Downtown Train: Centre Street Station

The city was still fairly dark when I was downtown early on Wednesday.  I dragged the shutter, using long exposures mixed with some panning to capture the motion of the commuter trains coming into and heading out of the core.  Many of the trains were sparsely populated with passengers with the rush of people yet to start building.  This afforded the opportunity pick out individual riders and follow them through the exposure to give the illusion of freezing the person while surrounding them with movement.

The station matched the trains at that hour – both were pretty quiet.

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April 1, 2011 | Categories: Calgary, Techniques, Trains | Tags: alberta, Calgary, city, city centre, commuters, downtown, LRT, morning, motion, motion blur, movement, People, photography, rush hour, train, train station, transportation, urban | 8 Comments