{"id":6707,"date":"2014-05-16T03:10:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T07:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=6707"},"modified":"2014-05-13T10:15:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T14:15:45","slug":"blue-luas-connolly-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/blue-luas-connolly-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue LUAS\u2014Connolly Station."},"content":{"rendered":"

Window in Time, 2012.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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LUAS advertising tram at Connolly Station, Dublin on September 7, 2012. Exposed with a Lumix LX3. I like the way the tram echoes the color of the sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here was an opportunity. Back in autumn 2012, a single LUAS Citadis tram on the Red Line was dressed in this attractive blue advertising livery.<\/p>\n

It was the sort of item you see in the corner of your eye when crossing O\u2019Connell Street, or when boarding a bus heading in the opposite direction, or when gliding by on the DART.<\/p>\n

After a while, I had a few lucky moments, where was able to make photographs of this elusive tram.<\/p>\n

On September 7, 2012, I saw it heading to the stub-end turn-back terminal at Connolly Station. This was my chance to make a few images.<\/p>\n

In addition to this digital photo, I exposed a few Fujichrome color slides for posterity.<\/p>\n

Why slides? In my mind, digital photograph remains\u00a0an ephemeral format; nice to have, nice to work with, but one good zap to the old hard drive and. . . .<\/p>\n

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