PS Week 4 — Caltrain at Night

Caltrain Station -- California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 8:30 pm

The Caltrain station on California Avenue is deserted at 8:30; the next train is due about 9pm. It is a few minutes after sunset (there is still a glow in the west, but the street lights are on and visible).

The photo was taken in color and converted to B/W in Photoshop CC.

The workflow was:

1. Crop and Adjust exposure in Basic Panel of Camera Raw. 
2. Open in Photoshop and convert and add a Black/White adjustment layer. 
3. Edit the B/W image; remove small flares and lights using the clone tool. 
4. Finally, a curves adjustment was added to bring up the sky. 

The image was flattened and then sharpened with the smart sharpen filter before downloading to the desktop.

Details: Nikon Coolpix P7700 at ISO 1600, 1/5 sec. exposure at f / 8.0 aperture.

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