{"id":44990,"date":"2026-08-31T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=44990"},"modified":"2026-08-31T06:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:57:53","slug":"continuing-tram-of-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/continuing-tram-of-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing Tram of Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve always enjoyed the thrill of traveling on trams gliding over cobblestone streets, passing among the generations of aged buildings that comprise European cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trams are a great way to familiarize myself with the layout of a city, take in the charms of continental urban life, and simply explore a new old place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2016, I made this Lumix LX7 view from the windows of an articulated tram navigating central Prague, Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" data-attachment-id=\"44991\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/continuing-tram-of-thought\/tram_interior_prague_briansolomon_p1530030-dxo_deepprime-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?fit=2048%2C1367\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1367\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1476344560&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=474%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"I\u2019ve enjoyed the thrill of travel on trams gliding over cobblestone streets among the generations of aged buildings that comprise European cities.  \" class=\"wp-image-44991\" style=\"width:652px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tram_interior_Prague_\u00a9BrianSolomon_P1530030-DxO_DeepPRIME-3.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Panasonic Lumix LX7 f1.4 1\/100th second, ISO 200. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My compact Lumix was an excellent tool for making urban images. It was unobtrusive, easy to handle, and capable of producing high-quality RAW digital photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, these old files offer new windows on past travels because I can better interpret the data they captured using modern software. In this case, I converted my RW2 RAW file to DNG format while correcting lens defects and improving sharpness and clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tracking the Light Explores Tram Travel!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve enjoyed the thrill of travel on trams gliding over cobblestone streets among the generations of aged buildings that comprise European cities.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[6050],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-bHE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44990"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44992,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44990\/revisions\/44992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}