{"id":7571,"date":"2014-07-26T02:29:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T06:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2014-07-26T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T16:55:20","slug":"pleasant-valley-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/pleasant-valley-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleasant Valley Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Union Pacific\u2019s Encina Hill in eastern Oregon on June 12, 1993.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Looking west on the Union Pacific. I exposed this view on Kodachrome 25 with a Nikon F3T fitted with a f1.8 105mm lens. Kodachrome had excellent dynamic range that allowed it to capture detail and color from the brightest highlights to the deepest shadows. Look carefully. Follow the tracks around the bend to the right; a train has passed, but the exhaust from its helpers can still be seen illuminated by the setting sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pleasant Valley siding on Union Pacific\u2019s mainline in eastern Oregon is aptly named. I made this image on Kodachrome 25 while traveling with Brian Jennison.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d driven up from Nevada to intercept Union Pacific\u2019s Challenger, locomotive 3985, that was running trips toward Portland. The weather was excellent and this was a good excuse to photograph this remote but scenic section of heavily traveled steeply graded mainline.<\/p>\n

I remember the scent of sage and the wide open skies and the relative quiet; qualities I associate with the great American west.<\/p>\n

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