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DLR Train Speed

This view was taken on the Docklands Light Railway as the train was leaving Heron Quays Station with Canary Wharf Station visible in the far distance. The railway is automatic, no driver except a supervisor who sits in one of the front passenger seats. This gives a great opportunity as there are passenger seats at the front and back of the train. The shot was taken from a rear seat. I put the camera lens flat against the window to cut out reflections.

I used shutter priority and a shutter speed of 0.3 seconds gave the best feel of movement.

The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 11mm. Taken handheld in RAW. The image was opened in Camera Raw with some initial editing. More detail was brought in with Topaz Clarity. A Saturation adjustment layer was used to bring up the reds in the sides and the yellow line using a layer mask to confine the adjustment to the areas I wanted. Extra punch and clarity was brought into the rail lines and platform using unsharp mask amount 48 and radius 48 confining the effect with a layer mask on a duplicate layer. To even out the light on the 2 sides I used a brightness/contrast adjustment layer to increase brightness on the left confining it to that area with a layer mask.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Limehouse (show map)

Taken on: March 3, 2016

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Camera: Sony DSLR-A700, f/8.0, 0.3 sec, 11mm (=16mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSLR-A700
Lens:	28-80mm F3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.3
Focal Length:	11mm (35mm equivalent: 16mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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