Early Dawn on the Tram Line.
Heuston Station (known as King’s Bridge Station until its 1966 renaming) is a multimodal transport hub. In addition to being one of Irish Rail’s primary long distance and suburban stations, it’s also an important LUAS tram stop (one of only a few with a turn-back siding) and a terminal bus stop for 145 and 747 buses.
I made this time exposure with my Lumix LX3 on Monday morning. Since I didn’t have a tripod, I set the camera on a waist-height railing and set the self timer for 2 seconds to minimize camera shake.
I had the camera set in its ‘Vivid’ color mode which enhances the blue effect of dawn while making red lights more prominent. To calculate exposure, I used the ‘A’ aperture priority setting with a +2/3 (2/3s of a stop over exposure to add light to the scene).
This override is a means of compensating for the dark background and dark sky combined with bright highlights from electric streetlight (which have a tendency to fool the camera meter).
See my post: Lumix LX-3—part 2: Existing Light Digital Night Shots for more night photography technique.
I made a series of exposures, both to bracket exposure and keep the camera steady. I only had a few moments before the tram pulled away.
For more images of Dublin check Tracking the Light’s: Recent Images of Dublin, Ireland page.
Also see this link to LUAS Red Line Book Festival.
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