Milan Train Station at Midnight

If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my HDR Tutorial. I hope it gives you some new tricks!
I had a super-long day in Milan. I was tired and just wanted to go back to the hotel to have a cappuccino in the bar and edit photography on my laptop. But I remembered the really pretty train station and how I wanted to get a shot with nobody around.

I went in around midnight, found the perfect spot, and then shot away.

The HDR process always takes that slick concrete and makes it extra-reflective. Reflective ground is always great for photography. Also, people always think that I "colored" the lights up at the top, but I did not. In fact, I never "paint" on my photos. Any color that you see in them was actually there, except in the cases when I apply a texture treatment.

from my daily photo blog at www.stuckincustoms.com

Comments and faves

  1. { Planet Adventure }, DELPHINES, fuguito, fotoJENica, and 1459 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. suesue2 (82 months ago | reply)

    Gorgeous detail...nice work !!!

  3. Neil Zone (82 months ago | reply)

    Great HDR - I love the perspective, and the wet platforms add a nice glossy reflective element too!

  4. DELPHINES (82 months ago | reply)

    What a beautiful HDR !
    I love your work!!
    :D

  5. fuguito (82 months ago | reply)

    wow, great work! impressive station (and work for sure)!

  6. joepomata (82 months ago | reply)

    Incredible lights! And the perspective is amazing! Cool shot!

  7. Nico Ibieta (82 months ago | reply)

    OMG!
    Trey, you're killing me!!

    Awesome!

  8. K.Swiss (82 months ago | reply)

    Great lighting and color!

  9. fotoJENica (82 months ago | reply)

    Pretty spectacular... wonderful!

  10. XOZ ~ 273 Rhinos Killed in 2013 (82 months ago | reply)

    This would have been a great shot without the HDR. You did an amazing job with this. Fantastic with great perspective, light and color. YES!

  11. mag.m (82 months ago | reply)

    awesome! I love the colours!

  12. Valpopando (82 months ago | reply)

    Absolutly perfect , i love the different colors of lamp and post treatment
    BRAVO

  13. danydrs72 (82 months ago | reply)

    mi piace moltissimo!!!!

  14. Autumm (82 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful HDR vanishing point. Love the color and the tunnel effect.

    The World Through My Eyes

  15. Casa da Martinha (82 months ago | reply)

    i love train stations :-) this one is great :-)

  16. Skink74 (82 months ago | reply)

    Good HDR - really brings out the reflections. The composition is spot on too.

    The World Through My Eyes

  17. Athoob Abdullah (82 months ago | reply)

    WOnderFUl DOF:)

  18. /\/\.J.B (82 months ago | reply)

    Crackin photo. Most of your stream is going straight to my favs at the mo! Its fantastic work, keep it up!

  19. 3dom (82 months ago | reply)

    again an instant favourite .... thanks for all the inspiration. i love your tutorials btw.

  20. Raveydv (82 months ago | reply)

    Cool! Not usually an HDR fan, but this works well!

    PS - click the link, it's worth viewing large on black.

  21. OR_U (82 months ago | reply)

    a big WOW! ;-)

  22. Paulo.Diniz [deleted] (82 months ago | reply)

  23. becky lou (82 months ago | reply)

    Gorgeous!! (even if you didn't change the colors) ;)

  24. susan_r4 (82 months ago | reply)

    Fantasmagoria!

  25. birdyboo (82 months ago | reply)

    Very nice. Looks like a great station. Love all the detail.

  26. MAMA of all dogs (82 months ago | reply)

    I'll vouch for the colors! Last time I was there (130 or so years ago) the lights looked exactly like that. Now I feel better knowing it wasn't just lack of sleep and...you know, what we all did back then!

  27. FlorinC (82 months ago | reply)

    Excellent, this type of location is exactly what multiple exposure or HDR is for. Ultra cool shot.

  28. Clyde Barrett (82 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful depth and perspective!

  29. soooosh (82 months ago | reply)

    again. uve done it. again and again.
    brilliant!

  30. grace*c* (82 months ago | reply)

    Great angle and effect. great work.

  31. ~Sage~ (82 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful! Love the perspective, the shininess of the ground and the lights! Great job Trey!
    That's the station where I once, while traveling alone, put my luggage in a locker cuz I was leaving in the morning ,and then lost the key! No one there spoke any English at the time. That was fun!

  32. Rongzoni (82 months ago | reply)

    great work to reveal the hidden details of this most remarkable structure.

  33. finnigh (82 months ago | reply)

    WOW.
    The reflections of the concrete floors just blows my mind.
    The perspective rocks too. This place was made for you:)

  34. davidteter (82 months ago | reply)

    Cool details/love the relections off the floor.

  35. mykl mabalay (82 months ago | reply)

    simply breathtaking HDR! great work of art

  36. NY_Doll (82 months ago | reply)

    ding dong perfect! :)

  37. pmarella (82 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic, Has a great feel to it ;-)

  38. Stuck in Customs (82 months ago | reply)

    Wow thanks everyone! :)

  39. Alicia Lim (82 months ago | reply)

    splendid !!

  40. MartyPG13 (82 months ago | reply)

    Nice HDR

    Seen in my contacts's photostream.

  41. mliebenberg (82 months ago | reply)

    Excellent shot Trey... great perspective and HDR!

  42. n.a. (82 months ago | reply)

    another really nice one. What made the floor shiny?

  43. Tine Kozjak [deleted] (82 months ago | reply)

    fantastic!!! the lamp's lights are great! undeliavable, perfect :)

  44. strollerdos (82 months ago | reply)

    reminds me of my paddington day shot. but yours is better

    brilliant as ever...

    Paddington station

  45. Doly Han (82 months ago | reply)

    OMG that looks like art! wonderful photo..

  46. avdstelt (82 months ago | reply)

    Nice one, lot's of detail.....

  47. ChrisMaughan (82 months ago | reply)

    Love the color/composition. I think I'd prefer a tad more sharpening on the larger view - it feels a little soft to me. But that might be my personal taste.

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