{"id":12281,"date":"2015-08-28T01:48:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T05:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=12281"},"modified":"2015-08-27T17:01:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T21:01:41","slug":"tram-with-a-rainbow-august-27-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tram-with-a-rainbow-august-27-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Tram with a Rainbow\u2014August 27, 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon some unsettled weather blew through Dublin. In the course of less than an hour the sky went from blue to cloudy with rain showers and then back to blue.<\/p>\n<p>Walking along the LUAS Red Line, I spotted an iridescent glow in the sky. It didn&#8217;t last long, but I thought I&#8217;d try to work with it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As always, I had my LX7 handy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12280\" style=\"width: 3648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12280\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12280\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tram-with-a-rainbow-august-27-2015\/rainbow_with_luas_p1300689\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3648,2736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1440682560&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?fit=709%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?fit=474%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"Colour in the sky over Dublin.\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?w=3648&amp;ssl=1 3648w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?resize=709%2C532&amp;ssl=1 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?resize=965%2C724&amp;ssl=1 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colour in the sky over Dublin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?attachment_id=12279\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12279\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tram-with-a-rainbow-august-27-2015\/rainbow_with_luas_vert_p1300692\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?fit=2736%2C3648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2736,3648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1440682661&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?fit=403%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?fit=474%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?w=2736&amp;ssl=1 2736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?resize=403%2C537&amp;ssl=1 403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?resize=543%2C724&amp;ssl=1 543w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_vert_P1300692.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trams run about every five minutes this time of day, so I made the most of my window.<\/p>\n<p>To make the most of these photos I had to adjust\u00a0contrast and saturation in\u00a0Lightroom. I avoided the temptation to over do it. After all the rainbow should appear as I saw it. It didn&#8217;t need over-enhancement, just balance. I&#8217;ll write more about this subject later, but one of the great advancements of the digital age is the ability to control contrast in photos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TRACKING THE LIGHT POSTS DAILY!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon some unsettled weather blew through Dublin. In the course of less than an hour the sky went from blue to cloudy with rain showers and then back to blue. Walking along the LUAS Red Line, I spotted an iridescent glow in the sky. It didn&#8217;t last long, but I thought I&#8217;d try to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tram-with-a-rainbow-august-27-2015\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tram with a Rainbow\u2014August 27, 2015.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[19,22,2912,24,2913],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rainbow_with_LUAS_P1300689.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3c5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12282,"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12281\/revisions\/12282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}