{"id":40996,"date":"2025-01-18T06:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40996"},"modified":"2025-01-15T21:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T02:11:32","slug":"moon-the-stars-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/moon-the-stars-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon, the Stars &#038; Mars . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>And an SW8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with my Fuji XT1, I made a series of 1\/2 to 3 second exposures of Strasburg Rail Road SW8 8618 by the light of the full moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While, I had the benefit of a 3Pod Tripod, I didn&#8217;t have the use of the specially made clip that holds the camera to the ball head. Unfortunately, that was attached to my Nikon Z7-II, which I&#8217;d left at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made due by firmly holding the camera to the tripod during exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After importing the RAF Raw files, I converted these to PNG format using DxO Pure Raw software, and then imported the converted file into Adobe Lightroom for adjustment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"40997\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/moon-the-stars-mars\/20250113-strasburg_rr_8618_with_fullmoon_briansolomon_dscf2762\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?fit=1700%2C1133\" data-orig-size=\"1700,1133\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1736792582&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;19.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?resize=474%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?w=1700 1700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250113-Strasburg_RR_8618_with_fullmoon_\u00a9BrianSolomon_DSCF2762.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exposed in RAF RAW using a Fuji XT-1 with 16-55mm Fujinon Lens. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tracking the Light Posts Daily!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While, I had the benefit of a 3Pod Tripod, I didn&#8217;t have the use of the specially made clip that holds the camera to the ball head. 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