{"id":35712,"date":"2023-03-25T08:36:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T12:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=35712"},"modified":"2023-03-25T09:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T13:05:18","slug":"two-station-floors-21-years-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/two-station-floors-21-years-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Station Floors-21 years apart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The other day, Conway Scenic Railroad&#8217;s Buildings &amp; Grounds crew coated the North Conway, New Hampshire station lobby floor with a glossy polyurethane protective finish. I made a few photos for the company&#8217;s social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"271\" data-attachment-id=\"35714\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/two-station-floors-21-years-apart\/polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_north_conway_station_dsc_1971\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?fit=1800%2C1029\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1029\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?fit=709%2C405\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?fit=474%2C271\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?resize=474%2C271\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?w=1800 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?resize=709%2C405 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?resize=1022%2C584 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?resize=205%2C117 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?resize=1536%2C878 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Polyurethane-protective-floor-finish_North_Conway_station_DSC_1971.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Digital photo exposed with a Nikon Z7-II with 24-70mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The resulting images reminded me a photo that I made at Washington Union Station back in May 2022. In that image, I preserved Daniel Burnham&#8217;s classical architecture  using a Zeiss Hologon flat-field super-wideangle lens fitted to my Contax G2 rangefinder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"702\" data-attachment-id=\"35715\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/two-station-floors-21-years-apart\/washington-_union_station_may2002_briansolomon2023_203682\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Washington-_Union_Station_May2002_BrianSolomon\u00a92023_203682.jpg?fit=1215%2C1800\" data-orig-size=\"1215,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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