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Flinders Street Station is one of those iconic buildings in Melbourne. It is over 100 years old and, thankfully, it hasn’t been tampered with too much. It stands out and is one of the major train stations in Melbourne. I love it, and it has been a part of my life for many years. My train goes to platform one, apparently the longest platform in the southern hemisphere, apparently.
Most photographers have the type of image that I am going to show you today. I am surprised I’ve never done it before.
I am going to put them up now and talk about them after.
When I first started processing these images, I hadn’t intended to show so many, I thought why would I show them all, but after I had processed a few, I realised that there were subtle differences in them. The light on the station changed as it slowly got darker. I hope you can see those differences.
I wasn’t in an ideal position to be taking these images. It would have been better to be down on the corner, but with some many people there I didn’t want to get in the way. I think if I was to go back, I would go back very early in the morning, maybe get the sun coming up on it.
All the images were taken with my camera on a tripod and I used my new remote shutter release to take them. I love the Nikon MC-36, I especially like the lock button, you can set the camera to take 5 bracketed shots and lock the button and not touch the camera again until the images are done. Brilliant. All the images have been processed the same way, using Photomatix for the HDR conversion, and then Photoshop for further editing.
It was great experience and I can’t believe I have finally done it. I will certainly go back to do it again. I would really like to do the photos from another viewpoint.
The Australian Junior Track Championships start tomorrow. Whether they are a waste of time photographing will be determined soon. I hope not, I hope I don’t spend 4 days there and make no money from it. I have been stock piling images for the blog, so I should have enough until Sunday. Fingers crossed.
Beautiful pictures! Can’t make up my mind which one I like best, but i think it’s a toss up between the first one and the last one. The first one because of the fact that the station stands out because of the difference in style and colour to the other buildings, and the last one because of the glorious colours!
I love the fluffiness of the first one. The traffic made it quite strange. I love the colours of the last one, though I don’t know that I could pick a favourite. The building is a really amazing colour, and it always good to photograph.
I like the first one too – I think it highlights the station best, whilst retaining the colours I associate with Flinders St. Really great photo. I hjave tried to photograph that building heaps of times (never particularly seriously though) and have never done it justice. I think the top image does though. The two people sharing a moment in the bottom right of the image are just fabulous – great timing.
I think the colour is exaggerated in a lot of the others because of the sign above Young and Jacksons, it was a huge fluro sign that shone different colours and you could see that it was affecting the colour of the station.
You might have to come on one of my field trips in the city and I can help you do justice to it.
I’d love too but a combination of young children and a crappy camera is something of a hindrance. I have a digital body but old SLR lenses and they don’t communicate properly so all I can do with my current camera is point and shoot. I really need to invest in some new gear, that and sort out some child minding….
Your children will be at school one day and we can work out something then. I’m sure I will be running some day time ones then.
Old train stations have so much personality!
I love all of them, and I’m so glad you posted so many. Watching the subtle changes as the sun sinks – what a treat!
There is a bit of story about this one, could be urban myth, but the story goes that sets of plans for train stations left London, one headed for New Dehli and one to Melbourne, and somewhere along the way they got mixed up. It isn’t hard to not to believe it because our station does have a bit of an Indian feel about and apparently the one India got is more in keeping the stations they have built here. So if the plans did get mixed up, I am so glad.
That’s great that you liked them all. I liked all the subtle changes as well.
Lovely!
Thank you and thanks for stopping by.
Love the series in its entirety.
Thank you Bonnie.
Oh my goodness. Seriously beautiful shot. Amazing architecture. Great editing. I am in awe. Makes me wish I was a real photgrapher. What a grand old building.
Thanks Tricia. It is a very iconic shot, I think it one that every photographer in Melbourne has. Why aren’t you a real photographer and what is a real photographer anyway? I can help some if you like.
It is a beautiful building, if you read the reply to GardenFreshTomatoes you can read about the myth surrounding the building.
The last one is definitely the best of the lot. It’s very vibrant.
I think the large neon sign on the opposite corner had a lot to do with that, but I don’t mind, I love the colours in it as well, it was the first shot that I edited.
Beautiful transition.
Thank you. It is really good just standing somewhere and knowing that because the light is changing quickly the images will all be different.
You’re welcome…and you’re right…like a ready-made album just waiting for You.