{"id":45028,"date":"2026-09-05T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=45028"},"modified":"2026-09-05T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:03:08","slug":"acting-on-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/acting-on-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting on Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a follow-up to yesterday’s Tracking the Light<\/em>, finding Norfolk Southern’s returning New Holland local crawling up to Jefferson Drive for a crew change presented a number of photographic opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I’ve made many photographs of trains along Jefferson Drive in Lancaster, catching a freight paused in the evening sun allowed me to try a variety of angles while planning my next location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the sun over my right shoulder, I worked quickly with my Z6-III fitted with a 24\u201370mm lens, exposing this selection of digital images while simultaneously making a few Ektachrome 100 slide images with my dad’s old Leica M4. In all of these images, I was trying to make the most of the foreground and background while featuring the pair of vintage EMD diesels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before the train began moving again, I drove the short distance to Greenfield Road to set up my next photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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