Tunnel vision Photo

Photographer’s Note

The metro "system" (I guess it's still too small to be called a system) in Copenhagen is only a couple of years old, so it still looks quite clean and tidy. The trains are automatic with no driver, so there is a free panorama-view for the passengers, very popular among the kids and the odd photographer.

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MARIUS (2240) 2004-01-02 10:47

This is fantastic-give us the sensetion of speedness...very well donne.

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acrylonithrill (368) 2004-01-02 10:49

Wow... Feel like I'm the train... Zooming in the tunnel. I have a picture with the similar concept. It is taken in Singapore. I'll be posting it soon.

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Pookanoodle (482) 2004-01-02 10:49

This gives a wonderful sense of movement, and is very steady for a 1 second exposure time! Well captured.

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avigur_11 (21271) 2004-01-02 10:49

Wow, this is amazing, Torben.I can FEEL the speed, not just see it, but still it is sharp. Very good job!

c_kyr (1810) 2004-01-02 10:51

Very nice feel of the train's speed. Well done!

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clodreno (0) 2004-01-02 10:51

I love this picture torben.. Amazing you did it with an Ixus... Bravo

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manny (21378) 2004-01-02 10:52

I agree with you on your last sentence. This is an interesting capture. The spherical dynamics makes this shot unique. Good!

mogens-j (56) 2004-01-02 10:52

Great techno capture Torben – it almost seems surrealistic, I like it. Great dof and colours. Good that you got this shot before it is all over painted with graffiti. You have done a great job here also for the time to come when no one remember how it looked when it was still new and clean.

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nwoehnl (118) 2004-01-02 10:56

Just plain brilliant, and amazing. I'm unable to add anything that hasn't yet been said on this. Very dynamic feel. Excellent work, Torben.

beta124 (54) 2004-01-02 11:04

That is really awesome. I always wanted to be able to see that, but I was never able too. Good use of the long exposure to get the streamlines.

Djib (426) 2004-01-02 11:19

Great tube view. The converging curves and the blur give the impression that we are being sucked in (or out of) this pipe! The composition balance and dynamic are perfect.

Liora (1857) 2004-01-02 11:24

Amazing tunnel composition! Like something from a futuristic movie. I agree with everyone that the dynamic feeling is sensational...
Very well done!

spyros60 (5548) 2004-01-02 11:26

I love this pic. I wish I had the chance also!!

JAF (0) 2004-01-02 11:31

tres tres bonne photographie Mr Torben !
Mais vous n'en êtes pas à votre coup d'essai et vos précédentes photo valent pour beaucoup d'entre elles un certain détour que j'ai fait avec plaisir !
Merci Mr !

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boof (634) 2004-01-02 11:33

first thing I was thinking was what was the f stop and shutter speed. I see you had it at one second second thouhgt. must be a really smooth ride to get such a sharp image with a one second exposure. I am assuming you were also using a tripod but still very sharp. Trains in japan are way to pumpy for that I think. I like the way the white or lighter colored lines trail off and pretty evenly go to about the top and bottom edges of the picture while hte center light that almost looks like a lens flair is just off center and the tunnel continues to curve off to the right. I think all of these things together going from left to right help to make this an excellent picture. Your eye is either carried from left to right following the lines to the center of hte tunnel or from teh center of the tunnel back to the camera. excellent picture.

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quegardens (1469) 2004-01-02 12:04

An amazing capture of the metro's swift movement through this curved tunnel...with some imagination we could feel like a blood cell being propelled through an artery or vein :-) Well done Torben.

The was a very similar photo posted on TE some time ago but it was of cars going through a tunnel. Some of you may remember THIS photo posted by Maciej Dakowicz.

Both are superb in their own way.

Porteplume (3255) 2004-01-02 12:07

It's really stunning! Such an attractive pattern created by the lights and all those gray/gree/pink tones mix perfectly.
Great job Torben!

Opus (0) 2004-01-02 12:15

Wonderful shot. Like something out of Space Odyssey: 2000.

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andyohare (437) 2004-01-02 12:30

What more can I add, apart from my congratulations (and two more points). I find myself leaning into the curve, as though on a motorcycle. The most visceral picture I've seen in quite some time.

carper (64026) 2004-01-02 12:35

great job Torben,

All is said here. It's an exelent photo and when you look to it, you can feel the speed. Very well done.

kajenn (2323) 2004-01-02 12:48

Nice, clean shot! I especially like the "halo" around the bend and the movement of the picture. I understand that it was taken from up front of the train (I haven't yet travelled the Metro, although I live just on the other side of the Öresund) or did you take it from the rear? I once did that with the old Agfa camera on a train leaving Munich Ostbhf, which gave a good photo of going into the station.

