{"id":6591,"date":"2014-05-09T03:26:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T07:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=6591"},"modified":"2014-05-09T08:09:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T12:09:43","slug":"iowa-interstate-iowa-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/iowa-interstate-iowa-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Interstate, Iowa City."},"content":{"rendered":"

June 9, 1996.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A variation of this photo appeared in a Railway Age<\/a> supplement some years ago.<\/p>\n

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Exposed on Fujichrome Provia 100 using a Nikon F3T with 28mm AF lens. Exposure calculated manually with a Sekonic Studio Deluxe handheld photocell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in June 1996, I was following the old Rock Island mainline. As I recall, I didn\u2019t find much moving, and the day wasn\u2019t the brightest. Yet, at Iowa City I visited a bridge over the Iowa Interstate\u2019s yard and made a handful of images.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always liked this photo because it offers an unusual view with a lot of railway interest. The gondola carrying steel bars and open-door Burlington Northern 50ft boxcar are\u00a0the sort of ordinary everyday elements of American railroading, meat and potato freight cars, that rarely get feature-treatment in photographs.<\/p>\n

It was also the best way to make use of a dull day. Would this photograph be more effective if the sun had been out?<\/p>\n

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