{"id":30670,"date":"2021-02-07T09:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T14:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30670"},"modified":"2021-02-07T09:22:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T14:22:56","slug":"frosted-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/frosted-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Frosted Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday on a drive through the White Mountains, Kris Sabbatino and I found the sun shining at Whitefield, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh snow covered the famous ball signal that protected the old crossing of Maine Central and Boston &amp; Maine tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dramatic clouds filled the sky and there was no chance of the rails being disturbed by flanged wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This selection of digital photos was exposed using my Nikon Z6 with 24-70mm zoom lens set with a &#8216;Vivid&#8217; color profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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