{"id":42775,"date":"2025-11-10T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42775"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:36:11","slug":"red-tree-at-black-horse-variations-on-a-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/red-tree-at-black-horse-variations-on-a-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Tree at Black Horse: Variations on a Theme."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Approaching Blackhorse Road, Strasburg Rail Road routinely pauses outbound excursions for a ‘ghost whistling’ routine whereby the echo of the locomotive whistle on the distant hills is made to sound like the whistle from another line (now long gone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This presents an opportunrity to make photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other day was bright, clear, and unseasonably warm, so I decided to feature the brilliant red tree in the nearby school yard with Strasburg’s excursion. I was working with both my Fuji XT-1 and Nikon Z6. These cameras have different sensors and handle color differently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While-in both situations-I exposed in RAW and made nominal cosmetic adjustment to the files using Lightroom, this is not intended as a strict comparison between cameras, just an exercise in composition. Below are four similar images from a sequence of more than a dozen images exposed with the two cameras. I’m not sure if I have a favorite. Yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FujiFilm XT-1 digital camera with 16-55mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nikon Z6 with 24-70mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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FujiFilm XT-1 digital camera with 16-55mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nikon Z6 with 24-70mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tracking the Light explores railroad photography!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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