{"id":39920,"date":"2024-09-03T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=39920"},"modified":"2024-09-02T21:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T01:51:34","slug":"a-view-across-the-rhein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-view-across-the-rhein\/","title":{"rendered":"A View Across the Rhein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the afternoon of September 3, 2013, I stood atop the castle wall in Oberwesel, Germany, gazing across the Rhein toward the railway line on the right bank (east bank). I made this photo of a northward SBB Cargo freight about to enter a tunnel using my old Canon EOS 7D with a 28-135mm zoom set at its maximum focal length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oberwesel offers stunning views of the electrified double track lines on both sides of the river, where a continous parade of trains makes for one of the greatest train watching locations in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"39921\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-view-across-the-rhein\/sbb_cargo_with_tunnel_oberwesel_img_2801\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" 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=\"SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canon EOS 7D with a 28-135mm set to 135mm. Scaled photo from the in-camera JPG. No modifications to color, exposure or contrast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"177\" data-attachment-id=\"39922\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-view-across-the-rhein\/sbb_cargo_with_tunnel_oberwesel_img_2801-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SBB_Cargo_with_tunnel_Oberwesel_IMG_2801-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C764\" data-orig-size=\"2048,764\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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