{"id":33029,"date":"2022-03-18T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33029"},"modified":"2022-03-15T21:11:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T01:11:47","slug":"steam-silhouette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/steam-silhouette\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Silhouette"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Strasburg Rail Road’s former Canadian National Railway 2-6-0 made for a stunning silhouette against a late winter sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gauging the exposure for these contrasty scenes requires a bit of interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the locomotive is black, I allow it to fall into the shadows, and instead concentrate on retaining detail in the highlight areas of the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is most effectively accomplished by making test images and studying the histogram that shows pixel distribution across the exposure range. With this tool I aim to avoid excessive over exposure in the highlight areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then in post processing, I work with Lightroom to re-balanace the image by lightening shadow areas and controlling highlight detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are three examples providing variation on a theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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