The Art of Transit

The art of transit

photo by Raphael Dupertuis, via Flickr   Wow. What a lovely photograph of bikes, taken in Amsterdam. The light on the brick sidewalk and buildings is perfect and I like the rather shallow depth-of-field. Raphael used a Nikon D700 and exposed the image with a shutter speed of 1/2500 at [continue reading]

The art of transit

  photo by Matthew Harang, via submission Oh Hollywood Freeway, how I dislike thee. But it’s a nice photo, taken by Matthew with a Nikon D60. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Eric Gonzalez, via Flickr Here is Eric’s description of the image from Flickr: Taking a walk towards Pershing Square one night while out for drinks and dining, i spotted these two bikers riding late at night. It fascinated my how quickly the colors of the buildings changed with [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by BrickandtheWall, via Flickr Go ahead and guess the picturesque city where this photo was taken. Answer is after the jump. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Pascal Granjon, via Flickr Another nice iPhone photo taken at the Ermont-Eaubonne train station, about 12 miles northwest of Paris. Pascal used the Hipstamatic app with the Lucifer VI lens and Alfred infrared film with no flash. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it [continue reading]

The art of transit

Photo by Jeremy Whiteman, via Flickr Nice night work capturing a northbound Gold Line train at the Del Mar station in Pasadena. Jeremy used a Nikon D90 with a shutter speed of 1.8 seconds, f/8.0 aperture and 400 ISO. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Zach Behrens, via Twitter / Instagram As per usual, a nice Instragram photo by Zach, taken earlier this month on the Blue Line. Look after the jump for another shot he took on the Blue Line. BTW, now that the iPhone is going to have an eight megapixel [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Blue_Moon_Rabbit, via Flickr Some kind of new iPhone is being announced later today by Apple, so I thought I’d post a nice iPhone photo today. This one was taken at the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo and processed using the PhotoForge app. Very nice use of the tilt-shift effect. [continue reading]

The art of transit

Photo by Philip A. Helm, via Flickr The World Cycling Championships were held in Copenhagen last month, giving Philip the chance to take this photo of the city being even more bike friendly than usual. Speaking of which, CicLAvia is this coming Sunday. It’s a great event — if you [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Kevin Hair, via submission Nice shot of the Orange Line taken with an iPhone 4 and the Leme Cam Pro app. I’ve never tried that one, but am adding to the list. Here’s the free version and here’s the Pro version (for 99 cents). It’s always also refreshing [continue reading]