{"id":8473,"date":"2014-10-06T02:02:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T06:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8473"},"modified":"2014-09-29T04:17:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T08:17:36","slug":"freight-along-the-rhein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/freight-along-the-rhein\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight Along the Rhein"},"content":{"rendered":"

Playing with Aspect Ratios.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

April 9, 2010; a group of my Irish friends and I were on a week long trip to the Rhein and Mosel Valleys.<\/p>\n

The Rhein is great place to experiment with equipment and technique. Busy double track mainlines occupy both sides of the river amid stunning scenery and historic architecture.<\/p>\n

I was set up at the south end of the station platform at Kaub on the Right Bank. This is the busier freight line, with trains passing in fleets. Rarely ten minutes would pass without something clattering along.<\/p>\n

My vantage point also gave me a good view of the Left Bank and the Pfalzgrafenstein\u2014a colorful castle situated on an island in the middle of the river.\u00a0Working with my Lumix LX3, I played with the camera\u2019s aspect ratios as an exercise in composition.<\/p>\n

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A DB class 151 electric leads a southward container train at Kaub, Germany. I’ve used the Lumix LX3 with the 1:1 (square) aspect ratio to frame the train with the castle on the side of the hill and lighting masts on the left. April 9, 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I made this image of a northward car train from the same location as the above photo. By selecting the Lumix’s 16:9 aspect ratio I had a panoramic frame with which to compose my photo. My intent was a juxtaposition of the castle in the river with the freight train. Would this photo work if the DB locomotive wasn’t bright red?\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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