{"id":7482,"date":"2014-07-17T03:12:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T07:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7482"},"modified":"2014-07-07T08:38:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T12:38:26","slug":"amtrak-keystone-catches-the-sun-at-wayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtrak-keystone-catches-the-sun-at-wayne\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak Keystone Catches the Sun at Wayne."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Last Twinkle of Glint.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On June 30, 2014, Pat Yough and I arrived at SEPTA\u2019s Wayne Station minutes before sunset. We\u2019d already spent a productive afternoon and evening catching the evening rush-hour on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line.<\/p>\n

I was interested by the \u2018around the corner\u2019 light effect west of Wayne. The nearest eastward SEPTA train was half an hour away. Thankfully, this Amtrak Keystone arrived before the sunset.<\/p>\n

\"Exposed<\/a>
Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D with 200mm lens set at ISO 400, f9 at 1\/500th of a second. White balance set to \u2018daylight\u2019 to avoid allowing the camera to balance for sunset conditions which would have minimized the reddish-orange effect of sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For this image, I\u2019ve cropped the leading former Metroliner cab car, and focused on the trailing AEM-7 and Amfleet coaches. The AEM-7s are running on borrowed time and I was happy to make this simple graphic image of one of the old electrics.<\/p>\n

Calculating exposure wasn\u2019t easy. My initial guess for exposure was about a stop too bright. I manually dialed the f-stop downward as the train entered the frame and the glinting sun reflected back towards me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve made many images like this on slide film. Kodachrome was a particular good means of capturing the glint effect. Its combination of a black & white film base (using a traditional silver halide grain structure) plus a wide exposure latitude tended to produce excellent results.<\/p>\n

This day, Pat exposed a slide on Fujichrome, but I was limited to using my digital cameras.<\/p>\n

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