{"id":30502,"date":"2021-01-06T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30502"},"modified":"2021-01-05T22:01:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T03:01:14","slug":"winter-steam-round-3-using-the-z6-at-second-iron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/winter-steam-round-3-using-the-z6-at-second-iron\/","title":{"rendered":"WInter Steam! Round 3; Using the Z6 at Second Iron."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Saturday, January 2, 2021, I limited my photo arsenal to just three cameras. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">For this view of the Conway Scenic Railroad&#8217;s <em>Winter Steam<\/em> crossing the Saco River at &#8216;Second Iron,&#8217; I was used my Nikon Z6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made some nominal modifications to the camera raw file (NEF) using Adobe Lightroom. Specifically, I lightened the shadow areas, brought down the highlights, while whitening the whites to help separate the steam from the sky and keep the snow looking clean and fresh. I also slightly increased saturation since the RAW capture appeared a bit dull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locomotive 7470 was reversing over the bridge after making its first run-by for the photographers on the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"30504\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/winter-steam-round-3-using-the-z6-at-second-iron\/csrr_7470_at_2nd_iron_dsc_3234-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?fit=1500%2C998\" data-orig-size=\"1500,998\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609614170&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;BrianSolomon&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?fit=474%2C315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?resize=474%2C315\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?resize=1022%2C680 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?w=1500 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CSRR_7470_at_2nd_Iron_DSC_3234-2.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:#311ce9\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this view of the Conway Scenic Railroad&#8217;s Winter Steam crossing the Saco River at &#8216;Second Iron,&#8217; 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