Joe and I made another trip to the Rochester subway today. Unlike the last time we went there, nobody else was in the subway and there was also quite a bit more light since we went midday this time. Although the subway is interesting at night, I have to say that going during the day works out much better overall in terms of lighting.
One of the first things we shot was a part of the subway I had never noticed before. Under the entrance by Dinosaur BBQ there is a building rotting away that looks to have been home to quite a few people over the years. Neither of us felt particularly brave enough to venture within but maybe another time since that looks like it should make for some interesting shots.
We continued in to the subway and continued to shoot. The “lake” under the library was rather full this time. The last time (and first time) I went to the subway it had been drained prior and wasn’t very interesting. Finally we crossed over to the bridge section, under the Broad St. bridge. The lighting here is usually neat but hard to capture so I decided to try it HDR style again. I think I like this one pretty well, it has an eery mood and the variations in color balance from the lighting work well with it. The detail in the underside of the roadway above was something I wanted to capture, and I think it came across well in this photo.
Joe and I walked in to the dark section at the end of the bridge (visible in the above photo). It is dustier, smellier and from what I’ve heard, pitch black for a couple miles. We just looked around a bit and decided it might be worth checking out another time.
As far as the HDR images go, I think I like how they came out. I am definitely going to selectively choose to continue to shoot some scenes with HDR in mind. I bracket often anyway so that makes doing HDRs a natural continuation of that process.
