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On a number of occasions, I’ve eyed this view of Norfolk Southern’s Port Road Secondary as a potential angle for photographing a westward train in the morning, but I’m still waiting for the stars to align.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, however, while following a slow-moving unit coal train along the Susquehanna River in the evening, I decided this would make a nice grab shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With regard to my recent post about “elephants,” the zoo keepers had tagged a hopper about four cars behind the head end. Since I’d already covered that subject, I saw no reason to spoil this pastoral view of black diamonds rolling through the countryside by including the defaced car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon Z6 III with NIKKOR Z 50mm f\/1.4 lens. Exposure: 1\/250 second at f\/2.5, ISO 1000. NEF RAW file processed using DxO PureRAW 5 with DeepPRIME 3 noise reduction and lens corrections. Cosmetic adjustment using Lightroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

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