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This morning, we had 3 shots in mind: somewhere near where the deadhead got underway, Iowa City, and Moscow. For the Iowa City shot, we considered the in-town crossing of the Iowa River, but passed since we thought a that early hour, the sun wouldn't be be very good for a side angle shot from the south. We had kind of pre-scouted and saw that there was an old Rock Island depot just east of there. But, when we arrived there were two problems: 1) The depot was kind of in the shadows of other building/trees and 2) There was a giant rolloff dumpster in the middle of the scene f-ing things up and make any kind of shot (depot in the shade aside) impossible.
Running out of time, we settled for the first crossing east of the Iowa River, which had a somewhat decent curve to it...and the positive of straight down the pipe sun. But, it turns out that the light was pretty good for the Iowa River shot and while the light was great here, the scene was pretty damn boring so, it's hard to put this one down as a "win" for me.
-IAIS QJ 2-10-2 #6988
-IAIS Iowa City Sub, MP 236.9
-S Clinton St Crossing, Iowa City, IA
-August 22, 2021
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Thanks to the incredible dynamic of Fuji 's Super CCD sensor, I was able to recover the blown highlights when I shot at the sun behind the clouds last Saturday in Alviso. The Fuji S5 Pro is a lot of fun to shoot with despite its relatively low resolution and sluggishness in operation. Paired with a decent Nikkor glass, it 's quite capable to do some magic with highly contrasty scenes like this. It has a lot more headroom than any other digital cameras that I have come across. The rolloff from the highlights is just like negative film.
Used flash to fill in the foreground, but it was a bit too bright and harsh, so I toned it down with a wide, elliptically shaped radial filter in Lightroom. The filter increased color temperature, reduced highlights, and reduced exposure. I adjusted the feathering on the filter to match, as much as possible, the gradual rolloff in flash intensity with increased distance.
photo date: 04 August 2011
Western Star tri axle truck with American Roll-Off hoist system. self contained dumpster.
Operated by: Interstate Waste Services, Jersey City, NJ
Unit Number: n/a
Body: n/a
Chassis: Kenworth T980
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IWS container truck in Newark, NJ
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Operated by: Waste Management, Burnsville, MN
Unit Number: 414980
Body: Galbreath container lift
Chassis: Peterbilt
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A WM roll-off seen departing the IKEA store in Bloomington, MN. With the cart poking out of the top of the bin, it may be hauling a load of scrap.
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