{"id":6687,"date":"2014-05-14T03:22:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T07:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=6687"},"modified":"2014-05-12T06:54:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T10:54:43","slug":"swiss-expresses-at-gottmadingen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/swiss-expresses-at-gottmadingen\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Expresses at Gottmadingen."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>May 14, 2011\u2014on this day Three Years Ago.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SBB express trains to and from Basel approach the station in Gottmadingen, Germany (west of Singen) near the Swiss frontier.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the\u00a0day, I visited the Zeppelin museum at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6683\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/05\/14\/swiss-expresses-at-gottmadingen\/sbb-express-img_9833\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6683\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/swiss-expresses-at-gottmadingen\/sbb-express-img_9833\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-IMG_9833.jpg?fit=800%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;258.29&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;:05:14 07:58:&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0.52320227667483&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;3.5230860291845&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SBB express IMG_9833\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D fitted with a 200mm lens. I\u2019ve included a bit of out of focus foliage at the right to add visual balance with the front of the locomotive and depth to the image.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-IMG_9833.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-IMG_9833.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-IMG_9833.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D fitted with a 200mm lens. I\u2019ve included a bit of out of focus foliage at the right to add visual balance with the front of the locomotive and depth to the image.\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-IMG_9833.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-IMG_9833.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-IMG_9833.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-IMG_9833.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D fitted with a 200mm lens. I\u2019ve included a bit of out of focus foliage at the right to add visual balance with the front of the locomotive and depth to the image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6684\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/05\/14\/swiss-expresses-at-gottmadingen\/sbb-express-eb-at-gottmadingen-img_9837\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6684\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6684\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/swiss-expresses-at-gottmadingen\/sbb-express-eb-at-gottmadingen-img_9837\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-eb-at-Gottmadingen-IMG_9837.jpg?fit=800%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;258.29&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;:05:14 08:01:&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;-0.54403453010443&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;3.5230860402118&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SBB express eb at Gottmadingen IMG_9837\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Exposed using a Canon EOS 7D fitted with a 200mm lens. Telephoto compression visually simplifies the scene while emphasizing the soft morning light on the front of the electric.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-eb-at-Gottmadingen-IMG_9837.jpg?fit=709%2C472\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-eb-at-Gottmadingen-IMG_9837.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6684\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-eb-at-Gottmadingen-IMG_9837.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\" Exposed using a Canon EOS 7D fitted with a 200mm lens. Telephoto compression visually simplifies the scene while emphasizing the soft morning light on the front of the electric. \" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-eb-at-Gottmadingen-IMG_9837.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-eb-at-Gottmadingen-IMG_9837.jpg?resize=205%2C136 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-eb-at-Gottmadingen-IMG_9837.jpg?resize=709%2C472 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SBB-express-eb-at-Gottmadingen-IMG_9837.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Exposed using a Canon EOS 7D fitted with a 200mm lens. 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