{"id":42153,"date":"2025-07-11T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42153"},"modified":"2025-07-10T21:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:18:02","slug":"pennsylvanian-on-ektachrome-at-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pennsylvanian-on-ektachrome-at-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvanian on Ektachrome at Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At 3:43pm on April 13, 2025, I exposed this single Ektachrome 100 color slide of Amtrak’s westward Pennsylvanian passing Underpass Lane in Mexico, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The camera was fitted with a Nikkor f2.0 35mm lens, which has long been one of my favorite lenses. I don’t use it often, but it rarely lets me down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I scanned the slide using an LS-5000 Nikon slide scanner powered by VueScan software. Below are two versions of the same scan. The top is the scaled, but un-modified version, the second is following post processing adjustments improve appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the challenges with the Word Press platform that presents Tracking the Light is that the photo files get compressed. This tends to minimize the subtle changes I make to files during processing. Unfortunately, I don’t have any control over this effect on the Word Press presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scan prior to post processing adjustments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adjusted image improved using Adobe Lightroom to alter shadows, highlights, contrast, saturation and sharpness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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