Motrem (2392) 2004-01-02 13:36

Stunning photo! Excellent composition which gives the impression of speed, the tones of grey and colours are magnificent. Great shot!

Stupéfiante photo! Composition excellente qui donne l'impression de vitesse, les tons de gris et des couleurs sont superbes. Bien fait.

merpb (1970) 2004-01-02 13:59

I'll just give you the points youdeserve and go and sulk in a corner.
Well done

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martin (1242) 2004-01-02 14:11

A simply stunning dynamic feeling.

flip89 (3345) 2004-01-02 16:50

Whee! It's like going through the afterlife. A great capture ... especially of the curve.

nielsenallan (524) 2004-01-02 17:10

Very nice... It reminds me of the photo "motion in a tunnel" by Maciekda which can be seen here on TE..

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Jeppe (18623) 2004-01-02 19:03

WOW - quite a shot you made Torben - (a mild expresion) - Guess all been said - Congratualtion.

ninadev (5225) 2004-01-02 19:05

It almost looks like the entire tunnel is made of stainless steel. I wonder in what direction the train is going, I can't figure that out. Great shot!
Oups! sorry I've reached my limit of smileys for today.

ilouy (3344) 2004-01-03 4:08

Speed and movement! Great shot! Composition perfect! I like it a lot Torben! Really well done.

chbrissa (16) 2004-01-03 6:21

Ce n'est pas tant l'impression de vitesse qui rend cette image plus qu'intéressante: c'est une image fantastique, quasi surréaliste, le plaisir des teintes.
Impossible pour moi de dire ce que je ressend en la regardant.
Dommage qu'il soit interdit de donner plus de 2 points.

joseelias (367) 2004-01-04 15:07

Fantastic! Excelent smothness and nice soft colors. It's like a sci-fi image!

I love the feeling of being sucked into the tunnel. Your choice to shoot on the curve was excelent.

Isabelle (9014) 2004-01-05 15:18

have I seen this FASTASTIC pic at dpc?

Clochette (8076) 2004-01-07 15:22

Incredible ! Probably the best pic of tunnel I have ever seen on TE. Congratulations !

maciekda (19587) 2004-01-11 1:51

wow, this is incredible! it reminds me my tunnel picture, the composition is very similar. but you have much more light and rays of light than I had, absolutely spectacular! Immediately goes to my favorites!

Congratulations!

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Eagle78 (1925) 2004-01-19 15:08

Wow! Wow! Wow! Amazing motion sensation! What a shot!!!

Riz (0) 2004-02-20 12:26

This feels like the closest way to enter the matrix!

hdl (6733) 2004-03-06 15:56

A picture that makes me dizzy. Very good!!!

zeidan (73) 2004-03-09 13:31

that's a great shoot torben ..
i loved it..very smooth edges of movement and high quality too.just great

wr1611 (197) 2004-03-18 12:22

this is awesome ! love the motion .. you really captured very good... you really did choose the perfect time for the shutter to open..

hmmm i wonder what will it be if its longger than 1 second..?

kooreman (321) 2004-03-29 5:09

Beautiful shot. Well made. It really gives the feeling of speed.

GuillaumeR (131) 2004-03-29 5:34

Wonderful shot ! A big speed impression !! Congratulations !!!

skarle (43) 2004-03-29 7:21 [Comment]

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cwu122 (75) 2004-04-01 10:42 [Comment]

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strangiato (76) 2004-04-01 10:55

Very interesting capture. Great idea and spectacular outcome. Everything looks so smooth and the lines are perfect. Well done. Straight through the tunnel to my favourites.

kourosh (2368) 2004-04-01 11:04

This is amazing Torben, excellent shot. all have been said about it. well done.

Curioso (9115) 2004-04-04 15:31

Sure, this shot is quite similar to the one of Maciekda, still it has its own originality. Really smooth, incredible sense of speed. That's a great composition !

