{"id":9169,"date":"2014-12-07T02:08:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T07:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=9169"},"modified":"2014-12-07T11:22:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T16:22:39","slug":"rainy-night-on-the-main-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/rainy-night-on-the-main-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Night on the Main Line."},"content":{"rendered":"

Tracking the Light; Five photos on the old Pennsylvania Railroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Post-Prologue to a Night Photo Challenge . . .<\/p>\n

On December 1, 2014, I\u2019d met my latest deadline, and so I finally had a few minutes to make photos before charging headlong into the next project.<\/p>\n

My brother Sean lent me back my old Bogen 3021 tripod, a piece of equipment I\u2019d not seen in many years. I\u2019d bought this new in Rochester in March 1989 and dragged it all around North America in the early 1990s. At some point, I upgraded to a newer tripod and gave this one to Sean.<\/p>\n

\"Former<\/a>
Former Pennsylvania Railroad station at Overbrook, Pennsylvania. LX7 photo, exposed at ISO 80 f3.2 at 2.5 seconds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rainy<\/a>
Rainy Night on the Main Line at Overbrook. Lumix LX7 photo ISO 80 f3.2 at 1.3 seconds. Auto white balance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A SEPTA Silverliner V pauses at Overbrook on the evening of December 1, 2014. Lumix LX7 photo. ISO 80, f3.2 1.3 seconds. (Exposed in ‘A’ mode using a + 2\/3 manual override.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It seemed like overkill to steady my Lumix LX7 on such a heavy tripod, but it did the job.<\/p>\n

It was cold, wet and dark, but that worked fine for me. I exposed a few photos at Overbrook, Pennsylvania, and a couple of more at Wynnewood. No GG1 electrics passed me that night. Not for a long time.<\/p>\n

\"Former<\/a>
Former Pennsylvania Railroad four-track Main Line west of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Lumix LX7 photo exposed at ISO 80 at f2.1 for 8 seconds. Auto white balance. I’ve experimented with this angle as a night photo before, and so this is really just my latest effort.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Former<\/a>
Former Pennsylvania Railroad four-track Main Line west of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Lumix LX7 photo exposed at ISO 80 at f2.0 for 8 seconds. Auto white balance. This is from the same location as the previous image, but looking west. Would this photo be improved with a train blurring by?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tomorrow, I begin the first of five night photo-challenges as given to me by Blair Kooistra and Phil Brahms via Facebook.<\/p>\n

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