in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I reached Olean, I wanted to feature the crossing with the former PRR route to Buffalo, which was then also a Conrail secondary main line, and I made this panned view of ELOI\u2019s lead locomotive crossing the diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I exposed this at f5.6 1\/30 second to capture the motion of the locomotive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unmodified scan, except for scaling for internet presentation (the original is about 110MB).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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After scanning, I imported the slide into Lightroom and made a variety of corrections to improve the appearance of the image. This included slight cropping to improve the level; color correction, lightening of the shadow areas and over-all contrast control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve include both the unmodified scan and corrected image here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corrected scan outputted as a JPG file for internet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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