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The art of transit

photo by Neil Kremer, via Flickr creative commons Pretty amazing image shot last summer in downtown Los Angeles. The stand-out color and detail was produced by combining three images into one — i.e. the HDR method of photography. Click above to view a larger image, which is even more impressive. [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Trey Ratcliff, via Flickr creative commons A stunning HDR photo of Grand Central Station on a rainy night in New York in 2009. The photo is a blending of several images taken with different exposures — aka the “high dynamic range” method. The images were captures with a [continue reading]

The art of transit

Photo by Stuck in Customs, via Flickr Enough color for you? This image of the Piccadilly Circus tube entrance is actually a blend of five photos, each taken with a slightly differently aperture, i.e. the HDR method. The camera used was a Nikon D3X. To submit a photo for the [continue reading]

The art of transit

Photo by Mark Willis, via Flickr Very nice capture by Mark of a bus and a bar in Somerville, Mass. The photo was taken with an iPhone and processed using the clarity and HDR functions on the Camera+ app, as well as Photoshop. Here’s Mark’s photo and design blog if [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Tetsuya Ishiyama, via Flickr Nice photo of a train along the Keihin Electric Express Railway Company, taken in Kawasaki, Japan, with an iPhone, using the HDR function to better capture the different ranges of light in the scene. The train connects the Haneda Airport to nearby cities. To [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Tessa Elwood, via Flickr This iPhone photo was taken in Sanibel, Florida. How did Tessa make the image? She used the iPhone’s built-in HDR function (high-dynamic range) to take the initial image — it combines a trio of photos to capture a range of different light — and [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Hunter Kerhart, via Flickr Pretty amazing photo, eh? It almost looks like a painting but it’s not — Hunter processed this photo with the HDR method, otherwise known as high dynamic range. The idea is use processing and/or multiple images to better expose both the lightest and darkest [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Tamara Manning, via Flickr Nice shot of bus and sky — the grain looks great. Click on the photo to see it larger. The photo was taken with an iPhone 3Gs and edited with the Camera+ app’s HDR filter. Where was it taken? Take a guess — answer [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Jon Sittner, via Flickr I find many of the photos that we use in “the art of transit” on Flickr, which is both easy to search and has a multitude of groups dedicated to transportation. In those groups, a lot of photographers try to capture images of stairwells [continue reading]