Portland Light Rail - Artistic?

[PhilGil]

A couple of shots of the Portland MAX light rail. Inspired by the January "dust off that lens" project, I went for a walk downtown with only my 50mm f/1.8, a lens I like but rarely use.

Handheld at 1/8 sec (I was leaning on a wall):
http://www.pbase.com/pgilston/image/108214270.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/pgilston/image/108214269.jpg

[Kaliyoda]

I like No2 a lot. s with many shots like this - the figure makes it :)

[Skippy]

Phil No. 2 is terrific. The b&w is well done. Really looks like film black and white. The first one I don't understand. Sorry.

Skippy

[PhilGil]

Thanks, guys. Skippy, the first shot is of a motion-blurred train passing a ticket vending machine. Guess it worked better in my mind than onscreen :-) .

FYI, the 2nd photo was processed using the free Virtual Photographer plug-in from Optik Verve Labs. Works great in PS Elements and has some spiffy B&W and monotone conversions.

[District_History_Fan]

Nice work Phil. I'm digging that second shot.

[Skippy]

Phil the speeding train effect is lost because of sharp reflections in the window, I think you were shooting thru. Someone here, I think it was Fee, not to long ago told about those filters, and I have them. They are really unique. They did a nice job on the second one.

Skippy

[TrainManTy]

Nice! I like both of them, especially all the parallel lines from the opened doors!

[marshall2]

Nicely done, Phil. I quite like the first shot. The contrast of the blurred against the sharp is pleasing to me.

[PhilGil]

Skippy, if my budget ever loosens up enough for me to treat myself to some new gear, a circular polarizer is high on my list.

Tyler and Brad, thank you for the comments.

[fw-studio]

Love that second shot Phil, nice lines through the shot and perfect treatment, but I do keep coming back to the first shot, its interesting and I don't why. :o)

[PhilGil]

Thanks for commenting, Liv. It's nice to see you're still hanging 'round here.

[ALCAN]

Very very nice ............. i get a classic feel from the 2nd ..........

[Cold World]

That second shot is amazing.I love everything about it.

[PhilGil]

Thanks so much for all the comments!

[stephan54]

I do like the repeating doors in pic two.