Laurence (0) 2004-04-15 13:03

Whoooo... incroyable image. Rien à redire :-)

olspar7 (212) 2004-05-08 8:06

Long exposure transformed the picture. It sure is cleaner looking than any subway I've ever seen. The way you captured the abstract curve is awesome.

smorris (44) 2004-05-10 21:19

Incredible shot. I love the movement you captured. Nice job.

arthursoares (105) 2004-07-15 12:01 [Comment]

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umbrellaphotos (1901) 2004-07-15 12:03

kick ass picture! Did you use a tripod?

tigliu (111) 2004-07-15 12:10

simply an excellent picture! great work.

cgrindahl (6109) 2004-07-20 19:27

I have to add my two cents worth on this delightful capture and help push it closer to the century mark. This is another example of your idiosyncratic approach to photography where anything is possible, anywhere. This is stunning. I've looked at it many times, but only today paused to note I hadn't added a critique. Me bad! Fine work Torben.

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janwalt (263) 2004-07-28 16:16

Quite a fantastic shot you pulled off, Torben. I'm impressed with the sharpness, given the speed you must have been travelling. The converging lines and lights are great. Good catch.

cloverstar (0) 2004-08-08 9:46

Torben, this is wonderful. The motion blur, and the smoothness of it has been captured well. First class work. Well done. Proud to make it 100 points.

serena (327) 2004-11-24 14:23

What a super photo - I can feel it sucking me in. Well done.

andreineamtu (466) 2004-11-24 14:40

pretty clean photo, and no vertical shaking. looks like a 3D model

glitch (759) 2004-11-24 15:13

Full marks here Torben!
Only just seen this on the home page, and loved it instantly. I love long exposure, perspective shots, and this is a masterpiece. Gobsmacked, and now a favourite.
Very well done!

adelage (149) 2005-01-05 13:51

Nice! Great effect...

darkstar (91) 2005-01-07 14:51

Amazing photo... it's so futuristic, fantastic, unbilivible.... Thanks for sharing this photo.. Conratulations!! Did you use a tripod or take it by hand???

dimitrisT (932) 2005-01-08 7:51

Warp 5 and... engage!! Excellent capture of the movement! Nothing to say but thank you for this one!!

jmfarace (345) 2005-01-14 20:06

Remarkable image Torben!!!... how did you manage to accomplish this shot... visibly, there does not appear to be any vertical movement... also that right turn in the distance completely makes this shot... very well done...

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ashmash (199) 2005-01-27 16:52

cool. I'm on my way there (some day)...

mehrun (4) 2005-01-27 17:03

This is great,,,good for you.

coco (27588) 2005-04-24 17:31

Exceptional!

DAM (153) 2005-04-24 22:45

Saw your photo in the home page of TE... and this blew me away... hahaha.... It is just amazing what you were able to achieve here. Excellent.. it is going to my fav list. Thanks

DAM

anoop-aditeya (10) 2005-04-24 22:54

Great shot. The feeling of speed is very real, it has an almost 3D effect. Great shot! very well done!
Anoop

sarju (5308) 2005-04-24 23:08

great shot

jiekuan (330) 2005-04-25 1:18

What to say? really nice picture!!!!! it looks like a computer generated graphic!

Soler (219) 2005-05-20 14:25

Excelente fotografía, felicitaciones.

azadys (711) 2005-05-20 14:43

hi Torben.
this's fantastic. great great shot.
i like it.

regards
azad

mpr (327) 2005-05-20 14:49

I love this shot. The clarity is amazing. This is a shot I wish I could take. Keep up the great work!

Zanni (5885) 2005-05-20 15:01

Have you ever seen the film "Back to the future?" I have the sensation to be in a time machine. Metallic trip at light speed. Disquieting but attractive scene.

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Lithium (596) 2005-05-24 17:37

Very impressive and sharp. The light is really great too. Fantastic motion capture!

Elric (560) 2005-05-24 20:44

This is an amazing almost unbelievable photo. I can't say anything because I' m still with my mouth open from the surprise!

jinju (14265) 2005-05-25 3:24

This reminds me of another photo I saw like this today on TE. This is better. The lines are so smooth, they look almost liquid. The sense of motion is fooling my brain, and I feel like im travelling that fast. Superb shot.

sayzey (2358) 2005-07-09 10:45

Superb photo! I simply love the effect, I dare say that ni many tubes esp the London underground it woudl be too dark to take this type of photo.

great shot very well captured!

brajesh (192) 2005-07-14 22:52

Grreaat :-)

alekpet (4657) 2005-07-18 5:58

Stunning!
! second exposure and yet very still camera. Very hard on a moving vehicle. How did you do it?

krakowiak (4702) 2005-09-28 11:19 [Comment]

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MON (135) 2005-10-03 14:42

Excellent sensation of speed!. Clear colours and good composition. Very original!.
Congratulations!.

jb06 (150) 2006-01-09 11:28

WOW!!! GREAT PHOTO! I really like it!
Keep Posting Torben!!

