{"id":30347,"date":"2020-12-10T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30347"},"modified":"2020-12-10T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:30:09","slug":"december-10-2018-new-england-central-at-stafford-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/december-10-2018-new-england-central-at-stafford-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"December 10, 2018\u2014New England Central at Stafford Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this day two years ago, I photographed New England Central GP38s in the classic blue &amp; gold paint leading the southward 608 at Stafford Springs, Connecticut (Stafford on the railroad).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with the FujiFilm RAW file from my XT1, I first converted the photo to a DNG file using Iridient X-Transformer, then imported that file into Adobe Lightroom for adjustment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make for a more pleasing image, I reduced contrast, lightened shadows, and lowered the intensity of the highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"30348\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/december-10-2018-new-england-central-at-stafford-springs\/necr_3850_w_608_stafford_springs_ct_dscf9461-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1544473882&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?w=1500 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NECR_3850_w_608_Stafford_Springs_CT_DSCF9461.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#294abc\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day two years ago, I photographed New England Central GP38s in the classic blue &#038; 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