Chromatic Transit – Candidplatz, Munich
Part of an ongoing series:
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Here’s the second photo from my Munich subway series.
This time, I photographed the Candidplatz station – and I have to say, this one makes you smile just by looking at it. The walls glow like a rainbow, flooding the entire space with color. Strangely enough, the square above ground is quite dull – almost bleak. But once you descend, it’s like stepping into an entirely different world. A hidden gem beneath the grey.
When planning the shot, I faced a problem: if I waited for two trains like in the first image, they’d block the vibrant spectrum completely. But without any train at all, the photo felt too static – too polished. So I tried something in between.
I timed the exposure to capture just the end of a departing train, blurring it into motion while still leaving the full rainbow visible. It worked beautifully: now there’s movement, but the station remains the star of the image.
I kind of regret not taking a photo of the grey, uninspired surface above – just to contrast it with this explosion of color below. Maybe next time. For now, this is one of the most joyful and graphically powerful subway spaces I’ve ever seen.
📷 Camera: Sony Alpha 7R V
🔭 Lens: Sony 14mm f/1.8 GM
📍 Tripod: Benro Cyanbird Carbon + FS20PRO Head
🔍 Focal Length: 14 mm
🌞 Aperture: f/8
🌙 ISO: 100
⏳ Exposure Bracketing (HDR-RAW): 1/25 s, 1/6 s, 0.6 s, 2.5 s, 10 s
Chromatic Transit – Candidplatz, Munich
Part of an ongoing series:
www.flickr.com/photos/stefan-zimmermann-official/54894281...
+
www.flickr.com/photos/stefan-zimmermann-official/54891915...
+
www.flickr.com/photos/stefan-zimmermann-official/54885641...
Here’s the second photo from my Munich subway series.
This time, I photographed the Candidplatz station – and I have to say, this one makes you smile just by looking at it. The walls glow like a rainbow, flooding the entire space with color. Strangely enough, the square above ground is quite dull – almost bleak. But once you descend, it’s like stepping into an entirely different world. A hidden gem beneath the grey.
When planning the shot, I faced a problem: if I waited for two trains like in the first image, they’d block the vibrant spectrum completely. But without any train at all, the photo felt too static – too polished. So I tried something in between.
I timed the exposure to capture just the end of a departing train, blurring it into motion while still leaving the full rainbow visible. It worked beautifully: now there’s movement, but the station remains the star of the image.
I kind of regret not taking a photo of the grey, uninspired surface above – just to contrast it with this explosion of color below. Maybe next time. For now, this is one of the most joyful and graphically powerful subway spaces I’ve ever seen.
📷 Camera: Sony Alpha 7R V
🔭 Lens: Sony 14mm f/1.8 GM
📍 Tripod: Benro Cyanbird Carbon + FS20PRO Head
🔍 Focal Length: 14 mm
🌞 Aperture: f/8
🌙 ISO: 100
⏳ Exposure Bracketing (HDR-RAW): 1/25 s, 1/6 s, 0.6 s, 2.5 s, 10 s