{"id":27818,"date":"2019-10-02T04:35:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=27818"},"modified":"2019-10-02T04:53:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:53:56","slug":"the-power-of-the-dark-side-sankt-goarshausen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/the-power-of-the-dark-side-sankt-goarshausen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of the Dark Side\u2014Sankt Goarshausen."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometime, long ago, back in film days someone concluded that three-quarter sun made for the most desirable lighting conditions for locomotive photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While its true that in many instances low, three-quarter sun will yield\u00a0<em>a<\/em> pleasing result, this is but one lighting solution, and not always the most effective for every setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoa! WAS that blasphemy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, we hiked into a vineyard south of Sankt Goarshausen, Germany. Blue skies and high thin clouds gave us soft directional lighting with an elevated view of the Right Bank line on the Rhein. In the distance a castle loomed above the river-side Sankt Goarshausen village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opting for the dark side presented better contrast that helps visually distinguish the train from the landscape. 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