{"id":5428,"date":"2014-02-19T05:35:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T10:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2014-02-11T10:51:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T15:51:29","slug":"daily-post-maine-central-at-east-deerfield-yard-september-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-maine-central-at-east-deerfield-yard-september-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Maine Central at East Deerfield Yard, September 1984."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>An Unconventional View of the Ready Tracks.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was interested to find this collection of Maine Central locomotives at Boston &amp; Maine\u2019s East Deerfield Yard in September 1984. At the time, Guilford\u2019s gray and orange livery was still a novelty.<\/p>\n<p>Using my father\u2019s 21mm Super Angulon on my <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Leica Camera\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=50.5430555556,8.39027777778&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=50.5430555556,8.39027777778 (Leica%20Camera)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Leica<\/a> 3A, I composed this somewhat unconventional view of the ready tracks. This lens was a favorite of mine at the time. I still use it occasionally.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5427\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/02\/19\/daily-post-maine-central-at-east-deerfield-yard-september-1984\/21mm-view_mec_408_bm_east_\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5427\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-maine-central-at-east-deerfield-yard-september-1984\/21mm-view_mec_408_bm_east_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?fit=800%2C485\" data-orig-size=\"800,485\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"21mm-view_MEC_408_B&#038;M_East_Deerfield_Brian_Solomon_photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Maine central GP38 260 and a pair of U18Bs were the subjects of interest in my September 1984 black &#038; white photograph. Today, the contrast of the steam-era infrastructure with the diesels makes for an unusual compelling railroad photo. Exposed on black &#038; white film with a Leica 3A fitted with a 21mm Super Angulon lens. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?fit=709%2C429\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?fit=474%2C287\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5427\" alt=\"Boston &amp; Maine's East Deerfield Yard\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?resize=474%2C287\" width=\"474\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?resize=205%2C124 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?resize=709%2C429 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?resize=494%2C300 494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maine central GP38 260 and a pair of U18Bs were the subjects of interest in my September 1984 black &amp; white photograph. Today, the contrast of the steam-era infrastructure with the diesels makes for an unusual compelling railroad photo. Exposed on black &amp; white film with a Leica 3A fitted with a 21mm Super Angulon lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The composition works despite being foreground heavy and exposed on the \u2018dark side\u2019 of the locomotives. The image nicely integrates the infrastructure around the locomotives while offering a period look.<\/p>\n<p>At the time I was studying photography at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and made regular visits to photograph the Boston &amp; Maine.<\/p>\n<p>See my earlier post:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1lv\" target=\"_blank\">Johnsonville, New York, November 4, 1984. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking the Light<\/a>\u00a0posts new material\u00a0every\u00a0morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please spread the word and share\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking the Light<\/a>\u00a0with anyone who may enjoy seeing it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/\">http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tomorrow: A Bird, a Tram, A Canal!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paulsmith.co.uk\/uk-en\/paul-smith-world\/blog\/through-leica-lens-25-january-2013\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.zemanta.com\/162630602_80_80.jpg?w=474\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paulsmith.co.uk\/uk-en\/paul-smith-world\/blog\/through-leica-lens-25-january-2013\" target=\"_blank\">Through the Leica lens &#8211; 25 January 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_c.png?w=474\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Unconventional View of the Ready Tracks. I was interested to find this collection of Maine Central locomotives at Boston &amp; Maine\u2019s East Deerfield Yard in September 1984. At the time, Guilford\u2019s gray and orange livery was still a novelty. Using my father\u2019s 21mm Super Angulon on my Leica 3A, I composed this somewhat unconventional &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-maine-central-at-east-deerfield-yard-september-1984\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DAILY POST: Maine Central at East Deerfield Yard, September 1984.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","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":[3814,26,39,43,7535,342,461,1768,1763,104,236,1037,7,5,200],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21mm-view_MEC_408_BM_East_.jpg?fit=800%2C485","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1py","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428"}],"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=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5680,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions\/5680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}