{"id":35627,"date":"2023-03-10T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=35627"},"modified":"2023-03-09T21:37:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:37:38","slug":"monumental-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/monumental-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Monumental Crop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Or Testimonial Clip!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 10, 2015, I was at my old favorite location at &#8216;the box&#8217; along the St. Johns Road in Dublin looking down at Islandbridge Junction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d been waiting for locomotive 084 to come around leading a permanent way train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lighting conditions were perfect. The train came to a stop in front of me. I made a burst of photos with my Fujifilm XT1. And somehow I ended up with substandard images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one view, I&#8217;d held the camera off-level, in most of the others I&#8217;d committed a Phoenix Park Faux Pas by clipping the top of the Wellington Testimonial\u2014that enormous obelisk otherwise known as &#8216;the monument&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t always get it right but I thought I&#8217;d share this pair of flawed photos as a lesson in paying attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"35630\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/monumental-crop\/irish_rail_084_with_relay_train_islandbridge_dscf2360-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish_Rail_084_with_Relay_train_Islandbridge_DSCF2360-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1557\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1557\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish_Rail_084_with_Relay_train_Islandbridge_DSCF2360-2.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish_Rail_084_with_Relay_train_Islandbridge_DSCF2360-2.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish_Rail_084_with_Relay_train_Islandbridge_DSCF2360-2.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The monument appears to be leaning to the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"35629\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/monumental-crop\/irish_rail_084_with_relay_train_islandbridge_dscf2359-2\/\" 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