Re: Evening in the GTCOTS
  Ron Stux

Great shots as always Yuri. Glad to have had the opportunity to meet you
finally. Oh, and I finally caught my Bumblebee at Luna Park yesterday
around 1 PMN, so I now have managed to ride every tram type running in
Melbourne. One week left before I return home after a great visit.

Cheers,

Ron

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 9:36 AM Yuri Sos trams4me@...> wrote:

> I decided to leave for the Mail Exchange a little early on Thursday

> evening and switched from the 109 to B2.2096 on the 75 to bring me up to

> Flinders Street station. 48 hours ago it was still lit in blue

> commemorating the four police officers who lost their lives when a d!ckhead

> truck driver crashed into them on the Eastern freeway. Alas it was now lit

> up in gold, still looking spectacular. I was able to quickly position

> myself to get B2.2096 as she accelerated away from the Flinders Street

> station stop outbound:

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/2096_flinders_st_sta_a7r3_200051.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,350 pxl; 2.39MB}

>

> I meandered across Swanston Street and snapped D1.3515 outbound on a route

> 5 Malvern service crossing B2.2017 inbound on a route 3 Melbourne

> University service, the Arts Centre spire well lit in the background:

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/3515_2017_flinders_st_sta_a7r3_200106.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.62MB}

>

> Z3.191 was next to arrive in my camera's sights: multiple cyclists

> photobombed me - so many food deliveries and it's not even 6pm - they

> ruined multiple shots but cleared for 191:

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/191_swanston_flinders_a7r3_20135.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.50MB}

>

> D1,3510 was next to pose for my camera, rolling in on a route 72 service:

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/3530_swanston_flinders_a7r3_20145.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.47MB}

>

> I walked up Swanston Street and crossed Collins Street. The area outside

> Town Hall is very dark, despite what this next photo seems to indicate.

> D1.3522 rushed past me as I barely had time to position myself:

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/3522_town_hall_a7r3_20161.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.50MB}

>

> I could see D2.5015 heading towards me in the distance so I positioned

> myself so that the tram would run into a pool of light and hoped for the

> best.

> I had set my camera to Shutter Priority of 1/250th second to eliminate

> motion blur and one stop underexposure to give me latitude in

> post-production (but cameras tend to overexpose night shots any way). The

> camera set the ISO itself at an amazing 12,800 (!) and, in my opinion,

> returned quite a reasonable shot (yes the raw image was modified in

> Photoshop's Camera Raw filter):

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/5015_town_hall_a7r3_20172.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 2.39MB}

>

> I used to think High Speed Ektachrome (ISO 160) pushed to ISO 400 was the

> bee's knees but even the image quality was no match for the current digital

> cameras (or for that matter the latest crop of smartphone cameras, eg the

> Google Pixel 5 or 6, Samsung S21 or S22 or iPhone 12-13). Would that we

> could board a time machine and go back and rephotograph with our current

> crop of cameras.

>

> Continuing to walk up Swanston Street once again I waited by the pool (of

> light) to capture my prey: B2.2104 is East Coburg bound on a route 1

> service (ISO 8000):

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/2104_town_hall_a7r3_20200.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 1.95MB}

>

> As an aside, this is the photo above "as shot" (but resized). I normally

> shoot raw images 1-2 stops under at night as Adobe Camera Raw can retrieve

> data (due to camera's wide dynamic range) from dark areas but not if the

> highlights are blown out:

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/ex_camera_7R3_20200.jpg

> {1,280 x 854 pxl; 1.95MB}

>

> Having now shot D1, D2, B2, Z3 I looked for an E to round out my selection

> tonight (I had blurrographs of a C1 at Flinders and Spencer but hadn't set

> the shutter speed): E1.6019 glides out of Bourke Street mall on a route 96

> service, the pink glow coming from a large illuminated billboard out of

> shot behind me:

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/6019_bourke_st_mall_a7r3_20218.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 1.86MB}

>

> My appetite for trams somewhat sated, my appetite for good company and

> mediocre pub food saw me hop on E1.6035 and whisk me to the corner of

> Spencer and Bourke Streets. I allowed myself a minute or two to photograph

> her bending into Spencer Street and onwards to Waterfront City:

>

> https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2022/6035_rte86_bourke_a7r3_20230.jpg

> {2,400 x 1,500 pxl; 1.95MB}

>

> Enjoy.

>

> Yuri.

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