Commuters pass by in one of the tunnels of New York City’s Grand Central Terminal.

I was reminded of this image recently when I read Steve McCurry’s blog post showing some of the images he captured on the final roll of Kodachrome. One showed this same scene, albeit in portrait format and, of course, far better composed.

I shot a lot of colour transparency film in my youth but, due to the way Kodachrome was sold in the UK (with processing pre-paid) and the fact that I was a poor student at the time, I initially opted for Fujichrome (with cheaper E6 processing and no up-front processing cost) and stuck with it once I realised how great its colours were. On the few occasions I did shoot Kodachrome 64, I liked the film but ended up going back to Fujichrome 100. I do remember shooting Kodachrome 25 a few times and liking it.

Regardless of the fact that I wasn’t Kodak’s greatest customer, I still feel a bit nostalgic to think that Kodachrome is no more. It’s part of my photographic heritage and was the subject of many a Camera Club discussion back in my formative years.

OK – time to drag myself away from all this nostalgia. Take a deep breath, remember the smell of fixer and the amount of time I used to spend cleaning the darkroom, and get back to Lightroom and Photoshop.

Posted on Monday, January 3rd, 2011 in: All Images, Architecture, HDR, Travel, arch, Architecture, blur, building, ghosts, Grand Central, HDR, interior, Manhattan, New York, NYC, station, Terminal, terminus

Comments (8)

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• Loybuckz on January 3rd, 2011 at 6:39 am

  Great HDR! I love the colors and the ghostly effect and it’s also makes me feel good to see another D90 user with such great image. Thanks a lot for sharing.

  Loybuckz

• James Howe on January 3rd, 2011 at 6:43 am

  Nicely done! The blurred motion really adds to the architectural elements.

• Joseph on January 3rd, 2011 at 6:56 am

  a fine image…

  it reminds me of http://www.alexeytitarenko.com/

  May the good light be with you!
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• Mike Olbinski on January 3rd, 2011 at 7:43 am

  Yup, enjoying the blurred movement as well!
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• Dave Wilson on January 3rd, 2011 at 9:01 am

  Thanks, folks. It’s odd that I typically spend time retouching ghosts out of my images but, in this case, I had to use Photoshop to clean up the ghosts and paint some of them back in again

• Chris Wray on January 3rd, 2011 at 10:01 am

  I love the cold architectural symmetry against the counterpoint the frenetic moving figures. The figures monochromatic uniformity and similarity of shape emphasizes their ghostly appearance. This is a wonderful photo!
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• Dave Wilson on January 3rd, 2011 at 12:29 pm

  Thanks! The D90 is a great camera for HDR but, when it comes down to it, in most cases it’s not the camera that counts, it’s what you do with it!

• James brandon on January 3rd, 2011 at 1:39 pm

  Very cool image Dave. The blur is very well executed and the processing top notch. Cheers and Happy New Year my friend!

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