{"id":30596,"date":"2021-01-25T08:37:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T13:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30596"},"modified":"2021-01-25T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T21:37:33","slug":"z6-at-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/z6-at-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Z6 at Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I made my first photos of the railroad scene in Palmer, Massachusetts back in 1977 using a Leica 3C rangefinder on Black &amp; White film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made my first Nikon Z6 digital photos of Palmer on Saturday. (January 23, 2021). Kris Sabbatino and I passed through this old haunt of mine during a visit to Monson, Massachusetts. Time was short, so we paused trackside for just a few minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the railroads were quiet, and not a steel wheel turned, I made the opportunity to record  the railroad scene with my latest camera. A pair of New England Central locomotives were in the yard, and made for subjects to capture digitally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"30597\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/z6-at-palmer\/cp_83_palmer_ma_dsc_3433\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CP_83_Palmer_MA_DSC_3433.jpg?fit=1500%2C998\" data-orig-size=\"1500,998\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 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For me this was an exercise in learning how I see in this long photographed place with my new camera, which I purchased in September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1612d9\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made my first Nikon Z6 digital photos of Palmer on Saturday. (January 23, 2021). Kris Sabbatino and I passed through this old haunt of mine during a visit to Monson, Massachusetts. 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