Subway
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Port Authority-Trans Hudson
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As a teenager living in rural Monson, Massachusetts, I thought Jersey City was a fascinating urban wonderland.
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Rail Transit Photo Marathon
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A regular Tracking the Light reader wrote in that he was close to 90 light- rail/streetcar systems, which made me wonder how many systems I’ve photographed over the years. So the other day, while the rain fell outside the window in North Conway, I made a list of every city/rail transit system that I’d photographed.
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Light Day on the Subway; or Lumix on the IRT.
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Traveling on the number 1 train, we rode from Times Square to South Ferry on New York City Subway’s old Interborough Rapid Transit. New York was hot that day, but traffic on the subway was light, owing to the 4thof…
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Grand Central—Times Square Shuttle revisited in Four Photos.
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A short, curious, and heavily traveled part of the New York City subway system, is the two-stop Grand Central—Times Square Shuttle that runs solely between its namesake points. Last week, Honer Travers and I made the journey on this relic….
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SEPTA in the Subway; a brief tutorial on underground photography.
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I made these views of SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Subway in Philadelphia using my Lumix LX7. The ISO was set to 200; white balance to ‘Auto’, I adjusted the exposure using the aperture priority (‘A’ setting) and selected F stop manually. I’ve…
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Ten Subterranean Views: Rome Metro September 2017.
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Call it a ‘Retro-Metro’. The Rome metro trains are still covered in graffiti. How 1980s is that? I made these views using my Lumix LX7 on my visit to Rome with Honer Travers in September 2017. I’d set the ISO…
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Obscure Subway—Lausanne Metro.
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When I think of subway systems, New York, London and Paris immediately come to mind, as do Moscow, and Washington D.C. I’ve traveled on subways in many cities over the last year including; Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Köln, Brussels, Boston, Prague…
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MBTA Gone Retro—Looking Back at Park Street.
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Yesterday’s post featured contemporary views of MBTA’s Park Street Station in Boston. See: http://wp.me/p2BVuC-4Pk Today’s post goes back in time. I made this view of an Arborway-bound PCC car about 1980. I’d exposed the photo using my old Leica 3A with 50mm…
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Lumix Underground; MBTA Park Street—Boston, Massachusetts.
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Earlier in the month, I changed from the Red Line to the Green Line at Park Street, reminding me of visits to Boston decades earlier. I don’t ride the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) subway often anymore so it’s something…
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Brian’s Lost Archive: From the Depths—Twice Rescued.
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I exposed this black & white negative in the New York City Subway about 1978. My understanding of photographic technique was minimal, as I was only eleven or so at the time and I had just begun to learn…
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Photographer’s challenge: New York City Subway’s 34th Street-Hudson Yards.
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Not long ago the old IRT Flushing line was extended west and a new terminal station called 34th Street-Hudson Yards was opened. This is located near the Javits Center and just a few blocks west of Penn-Station. My digital guru Eric…
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Brian’s Boston Blue Line Views
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I hadn’t explored Boston’s Blue since 1999, so the other day while waiting for a flight at Logan airport I took a spin over the length of the line. The Blue Line has its origins with one of America’s most…
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Broadway Junction—Brooklyn, June 25, 2015.
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A confluence of New York City Subway routes above ground at Broadway Junction offered me myriad photographic opportunities. After enduring long waits for trains at the Far Rockaway-end of the A-line, it was a pleasure to have trains rolling in all…
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Tracking the Light on the A Train; A Post Apocalyptic Railway Journey—12 photos.
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The far-end of this well-known Subway route was among the lines we explored on our epic June 25, 2015 tour of New York City rail-transit.Jack May, Walter Zullig, my father and I, walked from the Long Island Rail Road station…
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New York City Subway—prelude—June 25, 2015.
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A large portion of the New York City ‘Subway’ is elevated above street level. On June 25, 2015, my dad, Jack May, Walter Zullig and I took a whirlwind tour of New York City rail transit, during which I made…
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Subterranean Lumix Views
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My Lumix LX7 with its f1.4 Leica Vario Summicron lens is another fun tool for making photos in the subway. It sure beats my ancient old Leica 3A hands down. Park Street Station was bright enough so that even back…
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Boston Green Line Subway—Tracking the Light Daily Post.
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Two Years ago Today—June 2, 2012. I’d been making photos on Boston’s Green Line for 40 years. Albeit I was a bit shorter for my first efforts using my Dad’s M3 in the early 1970s. Subway photos on Kodachrome were…
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London Underground July 2013—Part 2
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More Views of the Underground. As a follow up to yesterday’s post London Underground July 2013—Part 1, I’ve assembled some of my favorite images from last week’s exploration in London. The Underground cleverly blends transport and style. In my experience…
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London Underground July 2013 — Part 1
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Exploring London Transport London is among the world’s great cities. Last week I made my second visit to the British capital this year. While exploring the city and meeting with friends I traveled using London Transport, including the famous Underground….
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SEPTA’s Broad Street Subway, January 1, 2013
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Yesterday evening (January 1, 2013), on the way back from Philadelphia’s parade, I made this lone image of SEPTA’s Broad Street Subway at the Ellsworth-Federal station. Related articles Learning How to Use Your Camera’s Histogram Panasonic Lumix LX7: Or…
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Kid with a Camera: Gun Hill Road, the Bronx, New York Summer 1980
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This photo dates me. I found it looking through some scans for another project and it struck a chord, so I thought I’d put it up. In the 1970s and early 1980s, my grandparents lived at Co-op City in the…