art of transit

The art of transit

photo by Steve Hymon/Metro There’s transit out there somewhere in the big city. I took this one of Tuesday evening’s spectacular sunset with my iPhone 3GS from the 19th floor of Metro’s headquarters. I gave the colors a slight nudge with the Camera+ app — but only a slight nudge. [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Nestor Carvajal, via Flickr Very well composed street scene taken last year in Manhattan with the iPhone’s Instagram app. 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. Many [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Gingerman, via Flickr creative commons Good use of blur in a photo taken in London yesterday. The image was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a shutter speed of 1/6 of a second, f/8.0 aperture and a 5000 ISO. To submit a photo for the [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by New York MTA, via Flickr creative commons Interesting pic of maintenance and rebuilding work being done this past weekend on tracks on the New York subway’s B and Q lines. Many parts of the system are a century old. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Kevin Hair, via submission Nice photo of the hallway under the train platforms at Union Station in Los Angeles. The image was taken with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone 4 and then later processed with the Snapseed app — one of my personal favorites. To submit a [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Freedom II Andres, via Flickr creative commons Trains, buses, tall buildings, a wide street and few pedestrians in this photo taken….go ahead and guess. The answer is after the jump. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by clarkmaxwell, via Flickr creative commons Nice miniaturized photo of the ‘El’ in downtown Chicago. 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. Many of the photos we’ve featured [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Drew Jacksich, via Flickr creative commons Very nice urban photo. Test your eye for detail and guess the year and city where it was taken — answer after the jump. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Tom Giebel, via Flickr creative commons Something very different today: the first-ever aerial view of a freight train passing through a wintery field in Wisconsin to be part of the Art of Transit. It’s a very well-composed image, taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. To submit [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Carlos Rivera, via Flickr creative commons Nice shot of a bus stop taken with the iPhone’s Instagram app. Guess where it was taken — answer after the jump. If you are correct, then you are some kind of Jedi Master of geography. To submit a photo for the [continue reading]