At Ørestad Station Photo

Photographer’s Note

At Ørestad Station

Something completely different today: Last Tuesday I brought a friend of mine to Copenhagen Airport Kastrup. We took the Metro to Ørestad Station, where we changed to the normal train to the Airport. When we were waiting for our train, I saw the message on the information screen that there would come a passing train first. So I put my camera on a suitcase and waited for the train, that I captured with a shutter speed of 3 seconds.
Actually I was surprised there came a passing train, normally all the trains stop at Ørestad, maybe this was only an empty one.

The train services that pass Ørestad are the trains between Helsingør and Malmö Central (in Sweden), between Copenhagen Central Station and other Swedish cities like Göteborg, Kalmar and Stockholm and between Kastrup Airport and cities in Jutland, like Århus and Ålborg.

Ørestad is a part of Copenhagen on the island of Amager. It is in full development at the moment since the start of the construction of the Øresundsbridge between Denmark and Sweden, to give the area a new impulse.
Next to the station is the office of the company Ferring situated, that can be seen on one of my other pictures.

I hope you like this little experiment with this shutter speed and a passing train. :-)

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alvaraalto (5225) 2006-02-03 16:03

Hallo Lars,
Laat ik maar weer eens de eerste zijn. Waarschijnlijk hoorde je vanavond deze schitterende trein langkomen. Een heerlijke foto die 100 punten hoort te halen, maar........
groet Rob

Ina (2679) 2006-02-03 16:07

Hej Lars...

Interessant eksperiment du her har lavet... Normalt siger den slags billeder ikke mig så meget, men denne gang er der noget, som alligevel fanger mit øje... Jeg kan for det første godt lide farverne og følelsen af bevægelse, men der ud over kan jeg også rigtig godt lide at du har fanget detaljerne i perronnen...

Tak for synet... Ina...

weswang (18223) 2006-02-03 16:11

Wow Lars, I feel the speed here. Good capture of the speed with the abstract picture. Nice contrast of the static and the dynamic. Well done.

danyy (67924) 2006-02-03 16:21

Bonjour Lars,
très impressionniste , cela donne une image de la vitesse, le mélange des jaunes et des bleus donne bien aussi.
Excellent week-end.
Daniel.

Galmeida (12559) 2006-02-03 16:49

Hi Lars,
Splendid motion picture and moment capture by you that remind me also a different picture that I posted at my first posts with a train speeding and the cable. I detail here, I could say that something like a bird is in voyage at the near left upper train but is a interesting and paticular detail that is also a good adition to this so well seen, clear and decisive moment approach with excelent time and creative result. The false bird possible is a cable or upper technical support of this speed train that if you see with attention could be a real or virtual bird not flying easily and without paying between two stations. It's really fiction and is also only my imagination working and I like very much this incredible moment so well taken by you.

Motion and creative work very well done. Have a nice weekend and all the best to you and family.

Fernando

Jeppe (18623) 2006-02-03 18:25

Hej Lars

Jeg holder nu og da for toget og har ofte tænkt på at tage et billede som dette - tak for synet :-)

Jeppe

ancevski (3334) 2006-02-03 19:51

Lars,

this is really interesting photo with great colors. I like it.

Dragan

singuanti (15240) 2006-02-03 22:15

Hi Lars. You know last summer I started playing around with capturing moving trains like this but I forgot to go try some more until I saw yours. Its simplicity and clean lines at its best. Well seen Lars.

jhm (81659) 2006-02-04 2:53

Beste Lars,
Zonder enige uitleg had ik niet onmiddellijk gezien dat om een trein ging, maar het is een experiment maar wel zeer goed gedaan, het lijkt mij zeer abstract ware het niet dat het perron en de betegeling in de voorgrond er vrij scherp uitkomt.
Moge u genieten van het weekend,
John.

rosaline (0) 2006-02-04 3:33

Hi Lars
I see some experimentation here. You have captured the action of the train well and the shot is very dynamic. I like the fact that you have filled the whole frame with the action. Very well done.
Aubrey

jafadabret (38907) 2006-02-04 3:41

Belle réalisation qui donne à la photo un air de peinture abstraite. Les couleurs sont douces et agréables. On ne peut qu'admirer.

papagolf21 (55926) 2006-02-04 3:59

Bonsoir Lars,
L'Art moderne vous inspire. Cette composition pourrait très bien figurer dans un musée ou une exposition d'art contemporain.
Félicitations.
Idée très originale fort bien réalisée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Stepan (27167) 2006-02-04 4:16