TomekWalkiewicz (233) 2006-01-09 11:40

nice nice very nice photo :)

fadingstar78 (325) 2006-01-09 12:06

this picture took a still hand, the slightest movement could have been a big problem. stunning pic.

elBud (2211) 2006-02-03 13:22

just have to say that this is A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY... uuff... i can't bealive what i saw... just great Pic!!! thanx for that...

kai (412) 2006-02-17 9:15

like a scientist movie, very beautiful

picardo (2282) 2006-03-11 6:43

Beautiful picture. Very abstract composition.
TFS

balatrek (7419) 2006-06-19 17:07

Hola Torben,

Excelente trabajo de creatividad, esta perspectiva conduce al ojo hasta el final del túnel, gran composición e interesante efecto de movimiento, felicidades.

Saludos

José

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Liekje (574) 2006-07-22 8:24

Nice shot! Photo looks pretty hallucinating, but it's nice though... :)

sc07 (1288) 2006-08-21 19:17

Fantastic and futuristic shot, very sharp.
But the tube is so clean?!??! I am surprised because it is so dirty and gloomy in Paris...
Seb

elturco99 (931) 2006-09-03 14:26

Just wonderful! I guess, such a tunnel cannot be captured better than this.

Aziz.

OidipousTyranos (148) 2006-11-09 16:25

A perfect picture that records fullstop the dynamics of speed.
Congratulation

El_Kokosse (27) 2006-12-21 9:01

Wow! This picture is amazing! I've been working on movement in night photography, but I never imagined it was possible to take such a picture.
Congratulations Torben

Guillaume

Jason_teale (703) 2007-03-17 7:10

wow, this is really cool. The thing that I find most spectacular about this shot is how smooth the lines are. I couldn't imagine that this kind of shot could be taken! Great work!

larson (106) 2007-03-17 7:40 [Comment]

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presidente (1115) 2007-03-17 7:41

Really fantastic! I feel exactly to run on the metro looking at your photo.
Great suggestion. Very well done, Andrea

Kristo (543) 2007-03-17 7:57

Nice sensation of speed !
Interesting capture, weel done.

sindineta (93) 2007-04-20 20:19

Quite interesting and amazing!

gramma (3519) 2007-04-21 3:55

Hi Torben,

Very impressive picture, very nice. Congratulations !

Christophe

Serendipity (1045) 2007-05-19 18:12

Wow ! It's so impressive ! ...
TFS
Marc

Scott23 (93) 2007-05-19 18:22

Exclellent idea ! very "clean" foto

Pozdrawiam

kalle67 (55) 2007-06-17 4:51

Great vision and perspective.

rcrick (346) 2007-07-24 23:32

Wow talk about being sucked into the vortex, what an amazing shot……..stunning work, t.f.s Cheers Rick

golden (791) 2007-10-20 13:53

Stunning shot Torben...

wahagbaloch (55) 2008-01-17 3:46

Very very nice Picture with an aim of speed, resemblance to life which never stop for anyone

mikeo (12113) 2008-01-18 0:51

Hello Torben,

Its absolutely PERFECT!
How did you take so amazing photo? Were you using tripod? Perfect sharpness, great clours, incredible POV.

Congratulations!
Aga

madux (170) 2008-01-19 1:55

It's very clean, i must admit! :)
It gives me the impression it is moving, or better say that I am moving forwards.

Madi
{^_^}

ayansadhu (1497) 2008-02-20 18:36

What a nice pattern created by the moving train!!!
the composition is splendidly managed which is very tough in this kind of shot as it is not easy to anticipate the resultant effect of the shoot beforehand.
the light management is also worthy of praise.

lucaq8 (63) 2008-07-11 0:01

It's look like a fluid tunnel.
Very nice shot with lovely light game.
Thanks,

Luca

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amstel (2229) 2009-03-26 15:15

stunning shot, very good idea!

akis_paxos123 (10) 2009-03-26 15:22

It is a really impressive photo. Well done!!!!

francois73 (39) 2009-04-26 12:58

very good picture !

smileheavy (6) 2009-08-26 17:27

This has to be one of my favorite pictures i have
seen on Trek earth.
Might look like what a black Hole would do.