{"id":32526,"date":"2021-12-23T06:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32526"},"modified":"2021-12-22T19:35:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:35:18","slug":"not-every-place-is-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/not-every-place-is-pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Every Place is Pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Must every interesting photo feature stunning scenery?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my visit to Leizig, Germany in 2001, I traveled on a local passenger train to the out-lying station at Rackwitz, where I spent an hour making photos of passing trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was one ugly place. Low level platforms on tangent track with scruffy weeds and brush mixed in with uninspired industrial what not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This northward freight paused for a few minutes on the mainline waiting for a signal to clear. For me this a photograph that works with texture, including the platform. But what makes it work for me are the flock of birds that filled the sky above the locomotive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exposed with a Rollei Model T on Fuji Neopan400 120 size film. Two versions of the same RAW scan below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Low contrast interpretation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is a high contrast interpretation of the original negative that more closely represents the stark effect I was trying to achieve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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