{"id":29146,"date":"2020-05-18T08:07:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T12:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29146"},"modified":"2020-05-18T08:07:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T12:07:37","slug":"wiscasset-maine-august-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wiscasset-maine-august-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiscasset, Maine\u2014August 1986."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the evening of August 22, 1986, I exposed this pair of Kodachrome 25 slides on the Maine Central\u2019s Rockland Branch at Wiscasset, Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time traffic on the branch was almost nil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used a 21mm Leica Super Angulon lens which offered a distinct perspective of\u00a0\u00a0this rustic scene. My interest was drawn to the two rotting schooners in the westward view, while in the eastward view I was aiming to show the vestiges of the piers for the long defunct Wiscasset, Waterville\u00a0\u00a0&amp; Farmington 2-foot gauge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1746\" data-attachment-id=\"29148\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wiscasset-maine-august-1986\/mec_rockland_branch_at_wiscasset_me_with_old_schooners_aug22_1986_km_21mm_superangulon_lensbriansolomon_200165\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MEC_Rockland_Branch_at_WIscasset_ME_with_old_schooners_Aug22_1986_KM_21mm_Superangulon_lens\u00a9BrianSolomon_200165-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1746\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1746\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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