{"id":43708,"date":"2026-03-02T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=43708"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:53:57","slug":"fullerton-in-a-new-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/fullerton-in-a-new-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Fullerton in a New Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Metaphorically. (In fact, it was the same old L.A. hazy sunlight.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been going through some of my older digital photo files to locate images that might not have made the &#8216;final cut&#8217; at the time of exposure, and reprocessing them using the latest software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with DxO PureRaw 5, I converted this ten year old FujiFilm RAF RAW file into  DNG format. This include processing using DxO DeepPrime3. The end result is a cleaner, crisper file than what I&#8217;d originally found out of the camera from my FujiFilm XT1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of July 2016, I&#8217;d visited Fullerton, California, east of Los Angeles on the former Santa Fe, and made this image of inbound MetroLink train 687 with a MP36PH-3C at the back of the consist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After conversion to a DNG format, I imported the file into Lightroom for nominal processing to improve highlights and shadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although subtle, I was pleased with the end result, which has encouraged me to continue searching through my older images to find hidden treasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"43709\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/fullerton-in-a-new-light\/metrolink_687_at_fullerton_dscf0729-2-dxo_deepprime-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1469795439&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=474%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=1022%2C681 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MetroLink_687_at_Fullerton_DSCF0729-2-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tracking the Light Looks Back with a Fresh Eye!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DxO is offering a discount to Tracking the Light readers. 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