{"id":35010,"date":"2022-12-16T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=35010"},"modified":"2022-12-15T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:12:10","slug":"california-zephyr-at-pinole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/california-zephyr-at-pinole\/","title":{"rendered":"California Zephyr at Pinole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the early 1990s, Amtrak’s F40PH was the ubiquitous long distance passenger locomotive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I made this photo on the evening of February 22, 1992, the F40PH seemed very common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amtrak had more than 200 F40PHs. I have thousands of photos of them from New Hampshire to California; from Quebec to Florida. Yesterday morning on my way to work I wondered, ‘Did I photograph them all?’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I scanned this Kodachrome slide using VueScan software and a Nikon LS5000 ‘Super Coolscan5000’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are two versions, both scaled from the hi-res original scan using Adobe Lightroom. The top has ot been modified in post processing, while the bottom is the same scan following a series of minor modifications aimed at making a better image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scaled but unmodified scan of a Kodachrome 25 slide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scan modified to improve level, contrast, shadow and highlight detail and color saturation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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