{"id":36346,"date":"2023-06-16T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=36346"},"modified":"2023-06-15T21:55:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T01:55:56","slug":"sunset-at-north-star-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunset-at-north-star-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunset at North Star Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There was a heavy sky at sunset last night, grey with particulates and low cloud. Kris and I turned down North Star Road to make photos of the red globe in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the NEF RAW file (scaled), my adjusted file, and the Lightroom work window showing the position of adjustment sliders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took less than a minute for me to implement my adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"36348\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunset-at-north-star-road\/north_star_road_sunset-strasburg_dsc_8163\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163.jpg?fit=1700%2C1131\" data-orig-size=\"1700,1131\" 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;BrianSolomon&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=\"North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163.jpg?fit=474%2C315\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is the unadjusted NEF RAW file from my Nikon Z6. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"36351\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunset-at-north-star-road\/north_star_road_sunset-strasburg_dsc_8163-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?fit=1700%2C1131\" data-orig-size=\"1700,1131\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?resize=474%2C315\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?w=1700 1700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?resize=1022%2C680 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North_Star_Road_sunset-Strasburg_DSC_8163-2-2.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is same file following adjustment to increase saturation and alter exposure and contrast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"296\" data-attachment-id=\"36352\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/sunset-at-north-star-road\/screen-shot-2023-06-15-at-9-44-32-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screen-Shot-2023-06-15-at-9.44.32-PM.jpg?fit=1700%2C1063\" 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