Basel SBB

The red coloring here is fake, I added it for continuity :)
(Original here.)

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I tried to bring out the red and the blue, the dominant colors of the Swiss Railways.

Update: Thanks to fermelefrigo for pointing out the following:
- The horizontal red line on the right train stands in contrast to the vertical ones on the left train
- The blue signs are seemingly floating in space
- The roof mimicks the shapes of the trains and of the platform.
I didn't notice this, but it surely makes me feel a lot prouder :-D

Location: Basel, Switzerland.

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< insert fancy new name here > says:

wonderful vanishing point effect. 123.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris_J says:

excellent shot. I love the perspective and use of colour.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Dominik Schwind says:

This is genius. :)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

bobt54 says:

Nice work on this shot. Well done. (123)
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

canyonlights.com says:

Great perspective.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

fermelefrigo says:

Superbe ! L'addition de rouge convient bien au train à étages et arrive a créer la verticalité par opposition à l'ICE. Belle idée. Le bleu flotte dans l'espace. La charpente et le haut-jour donnent la réplique aux trains et perron.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

MrUllmi says:

Thank you all!

@fermelefrigo: Wow. Now that you mention it, I see it too! I guess that's a matter of education: one only sees what one knows!
Anyway, I feel a lot prouder about this photo now :D
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

CSC - Chistopher Scott says:

Definitely interesting. I wish America could get off their millitary-ass industrial complexities and build trains instead of bombs.

We sure could use a nice train set like this one.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Christopher Stumm says:

MrUllmi I'm sorry but I do not understand your note in the picture. You say the red is fake, but I do not see what you changed. What was different about that door? Could you possibly post the original so we could see what you changed? Thanks.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

MrUllmi says:

@Christopher: The frontmost coach is a dining coach. For some reason, the doors of dining coaches don't have that red coloring:

If you didn't spot the fake, I guess that's a good sign :-D
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Christopher Stumm says:

ah. I new it was a reastaurant car (the elvetino logo gives that away :P ) but for some reason i thought that this was the side of the car with the door on it. I did notice that the lower part of the "red" door was darker, but I thought that this was simply the light playing tricks on me.

very nice work "fixing" this photo up!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

citylife82 says:

Wow, fantastic!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

tschikay says:

Nice, i like this trains. The picture looks clean and precise.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Pr é cis says:

It never ceases to amaze me how cool the trains are over there .. travel in style.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

k8iegirl7 [deleted] says:

i was here. i tried to sit on the edge of that thing in the middle but it was clearly not meant to be sat on. perfect shot!!!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

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Your photo is one of my favorites.
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

McIvory says:

I'm going to be in Basel this summer, if I'm coming from France is this the station I'll come in through?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

MrUllmi says:

McIvory: Almost. Although the station is the same, trains coming from France arrive in a separate part, 'behind you' in this photograph.
After you passed immigration and customs, you can walk right over to the main part.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

lalula7 says:

I know this place. Looking at your photo I feel like I am going to catch my train to Zurich. Very natural!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Head*shot says:

Great!
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