{"id":44429,"date":"2026-06-11T06:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=44429"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:33:11","slug":"christiana-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/christiana-comparisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Christiana Comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The former Pennsylvania Railroad station and adjacent underpass at Christiana, Pa., have been a recurring theme on Tracking the Light<\/em>. Recently, I posted a sequence from this location, noting that I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the results. On Tuesday evening, I set up at a different angle on this familiar scene, this time photographing from street level as Amtrak Keystone 656 raced by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This image was exposed using a Nikon Z6 mirrorless digital camera fitted with a 24\u201370mm Nikkor Z-series zoom lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wondered what the photograph might look like with different historical film profiles applied, so I imported the RAW file into DxO FilmPack 7 and experimented with several presets. Each profile is identified in the caption below its respective image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adjust Nikon NEF RAW file with slight changes to color and contrast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NEF RAW file converted with DxO Film Pack 7 using the Kodak Tri-X film profile. (This is intended to make the image appear as if it were exposed on Tri-X film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NEF RAW file converted with DxO Film Pack 7 using the Ilford HP5 film profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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NEF RAW file converted with DxO Film Pack 7 using the Kodak Elite 200 (Ektachrome) film profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

I wondered what it would be like to apply different historical film profiles to this image, so I imported the RAW file into DxO FilmPack7 and applied several different presets.
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