{"id":41635,"date":"2025-04-28T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41635"},"modified":"2025-04-27T22:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:01:55","slug":"on-this-day-2016-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/on-this-day-2016-bordeaux\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day 2016-Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nine years ago, my father and I visited Bordeaux, France where we traveled on the city&#8217;s trams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this photo using my Lumix LX7, exposing the original image using the camera&#8217;s RAW mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last night I revisited this nine-year old image and converted the Lumix RAW file to DNG format using DxO PureRaw, then make a series of adjustments using Adobe Lightroom to improve contrast and exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These changes resulted in a much better image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" data-attachment-id=\"41637\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/on-this-day-2016-bordeaux\/trams_in_bordeaux_p1450846-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1461827852&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2.jpg?fit=709%2C532\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2.jpg?resize=474%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2.jpg?resize=709%2C532 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2.jpg?resize=1022%2C767 1022w, 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using Lightroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"345\" data-attachment-id=\"41638\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/on-this-day-2016-bordeaux\/20160428-trams_in_bordeaux_p1450846-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20160428-Trams_in_Bordeaux_P1450846-2-2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1488\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1488\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1461827852&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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