{"id":5986,"date":"2014-03-25T03:09:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T07:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5986"},"modified":"2014-03-17T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:13:08","slug":"jamaican-sunset-daily-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/jamaican-sunset-daily-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican Sunset\u2014Daily Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Long Island Rail Road, March 2003.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5984\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/03\/25\/jamaican-sunset-daily-post\/lirr-jamaica-queens-sunset-march-2003-brian-solomon-662647\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5984\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/jamaican-sunset-daily-post\/lirr-jamaica-queens-sunset-march-2003-brian-solomon-662647\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LIRR-Jamaica-Queens-sunset-March-2003-Brian-Solomon-662647.jpg?fit=750%2C500\" data-orig-size=\"750,500\" 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=\"LIRR Jamaica Queens sunset March 2003 Brian Solomon 662647\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jamaica, Queens, New York looking west on the Long Island Rail Road. I exposed this photo on Fujichrome using my Nikon N90S with a 80-200mm Nikon zoom lens. To capture the silhouette effect I exposed for the sky, allowing detail in the shadows to fade to an inky black.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LIRR-Jamaica-Queens-sunset-March-2003-Brian-Solomon-662647.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LIRR-Jamaica-Queens-sunset-March-2003-Brian-Solomon-662647.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5984\" alt=\"Jamaica, Queens, New York looking west on the Long Island Rail Road. I exposed this photo on Fujichrome using my Nikon N90S with a 80-200mm Nikon zoom lens. To capture the silhouette effect I exposed for the sky, allowing detail in the shadows to fade to an inky black. \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LIRR-Jamaica-Queens-sunset-March-2003-Brian-Solomon-662647.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LIRR-Jamaica-Queens-sunset-March-2003-Brian-Solomon-662647.jpg?w=750 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LIRR-Jamaica-Queens-sunset-March-2003-Brian-Solomon-662647.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LIRR-Jamaica-Queens-sunset-March-2003-Brian-Solomon-662647.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LIRR-Jamaica-Queens-sunset-March-2003-Brian-Solomon-662647.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamaica, Queens, New York looking west on the Long Island Rail Road. I exposed this photo on Fujichrome using my Nikon N90S with a 80-200mm Nikon zoom lens. To capture the silhouette effect I exposed for the sky, allowing detail in the shadows to fade to an inky black.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is one of America\u2019s busiest railway junctions; LIRR at Jamaica, Queens hosts hundreds of trains daily and rush hours can be especially intense.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2003, Pat Yough and I visited in the afternoon. We concluded the day\u2019s photography by making images looking in to the rosy sunset.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always liked the arcing from the third rail, which seems to add a bit of life to the image.<\/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<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; 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