{"id":8870,"date":"2014-11-05T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8870"},"modified":"2014-11-04T22:45:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T03:45:39","slug":"brians-black-and-white-challenge-part-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/brians-black-and-white-challenge-part-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian’s “black and white challenge”-Part IV."},"content":{"rendered":"

CSX at Sunrise, Palmer, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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A westward freight catches the glint of the morning sun. Would the photo be improved, \u00a0if let the\u00a0train come\u00a0closer?\u00a0I like the inky gloom on the right side of the image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Working with my old Leica 3A\u001f\u2014a camera I’ve been using on and off for some thirty-odd years\u2014I made this image of CSX’s westward Q293 at Palmer, Massachusetts\u00a0on the morning of October 5, 2011.<\/p>\n

My lens of choice was a 21mm Super Angulon, which tends to vignette a little in the corners. I processed the film using my customized chemical formula that makes the negatives easy to scan. This image received virtually no post-processing after scanning, except to remove a few dust specs and to scale for internet presentation.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the old cameras yield the most satisfying results. Some of my earliest photos were made with this same camera-lens combination.<\/p>\n

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