{"id":39085,"date":"2024-05-14T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=39085"},"modified":"2024-05-12T21:28:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T01:28:05","slug":"stacks-on-the-old-erie-railroad-36-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/stacks-on-the-old-erie-railroad-36-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacks on the old Erie Railroad\u201436 Years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

3:36pm, May 14, 1988; milepost 309 (as measured west from Jersey City) near Cameron Mills, N.Y., Conrail intermodal train TV-301.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I exposed this photo in the reverse curves along Conrail’s former Erie Railroad mainline in New York’s scenic Canisteo River Valley east of Cameron Mills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1980s, this valley was a favorite place of mine for photographing trains, and I made dozens of trips along the old Erie Railroad during those years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This image was exposed on Professional Kodachrome 25 using my Leica M2 rangefinder fitted with a Leitz Wetzlar Elmarit 135mm lens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My exposure was f4.5 1.250th second. While this was my standard ‘full sun’ daylight setting, the resulting slide was about 1\/2 stop too dark. This was in part because of the reduced reflective light within the confines of the valley combined with slight backlighting of the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After scanning using a Nikon LS-5000 (Supe Coolscan5000) slide scanner, I made a variety of small adjustments to TIF file in regards to color balance\/color temperature, exposure and constrast using Lightroom to produce a more pleasing photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One element of this image that’s always annoyed me is the automobile peaking out on the left side of the leading locomotive. It would be a better photo if the automobile was further ahead of the train or totally conceiled by it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a small defect, considering that Conrail (as a class 1 railroad) has been gone nearly 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the un-modified TIF file that reflects the overall appearance of the original PKM color slide. Below is the adjusted scan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the same scan following adjustments to color, exposure and contrast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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