{"id":3924,"date":"2013-09-28T06:26:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T10:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2013-09-28T07:58:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T11:58:39","slug":"thalys-high-speed-train-the-netherlands-september-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/thalys-high-speed-train-the-netherlands-september-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Thalys High Speed Train, The Netherlands, September 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thalys crosses Hollands Diep south of Dordrecht, The Netherlands in September 2013. Exposed using a Canon EOS 7D fitted with f2.8 200mm lens; ISO 800 f4 1\/250 second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I exposed this image of a Thalys at speed crossing a arched bridge over Hollands Diep minutes before the fading orange ball of the sun melted into North Sea coastal fog.<\/p>\n

Thalys is an international high-speed train branding applied to services connecting Amsterdam-Brussels-Paris, and K\u00f6ln-Brussels-Paris. Technologically speaking the train is a French-built TGV, but specially painted and decorated for Thalys services.<\/p>\n

This was an evening run from Amsterdam to Paris. Hollands Diep is the coastal estuary fed by Rhein and Meuse Rivers. This bridge features a pronounced sweep up and over the water. Beyond it is an older (and busier) truss that has two main tracks for ordinary rail services (freight and passenger).<\/p>\n

I panned this train with my Canon EOS 7D fitted with f2.8 200mm fixed telephoto. The light was fading rapidly, so I set the ISO to 800, adjusted the white balance manually and pre-focused in anticipation of the fast moving train. My exposure was f4 at 1\/250 of a second.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the evening I\u2019d seen a Thalys fly across the bridge and I recognized that the structure of the bridge mimicked the paint scheme on the train, so I released the shutter to allow for an arching visual flow between train and bridge. This is accentuated by the low light.<\/p>\n

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