{"id":42519,"date":"2025-08-20T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42519"},"modified":"2025-08-19T22:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T02:08:21","slug":"pan-ams-fs-on-this-day-nine-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pan-ams-fs-on-this-day-nine-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan Am’s Fs on this Day Nine Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August 20, 2016: Pan Am Railways operated the company office car train on the Fitchburg Line west toward Mechanicville, N.Y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made this view of the train passing through the crossovers at CP-AY in Ayer, Mass., before following the train west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, I reprocessed the original FujiFilm RAF RAW file using DxO PureRaw to see how this modern software could improve the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are some examples of the orignal file (scaled and saved as JPG) and after conversion to a DNG file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last image-pair is an adjusted variation of the DNG file intended to correct for exposure, contrast and color, while applying digital sharpening. Each photo is described in the captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FujiFilm RAF RAW file scaled as a JPG without adjustment or significant post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Enlarged section of the top version (FujiFilm RAF RAW file scaled as a JPG without adjustment or significant post processing.).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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FujiFilm RAF RAW file converted to DNG format with DxO PureRaw which corrects for lens defects and re-interprets the data of the original file. This is scaled as a JPG but without cosmetic adjustment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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FujiFilm RAF RAW file converted to DNG and following processing in Lightroom with cosmetic adjustments to color, contrast, exposure, saturation and sharpness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Enlarged section of the final interpreation of the FujiFilm RAF RAW file following conversion to DNG and cosmetic adjustments to color, contrast, exposure, saturation and sharpness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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