{"id":28669,"date":"2020-02-14T05:53:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T10:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28669"},"modified":"2020-02-10T22:10:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T03:10:54","slug":"oconnell-street-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/oconnell-street-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"O\u2019Connell Street in the Rain."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dublin November 4, 2019:.I was heading to Drumcondra to meet the lads for an evening of railroad photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At O\u2019Connell Street, I needed to change from one bus to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was dusk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The swollen winter sky opened and a cold rain cascaded down like a tsunami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with a Nikon F3 fitted with a 50mm lens and loaded with Rollei Retro 80S, I made a single exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img 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time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since mid-November, I\u2019ve had this as the opening photo on my Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The swollen winter sky opened and a cold rain cascaded down like a 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