Photography Blog No. 33 | 91 comments (91 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

"ASK THE EXPERT"

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 2nd, 2008 at 02:45:57 AM EST

Dust spots/glare which could have been avoided by shading the camera to protect the filter from light falling on it but otherwise a not too bad IR photo. Any comments for improvement? I don't know if you can tell it is IR or not?

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 2nd, 2008 at 03:25:48 AM EST
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It's very low contrast. IS that on purpose?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri May 2nd, 2008 at 07:08:18 AM EST
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by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri May 2nd, 2008 at 07:10:41 AM EST
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It was not on purpose, thanks! I have not had any experience really of converting IR to a suitable final product. I really like this shot, shame about the flare.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri May 2nd, 2008 at 08:50:57 AM EST
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this is well worth a look. I came across it randomly - it is the site for photojournalist Brent Stirton (never heard of him...) I notice that his style seems to be to introduce another source of light, either directly from the front, such as fill in flash or from slightly off to the side which makes the key object/people stand out. It also gives a surreal air to the photos.

What I am not sure about is whether he is working with just a good flash or if he has introduced more lighting than that. Many of the shots seem to be set up rather than being candid or spontaneous.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 04:44:08 AM EST
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Looks like dual side flash most of the time, occasionally diffused elevated top flash. Also, much use of wide lenses for drama.

Two side sources with different levels can give a nice sculpted look, and you have a lot of potential to vary the effect with different settings.

Very nice work. Thanks for posting the link.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 10:22:09 AM EST
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Thanks, it's interesting to see how he uses the lighting to really make those shots stand out. I noticed his fondness for wide angle too!

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 10:31:29 AM EST
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OK expert(s), which train station is this?

DoDo?

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 06:40:43 AM EST
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It's not in the U.S.

by asdf on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 02:41:22 PM EST
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Pray tell how you know that to be so?

Member of the Anti-Fabulousness League since 1987.

by Ephemera on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 06:47:54 PM EST
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Well, first off, I should have said "I don't think it's in the U.S." because I'm not 100% certain.

However, there aren't many electrified train systems in the U.S.; mostly they are in the New York area, and this doesn't look like one of the systems I'm familiar with, so my guess is it's not in the U.S.

Could be wrong, though! :-)

by asdf on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 08:16:41 PM EST
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It's okay, you just weirded me out by saying it definitely wasn't in the US. I looked at the picture and noticed that the station, and more important the carriage livery, bore a striking resemblance to ones I've seen in Conneticut which go all the way to Rhode Island from New York.

But the engine looks all wrong, so I think you're right. My guess would otherwise be Switzerland, but only because it is a nice shade of red.

Member of the Anti-Fabulousness League since 1987.

by Ephemera on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 09:05:04 PM EST
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I was trying to guess based on the appearance of the people, but this particular batch doesn't look particularly American or particularly European either...

by asdf on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 12:05:57 AM EST
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My first thought was London Waterloo. But then I don't recognise the train so I decided not that.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 03:26:56 AM EST
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Am I right those are wooden sleepers?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 05:02:02 AM EST
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Well spotted. (More visible on this (large) photo on the same station.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 05:09:02 PM EST
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This is a DB [Gernam Railways] series 120 loco with DB IC cars, and a new station that looks very much like an airport station - my instant guess is the new Frankfurt airport station. But even if yes, from an angle unfamiliar to me; I'll check this and two other possibilities.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 02:14:39 PM EST
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Airport, heh no. But on a high-speed line, and (reputedly) windy nevertheless. Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe? (Somewhere here?)

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by DoDo on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 02:39:55 PM EST
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God damn! You're good!

Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe

That's it. We had to change there coming from Frankfurt on the ICE to Paderborn.

Now be honest, did you do a little detective work with regard to the date on the photo and where I purported to be in some of the other photos above (i.e.; Frankfurt to Paderborn) or is this all talent? Though I guess deductive reasoning is itself a talent too....

I think I'm leaving too many clues for you! ;-)

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 05:26:17 PM EST
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I just know railways well :-) (For my method, check this diary if you haven't.) There aren't an awful lot of choices in newish main stations in Germany with a roof. This was the third one I looked at (after the Frankfurt and Cologne airport stations), though I had a hunch.

Now, if you only passed through here, I recommend a visit, and a visit just to the name-giver of the station: Wilhelmshöhe has a monument you can climb, and a big park on the way up the hill, from your plant photography I suspect you'll love it :-)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 05:38:26 PM EST
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I was going to suggest Frankfurt, not because of an encyclopedic knowledge of trains, but because it was where you posted the fire photo from, and it also looked vaguely familiar from the last time I was there.

Dodo still wins easily by naming the exact train and the exact station. :-)

There are various reasons it couldn't be in the US. The people look European, the design is European, and I think the building in the far background gives it away by being archetypally European.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon May 5th, 2008 at 06:24:43 PM EST
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This is about an hour north of Frankfurt, we had to change trains here on the way to Paderborn coming from F-furt.

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:08:11 AM EST
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Not Frankfurt. Kassel is some 150 km away, a medium-size city and onetime industrial center in the Northeastern edge of Hessen state.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 04:44:14 AM EST
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The ramp in the back is pretty unusual, and I don't know any other modern station in Germany like that.

The park also has an excellent art gallery, perhaps the best in Germany outside the major cities. One particularly interesting part of it is their Rembrandt collection. The prince bought lots of fakes as well as genuine ones, but the museum decided not to keep them all on display, properly labeled. In most cases, it is indeed very hard to tell the difference between the originals and the others, but I found it hard to believe that the landscape paintings could ever have been considered to be by him.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 02:07:49 AM EST
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The ramp in the back is pretty unusual, and I don't know any other modern station in Germany like that.

To be honest, I didn't at first realise that it's ramps in the background, I first thought they are some sort of roof-holding girders. Had I realised, indeed the identification would have been instant.

Those ramps were a failed idea. No later high-speed line station [this one is on one of the first two lines in Germany, Würzburg-Hannover] took up this design. And the roof form was ideal for allowing through and enhancing winds, earling the station the funny Chinese-sounding nickname Palast der tausend Winde = Palace of the thousand winds, which I alluded to above. Gioele, have you experienced those winds?

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:27:39 AM EST
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