photo by Othon Leon, via Flickr This striking photo was taken in the Bonaventure station of the Montreal Metro — our first visit to that lovely city. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS5D Mark II with a shutter speed of .2 seconds, f/3.5 aperture, 16mm focal length and [continue reading]
photo by Joe Dsilva, via Flickr As I’ve written before, I’m a sucker for Golden Gate Bridge photos. This isn’t the first to run as part of our “art of transit” posts and I guarantee it’s not the last. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II [continue reading]
photo by Stephane Paye, via Flickr creative commons How can you not like this photo? It’s seasonal, earnest, funny and was taken in Brussels. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve featured can be seen [continue reading]
photo from Metro Transportation Library and Archive’s Flickr page I thought we’d get historical for today’s photo. This is a view north of Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, taken from Olympic Boulevard. The photo was taken in 1940 and there are a couple of things interesting to me: the first [continue reading]
photo by Brigham Yen, via submission With Metro announcing its purchase of Union Station, I thought the timing was right to post this colorful photo of the Red/Purple Line subway station at Union. I like how the colors are very crisp but the photo also conveys the movement that comes [continue reading]
photo by Mark Englert, via submission This photo has a nice futuristic tinge to it. Go ahead and see if you can guess where it was taken. The answer is after the jump. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email [continue reading]
photo by Mick ㋡rlosky, via Flickr We haven’t featured a freeway for some time in “the art of transit.” But given the weather we’re about to experience, I thought this shot taken last October of the Golden State Freeway south of Santa Clarita was an appropriate choice. It was taken [continue reading]
photo by Jason Allies, via Flickr A well composed and colorful — especially for a rainy day — shot of a streetcar in Toronto. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve featured can be seen [continue reading]
photo by Simone De Michelis, via Flickr Go ahead and see if you can guess the city where this photo was taken. The answer is after the jump. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve [continue reading]
photo/copyright by Freddie Scott, via Flickr A damp and foggy night at the Northport station on the Long Island Rail Road. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D (a digital SLR camera) and exposed at 1/15th of a second with an aperture of f/7.1, a 55mm focal length [continue reading]
