Strangers at the Station

At the Monroe Street subway station today. I was intrigued by the repeating arches and repeating columns. I did exaggerate the dark and gritty feeling a bit through post processing in Nik Silver Efex. It will look lighter on black (and better) if you're inclined.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture and perspective.

[Debs Stott]

The repeating patterns are very cool, especially the lit arches.

[Sally Ings]

Great repetition, I like the noir effect.

[KWind]

Wondering repeating lines.

[gloria jones]

Great symmetry, leading line, lighting

[Barb]

great patterns and love the moody feel

[Rosan]

Great moody/gritty feel and definitely more dramatic on black.

[Sarah Munnings]

Looks even better on black!

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent in every way

[Yao RL]

Lines and curves, You got them all!

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, those arches and columns were begging for a photo to be taken. You've done them proud.

[Jo]

Lovely how the eye is lead down the tunnel with all that light and shade.

[Joyce]

Great capture it leads you straight into the tunnel. Love the arches

[8yearson]

Very atmospheric, the gritty edit suits it well.

[Richard Sayer]

I love the film noir effect for the scene... I think I might have been tempted to have made the individual figures more visible though.

[Christina Helliwell]

Wonderful effect and great symmetry. So full of intrigue and mystery. Such an atmospheric shot.

[jdweston]

Real life, love it!

[Dione Giorgio]

I agree with you, Taffy, on black it looks even better. Love the repeated columns and the general feel of this shot.

[Irene]

I couldn't think how black would make it lighter but it did. A very good capture

[Francoise]

That's absolutely astonishing how it looks lighter on black. It glows there.

[Diane]

With the people darker it makes me think of a spy thriller

[Babs]

Super shot, love the grittiness, the symmetry and the way the lights form a spine right down the centre of the picture. fav

[sally agnew]

Love the lighting on the arches . Great shot :)

[Myrna O'Hara]

great shot super processing well done for sure

[Jo]

Fabulous.

[judith deacon]

It does look good on black, I love the starkness and the symmetry.

[Joan Robillard]

Very dark and foreboding.

[Tom]

Very evocative

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Love the shapes and patterns. Great shot.

[Milanie]

That is a neat difference on black - surprised me. Do like the symmetry and repeated arches. Great b&w.

[Pam Knowler]

Love the repeated patterns!! Definitely looks best on black - quite different!!

[Janet]

Fav! Amazing shot. Love the perspective and processing. Sure brings back memories!

[Sebastian Gritt]

Another classic Taffy symmetrical, geometric, architectural b&w gem. Fav.

[carol white]

Great symmetry, a super shot. Fav!! 😃

[Steve Angell]

Nice long shot...and it does look good on black!

[Jennifer Ruge]

Nice patterns on the walls and ceiling!

[Janet B.]

Fabulous black and white made even more fabulous viewed on black! I can why you were drawn to this scene with all its interesting repetition and light.

[Rachel Withey]

Love all those pillars

[Jane Pittenger]

Really nice b and w conversion. Lots of mystery and wonderful repeating shapes

[Sandy]

It looks awesome on black.

[Rachel]

I love the patterns of lights on the ceiling.

[Allison Maltese]

It is amazing how much this changes and pops on black. Nicely seen.

[Richard]

Yes...on black it really looks amazing!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Richard Hickey]

Congratulations on making the Trending Page and the PP. Well deserved.

[Taffy]

@vignouse Thanks, as always, for your thoughts. I did lighten them a bit but am going to try to do more in LR. I went back and forth on whether or not to lighten or darken (given my relatively limited skill set for doing such things).
UPDATE: Figured out how to do this in LR and it's now a bit lighter...what do you think?

[Marnie]

Yes, upping the lighting a little makes this great gritty shot even better Taffy. Love the strong patterns.

[Shari]

Love all the angles/shapes in this photo. Works so well in B&W.

[☠northy]

This is lovely! It glows when viewed on black!

[Caroline]

Superb arches, I love this!

[Paula W]

Great repetition and viewing on black brings out very nice detail.

[Chris Johnson]

Really like how you can vaguely make out the people down the way. Nicely shot!

[Gena Pegg]

Wonderful pov ...great lines and framing. I really like it in b&w

[Rosie Kerr]

Just seeing this now... wonderful repetition and symmetry. Gotta love those arches! :)

[Richard Sayer]

Sorry it's taken a while to get back to you: yes, I like this better - we can see just enough detail to be intriguing and leave us wanting more.

[tony gig]

Looks wonderful on Black Taffy...Fav