{"id":43067,"date":"2025-12-11T06:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43067"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:05:53","slug":"glenside-11-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/glenside-11-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenside\u201411 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this day, 11 December 2014, I was experimenting with a FujiFilm X-E2 with 18-55mm  f2.8-4 Fujinon lens that fellow photographer Pat Yough had lent me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, I was intrigued with the FujiFilm X-series digital cameras for their exceptional  sharpness, excellent color rendition, and overall ease of use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the evening we visited SEPTA&#8217;s Glenside Station on the former Reading Company, where I made this series of photos during a snow squall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in the season, Pat loaned me a FujiFilm X-T1. I preferred this Fuji over the X-E2, and bought one about a month later. I&#8217;ve been using FujiFilm X-series cameras ever since, and still make occasional used of my X-T1s (I acquired a second body in 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I processed this FujiFilm RAF RAW files using Adobe Lightroom and manually adjusted color temperature to minimize the effects of sodium-vapor lamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"43069\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/glenside-11-years-ago\/septa_departing_glenside__pjy4772\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEPTA_departing_Glenside__PJY4772.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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