Otto Berkeley
Accelerate
Bank Station always struck me as ideal for the concept of a blurred train on the underground: aside from its clean, metallic finish, it’s one of only a few stations in London with curved platforms, which I felt made it perfect for emphasising a sense of perspective as a train came along the tunnel.
The postprocessing workflow for this image was split into two stages: I captured five bracketed exposures early in the morning while the station was empty, and used luminosity masks to achieve a balanced finish for the bright lights and the gritty texture along the platform. I then used separate four-second exposures for the first westbound Central Line train of the morning -- one as it pulled into the platform, and another as it departed -- and blended these together to produce the final image.
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Accelerate
Bank Station always struck me as ideal for the concept of a blurred train on the underground: aside from its clean, metallic finish, it’s one of only a few stations in London with curved platforms, which I felt made it perfect for emphasising a sense of perspective as a train came along the tunnel.
The postprocessing workflow for this image was split into two stages: I captured five bracketed exposures early in the morning while the station was empty, and used luminosity masks to achieve a balanced finish for the bright lights and the gritty texture along the platform. I then used separate four-second exposures for the first westbound Central Line train of the morning -- one as it pulled into the platform, and another as it departed -- and blended these together to produce the final image.
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You can also connect with me on Facebook, 500px, Google+ and Instagram.