{"id":42981,"date":"2025-12-02T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=42981"},"modified":"2025-11-30T20:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:57:46","slug":"fl9-compare-and-contrast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/fl9-compare-and-contrast\/","title":{"rendered":"FL9-Compare and Contrast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Clear sky and bright sun at Hyannis, Massachusetts made for an opportunity to expose some comparative photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had just arrived on Cape Cod Central’s midday excursion train, and I’d ambled to the headend to make photos (as you do).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are a couple of examples. The first photo is an Ektachrome E100 color slide; the bottom three are variations of a digital image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s no right and wrong here, just some comparatively contrasty photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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E100 Ektachrome slide exposed using a Nikon F3 with f2.0 35mm lens. Slide scanned using a Nikon Cool Scan LS-5000 slide scanner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exposed using a Nikon Z6 mirrorless digital camera with 24-70mm Nikkor Zoom. NEF RAW file without corrections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lightroom work window showing the same file as above before corrections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lightroom work window displaying a range of corrections to the NEF RAW file. Notice the positions of exposure and contrast sliders at the left of the work window panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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