{"id":40076,"date":"2024-09-22T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40076"},"modified":"2024-09-21T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T02:11:12","slug":"soft-sun-at-carpenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/soft-sun-at-carpenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft Sun at Carpenters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Friday evening, Strasburg Rail Road 4-8-0 475 made a stunning display of steam and smoke as it climbed the short grade at Carpenters on its return run from Leaman Place to Strasburg, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filtered low sun made for romantic light as the engine emerged from a copse of trees near the Carpenters Cemetery off Blackhorse Road. I made this sequence of photos using my Nikon Z6 with 70-200mm lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with the NEF RAW files in Adobe Lightroom, I made a series of adjustments to improve the apparent dynamic range and color saturation of the photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One my tricks for making more effective digital photos with the Nikon Z cameras is to pay careful attention to the in-camera histogram to make sure I have captured sufficient hightlight and shadow detail. This often results in a slightly dark in-camera JPG, but by working with the NEF file, I have ample data to make for a much better full-range final image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best part of being there on Friday evening was listening to the locomotive exhaust as it slowly ascended the grade. This was the sound of a century-old technology rippling across a pastoral landscape. Something that was once common and unremarkable, and now only exists for our pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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