{"id":21575,"date":"2018-07-09T09:06:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21575"},"modified":"2018-07-09T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T13:00:23","slug":"grand-central-times-square-shuttle-revisited-in-four-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/grand-central-times-square-shuttle-revisited-in-four-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Central\u2014Times Square Shuttle revisited in Four Photos."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short, curious, and heavily traveled part of the New York City subway system, is the two-stop Grand Central\u2014Times Square Shuttle that runs solely between its namesake points.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Honer Travers and I made the journey on this relic.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, two of my big challenges for color subway photography were exposure and color balance\/color temperature.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Grand Central\u2014Times Square Shuttle stations are brightly lit. I set my Lumix LX7 color temperature control to \u2018auto white balance,\u2019 which obviates most unwanted color temperature spikes caused by artificial light.<\/p>\n<p>Other than scaling for internet presentation, I didn&#8217;t modify these images post processing for color temperature\/color balance, contrast or exposure.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21576\" style=\"width: 3462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21576\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/grand-central-times-square-shuttle-revisited-in-four-photos\/nyc_subway_times_square_shuttle_at_gct_p1750872\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"3462,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530498029&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lumix LX7 photo: f1.6 1\/30th second.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?w=3462 3462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750872.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lumix LX7 photo: f1.6 1\/30th second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21577\" style=\"width: 3462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21577\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/grand-central-times-square-shuttle-revisited-in-four-photos\/nyc_subway_times_square_shuttle_at_gct_p1750879\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"3462,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530498318&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lumix LX7 photo: f1.6 1\/20th second.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21577\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?w=3462 3462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750879.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lumix LX7 photo: f1.6 1\/20th second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21578\" style=\"width: 3462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21578\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/grand-central-times-square-shuttle-revisited-in-four-photos\/nyc_subway_times_square_shuttle_at_gct_p1750880\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"3462,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530498328&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21578\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?w=3462 3462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lumix LX7 photo: f1.6 1\/20th second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21579\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/grand-central-times-square-shuttle-revisited-in-four-photos\/nyc_subway_times_square_shuttle_at_gct_p1750882\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310\" data-orig-size=\"3462,2310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brian Solomon&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1530498690&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?fit=709%2C473\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?fit=474%2C316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21579\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?resize=474%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?w=3462 3462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?resize=205%2C137 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?resize=709%2C473 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?resize=1022%2C682 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750882.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tracking the Light Posts Daily.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short, curious, and heavily traveled part of the New York City subway system, is the two-stop Grand Central\u2014Times Square Shuttle that runs solely between its namesake points. Last week, Honer Travers and I made the journey on this relic. Historically, two of my big challenges for color subway photography were exposure and color balance\/color &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/grand-central-times-square-shuttle-revisited-in-four-photos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grand Central\u2014Times Square Shuttle revisited in Four Photos.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21578,"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":[4793,4722,4734,4794,2256,72,74],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NYC_Subway_Times_Square_Shuttle_at_GCT_P1750880.jpg?fit=3462%2C2310","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5BZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21575"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21580,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21575\/revisions\/21580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}