{"id":9108,"date":"2014-11-29T02:12:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T07:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=9108"},"modified":"2014-11-29T08:23:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T13:23:41","slug":"low-sun-on-an-electric-coal-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/low-sun-on-an-electric-coal-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Sun on an Electric Coal Train."},"content":{"rendered":"

PKP at Brzeszce, Poland on the 18th<\/sup> of August 2006.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Poland is a great place to make railway photos. There\u2019s tremendous variety and something new at every turn.<\/p>\n

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Polish National Railways class ET41 electric with coal train at Brzeszce, Poland. Exposed on Fujichrome using a Nikon N90S with f2.0135mm defocus lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made two trips to Poland in 2006, largely to photograph freight trains. Denis McCabe and I were exploring coal lines in Silesia when we found this location where lines cross near Brzeszce. The north-south line was an unusually busy route. We didn\u2019t need to wait long between trains.<\/p>\n

For this image, I opted for a cross lit shot. Taking this angle with a medium telephoto from the \u2018dark side,\u2019 allowed me to emphasized the front of the locomotive, while including interesting elements such as the long train of coal cars and the overhead Warren-truss bridge in the distance.<\/p>\n

The engine driver is illuminated nicely too, which adds a human element often missing from modern railway photos.<\/p>\n

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