{"id":29896,"date":"2020-09-28T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29896"},"modified":"2020-09-27T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T01:35:37","slug":"taking-a-chance-on-sunset-at-bethel-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/taking-a-chance-on-sunset-at-bethel-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Chance on Sunset at Bethel, Maine."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the 1990s, I chased the glint with Kodachrome in my cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes on the remote chance of getting a one in a 10,000 shot, I’d set up on some lightly used section of track in the golden hour on the off chance that I’d be rewarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My chances were better than the lottery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes I got lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Saturday, September 26, 2020, I was driving around western Maine with Kris Sabbatino. We stopped near Bethel to get bottles of water at a convenience store. Ahead of me in line was a woman who spent $81 on a six pack of beer and lottery tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I feel that lottery tickets are a waste of money. Although my grandfather had phenomenal luck with cards and lottery tickets and sometimes won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of spending money on the lottery, we took a slight detour to the old Grand Trunk tracks. This is now Genesee & Wyoming’s St. Lawrence & Atlantic. Operations are infrequent and largely nocturnal. The number of daylight trains through Bethel in a year can be counted on one hand. This year I’ve been aware of only three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite these remote odds, I set up in the glint light and waited for a few minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was only rewarded with this sunset view of empty tracks. Yet my odds of success were far better than the lottery and I saved money on the tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exposed digitally using a FujiFilm XT1 fitted with 90mm prime telephoto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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