Turning day into night - The "L" train "S" curve - Chicago

Thought I'd try something out. To achieve this long exposure during broad daylight, I used a 64x 1.8 neutral density filter, iso 100, and shot it at f16. This is an hdr with the longest exposure being 20 seconds. Pretty neat in bright light.
This is the "s" curve in the Chicago "L" line by the Merchandise Mart in the loop.

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Comments and faves

  1. Tim L Lowe (38 months ago | reply)

    Very, very, very cool exposure.

  2. J. Knaack (38 months ago | reply)

    Good long exposure HDR.
    And good that you thought to try something out! ;)

  3. Seth Oliver Photographic Art (38 months ago | reply)

    an outstanding achievement my buddy my friend...that is wickedly awesome dude.....so much to see in this image and that exposure is a killer...i may have to borrow your settings and try it myself.....your best one to date....keep 'em coming Joe!!!!

  4. (c.jones) (38 months ago | reply)

    nice, great exposures and processing. ya know i rarely use my ND filters but after see this i might break em out

  5. .brianday (38 months ago | reply)

    beautiful crisp details!

  6. fotophriendly (38 months ago | reply)

    Gr8 work, it paid off ~!~

  7. irishguards (38 months ago | reply)

    .....very cool.....

    AWESOME! seen in :

    "Photographers Gone Wild" Post 1 Award 2

  8. Blake's Vision (38 months ago | reply)

    This is incredible! That train looks like some kind of giant, urban snake. Great shot!

  9. Kay Walker (38 months ago | reply)

    this is awesome! Daylight ftw. Love the motion of the train :)

  10. mattsantomarco (38 months ago | reply)

    Thats amazing! Great innovation!

  11. zman z28 (38 months ago | reply)

    This is magnificient. Nice job using the Nd filter. Nd = Fun.

  12. Austin . 鄭公 (38 months ago | reply)

    The picture is awesome!!!

  13. Michael Tuuk (38 months ago | reply)

    I love how the long exposure captured the train...

  14. Wherever I Roam (38 months ago | reply)

    wow! such a cool effect with the long exposure in daylight...great job

  15. Kenhall (38 months ago | reply)

    very very very very cool.

  16. Monika Thorpe (38 months ago | reply)

    wow, im never bored withh your work, amazing!

  17. Mike Chen aka Full Time Taekwondo Dad (38 months ago | reply)

    Nice line and the details are amazing! Good job!

  18. fromcaliw/love (38 months ago | reply)

    very nice. great shot.

  19. Michael Connell (38 months ago | reply)

    This is really sweet! The long exposure worked really well!

  20. mamnaimie (38 months ago | reply)

    beautiful work !!!
    great compo and move !!

  21. JoLoLog (38 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful processing, Mister Joe. Very nice lines and colors. Me likes :-)) A fav!

    Lorien

  22. Mike Lanzetta (38 months ago | reply)

    Pretty damn neat.

  23. %^^&Signed Off@#$% [deleted] (38 months ago | reply)

    Magnifico! Lovely process! Colorful!

  24. Salah Maraashi Photography (38 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful in every way.

  25. joe bodnar (38 months ago | reply)

    Great piece of art.

  26. Theaterwiz (38 months ago | reply)

    This is just sick man! How awesome, really nice work Joe

  27. muledriver (38 months ago | reply)

    great....just great!

  28. anna anton * (38 months ago | reply)

    Woow...so many beautiful details...whole little story in this one.
    Great ! :))))

  29. c.rivellini (38 months ago | reply)

    Bellissima, complimenti, ciao.

  30. CTS56 (38 months ago | reply)

    Great work, great details.

  31. i k o (38 months ago | reply)

    wow, great timing!
    stunning pov
    regards

  32. sisyphus007 (38 months ago | reply)

    This is a fantastic photo! - well done!
    contact award1

  33. fiftymm99 (38 months ago | reply)

    This is a fantastic photo! - well done!
    contact award1

  34. Dan Cselinacz Photography (38 months ago | reply)

    definitely has an awesome look to it. was wondering how you managed the long exposure during the daylight

  35. christopher.binning (38 months ago | reply)

    This is a fantastic photo! - well done!
    contact award1

  36. terri-in-amerika.de (38 months ago | reply)

    That's so awesome, the train is outstanding. Cool effect!!

  37. Snah51 ;-D200/P7700 (38 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic shot and idea! It makes the image so much more dynamic! ;-D

  38. RovingEyePhoto (38 months ago | reply)

    Gargantuan!!! Been at same curve many times, never looked so good. Love your urban stuff, really rocks! Techy tricks all worked, very interesting effect.

    Thanks for comment on one of Sophie's shots. A lovely mod indeed.

  39. killerturnip (38 months ago | reply)

    Great idea. I'd be interested in seeing what the non-HDR version looks like.

  40. Eridony (38 months ago | reply)

    I love the L and I love this!

  41. Stephen_A_Crane (38 months ago | reply)

    I really, really, really like what you did with this from thinking of shooting this all the way through the processing.

  42. deluxe666 (38 months ago | reply)

    I am speechless!!! Unbelievable! Great work. Like it!

  43. bsmith4815 (38 months ago | reply)

    this is aweome! love the train looking like a snake!

  44. KM Photography.. (38 months ago | reply)

    Well done. excellent capture

  45. Steve'53 (38 months ago | reply)

    Now that is just toooooo cool. Awesome work, instant fav. Well done and thanks for the tech bits.

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