{"id":4824,"date":"2013-12-11T05:24:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T10:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2013-12-11T08:34:44","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T13:34:44","slug":"daily-post-irish-rail-clonmel-county-tipperary-july-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-irish-rail-clonmel-county-tipperary-july-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Irish Rail, Clonmel, County Tipperary, July 2003."},"content":{"rendered":"

Atmospheric Image of a Rural Branch Line.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the damp evening gloom on July 18, 2003, Irish Rail\u2019s signalman at Clonmel awaits the arrival of the Waterford-Limerick passenger train. He holds the metal staff that will authorize the train to proceed over the line to Tipperary.<\/p>\n

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Although the train is small in the frame, the composition focuses the viewer\u2019s attention to the approaching locomotive. So! What is primary subject? The signalman, the station, or the train? Incidentally, I cropped the bottom of the photo to eliminate unnecessary foreground that featured the platform. Normally I object to cropping of images, yet as the photographer I reserve this right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Often the most telling railway images don\u2019t emphasize a train. In this photo, the Irish Rail General Motors diesel and Cravens passenger carriages are incidental. Here: the evening light, poised signalman eying the approaching train and quiet rural station tell the story.<\/p>\n

I exposed this photo on Fujichrome Sensia 100 using my Contax G2 rangefinder with 28mm Biogon lens on a Bogan tripod. It was part of a series of images I made that evening at Clonmel of the signalman, the station and passing trains.<\/p>\n

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