{"id":40888,"date":"2024-12-31T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40888"},"modified":"2024-12-30T20:25:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T01:25:52","slug":"winterfest-2024-festival-of-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/winterfest-2024-festival-of-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Winterfest 2024\u2014Festival of Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For decades, I&#8217;ve paid visits to the Connecticut Trolley Museum (at East Windsor) during their Festival of Lights, when they operate vintage trolley cars at night under a tunnel of electric lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1983, the museum used one of my Ektachrome slides for a postcard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other day, Kris and I paid a brief visit to the museum, where I made a few digital photos, as well as an Ektachrome slide or two for posterity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos below were exposed digitally using my Nikon Z7-II (with 24-70mm lens) mounted on a 3Pod tripod. I still have another 31 slides to expose on the Ektachrome before I&#8217;ll send the film for processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"40889\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/winterfest-2024-festival-of-lights\/connecticut_trolley_museum_connecticut_co_355_east_windsor_ct_-briansolomon_dsc_3126-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Connecticut_Trolley_Museum_Connecticut_Co_355_East_Windsor_CT_\u2013\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSC_3126-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;BRIAN_SOLOMON&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 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