Graphic, modern, abstract...
I like that even if I would have liked to see a larger pov.
Hilsner,
Stéphane

riclopes (32845) 2006-02-04 4:45

Hej Lars,
I love this experiences, as I love low shutter shots. They can give pretty nice dynamic results, as this one. And I also love the abstract look of the image, almost as a painting. I can almost feel the wind in my face...Very well done and excellent note as usual!
Hilsner,
Ricardo

bertolucci (11976) 2006-02-04 5:48

Hej Lars, een fraaie studie van motion blur is dit, met een grote grafische aantrekkingskracht - de dragers van deze compo zijn de bewegende lijnen. Wat ik altijd leuk vind om aan de hand van de patronen van licht nog iets van het interieur van de trein af te leiden. Een mooi detail is de reflectie van het station. Mooi werk!
Goed weekend.
Bert

BlaiseCendrars (0) 2006-02-04 7:19

Wow Lars! Tågen rullar fort i Danmark!! Excellent and original work! Great motion feel and very good diagonals.
Tack och hälsningar,
Chris

efigesta (12181) 2006-02-05 5:54

Hi Lars

interesting pic here, the pov and the colors and the note so nice

regards
manuel

jbweasle (9294) 2006-02-05 11:47

Hello Lars. Sometimes life passes you by so quickly it's just a blur. Yet it's interesting that the reflection still remains visible. The platform lights are eaily seen and the station name is almost readable.

cessy (13647) 2006-02-05 12:09

ziing.... can feel the movement of the train
nice long speed effect, Lars
very well done

david (3972) 2006-02-05 12:12

very nice sense of motion here, but i would have liked something that could have been kept in focus, to provide a contrast. i don't think the platform is strong enough on it's own.

as an experiment though, this is a great shot! 3 seconds is a long time for such a fast moving object.

capthaddock (28640) 2006-02-05 13:49

Hi Lars - strange but nice little experiment, I like the mix of sharp platform and blurry train.

rbcy1974 (20742) 2006-02-06 3:07

Hello Lars,
Very well caputred,
I like how you have captured the train's speed.
Well done
How is denmark treating you?
Regards
Daniel

Leonie (8627) 2006-02-09 17:47

Cheers Lars,
THis is a cool effect! Nice colours also! Well done!

Grüße, Léonie

Kenny10pin (19301) 2006-02-09 20:30

Yes very good experiment, I like the streaks of different colour lights flying past, very good use of the tripod, well done Lars

jmdaoudal (82) 2006-02-10 2:57

I agree with this king of work association from a good technic and a very artistic sense.
Well lined and coloured.
Nice to see
Jean Michel

apazevedo (5469) 2006-02-13 14:55

You certainly captured the mouvement of the train, Lars :-)
It is different from the usual ones, in fact, but it was good to look at it. Good result!

aloyho (6105) 2006-02-14 7:33

Hi Lars,
Looking at pictures like this makes us wonder what is going on in your mind besides that urge to experiment. It allows us to see not only the scene but the person behind the camera too. I enjoyed this as I more or less have to look beyond this physical visual image. Well done!! Have a nice day

xavshot (61841) 2006-02-14 13:50

Bonjour Lars
très graphique comme compo. j'aime beaucoup. Cela donne un joli tableau avec des couleurs superbes
Bravo
Xavier

sarju (5308) 2006-02-17 15:45

Hej Lars
I would just like to make a small suggestion that i would have liked to see this train occuplying a bit less of the photo frame .. but than that is just my preference ... I still do like this photo .. the platform at bottom and the blue sky are a very good touch
hilsner
sarju

pastadog (12821) 2006-02-21 4:50

Hi Lars, this is a superb creation! I especially like that we see the reflections of the lights of the station perfectly stable on the fast-moving train (the four small naroow light strips); also wise to give reasonable space to the floor, so we know we are in a station; simply spectacular work! Daniel

Steft (5962) 2006-04-29 7:18

Dit is nou mooie experimentele fotografie! Erg mooie kleuren en lijnenspel. Door de lampen/lichten zitten er ook goede contrasten in. Heel leuk gedaan.

emjleclercq (14125) 2008-02-01 13:48

Not very figurative and slightly minimalist, but a very nice impression of speed which was clearly you intention here.

All the best,

Emmanuel

paura (37736) 2008-12-04 8:02