Milan Train Station at Midnight
Milan Train Station at Midnight
Image by Stuck in Customs
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I had a super-long day in Milan. I was tired and just wanted to go back to the hotel to have a cappuccino in the bar and edit photography on my laptop. But I remembered the really pretty train station and how I wanted to get a shot with nobody around.
I went in around midnight, found the perfect spot, and then shot away.
The HDR process always takes that slick concrete and makes it extra-reflective. Reflective ground is always great for photography. Also, people always think that I "colored" the lights up at the top, but I did not. In fact, I never "paint" on my photos. Any color that you see in them was actually there, except in the cases when I apply a texture treatment.
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Gorgeous detail…nice work !!!
Great HDR – I love the perspective, and the wet platforms add a nice glossy reflective element too!
What a beautiful HDR !
I love your work!!
wow, great work! impressive station (and work for sure)!
Incredible lights! And the perspective is amazing! Cool shot!
OMG!
Trey, you’re killing me!!
Awesome!
Great lighting and color!
Pretty spectacular… wonderful!
This would have been a great shot without the HDR. You did an amazing job with this. Fantastic with great perspective, light and color. YES!
awesome! I love the colours!
Absolutly perfect , i love the different colors of lamp and post treatment
BRAVO
mi piace moltissimo!!!!
Wonderful HDR vanishing point. Love the color and the tunnel effect.
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this one is great 
Gorgeous colors!
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Good HDR – really brings out the reflections. The composition is spot on too.
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Crackin photo. Most of your stream is going straight to my favs at the mo! Its fantastic work, keep it up!
again an instant favourite …. thanks for all the inspiration. i love your tutorials btw.
really cool
Cool! Not usually an HDR fan, but this works well!
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bellissima !
a big WOW!
woooow…
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Gorgeous!! (even if you didn’t change the colors)
Fantasmagoria!
Very nice. Looks like a great station. Love all the detail.
I’ll vouch for the colors! Last time I was there (130 or so years ago) the lights looked exactly like that. Now I feel better knowing it wasn’t just lack of sleep and…you know, what we all did back then!
Excellent, this type of location is exactly what multiple exposure or HDR is for. Ultra cool shot.
Wonderful depth and perspective!
again. uve done it. again and again.
brilliant!
Great angle and effect. great work.
Beautiful! Love the perspective, the shininess of the ground and the lights! Great job Trey!
That’s the station where I once, while traveling alone, put my luggage in a locker cuz I was leaving in the morning ,and then lost the key! No one there spoke any English at the time. That was fun!
great work to reveal the hidden details of this most remarkable structure.
WOW.
The reflections of the concrete floors just blows my mind.
The perspective rocks too. This place was made for you:)
Cool details/love the relections off the floor.
simply breathtaking HDR! great work of art
ding dong perfect!
Fantastic, Has a great feel to it
Wow thanks everyone!
splendid !!
Nice HDR
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Excellent shot Trey… great perspective and HDR!
another really nice one. What made the floor shiny?
fantastic!!! the lamp’s lights are great! undeliavable, perfect
reminds me of my paddington day shot. but yours is better
brilliant as ever…
OMG that looks like art! wonderful photo..
Nice one, lot’s of detail…..
Love the color/composition. I think I’d prefer a tad more sharpening on the larger view – it feels a little soft to me. But that might be my personal taste.
Really great shot. Beautiful architecture bautifully portrayed.
Gorgeous shot.
Very nice.
Very atmospheric, love the wet look over everything.
Stunning image! Terry_Buddhist
very cool
Again its a beautiful shot!
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Super HDR!
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I know this place… WONDERFUL shot and work in this one!
Amazing color and texture…..!
Amazing stuff for sure.
Fantastic photo, love the composition, the color and the funky angels
to this beautiful architectual structure, Great shot
Thanks all!
Here is what it looks like on the wall:
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Great photo. Love the composition!
Great perspective shot!!
Excuisite!
Very good! Ireally like it
Very nice pic
wonderful….
almost every week i take a train in that station….and is the first time it looks so beautiful
Very nice. I had sleeping here too many times!
It is more than just a picture, it is…………not from here.
Fantastic shot with beautiful post processing… amazing contrasting colors!
Bellissima!!! I go there almost everyday
Ha! Having spent a lot of time in that station, I can safely say it never looked so good. Wish it did.
great shot! benito would be pleased
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Freakin Awesome! I love your work.
no photoshop!?
one of the best shots I’ve ever seen!
thanks for sharing it
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WoW! Thanks for sharing!!
Excellent, Beautiful, Wonderful!!
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Great job capturing the grandeur and majesty of trains!
Again, thanks for sharing.
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This actually brings me to tears…. lololololol.
Great picture! beatiful lighting.
I would’nt think that such an ugly place like Stazione Centrale di Milano could be so beautiful.
Thanks from a Milano citizen, terrific shot!!!!!
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great images !!
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Incredible photo – beautifully done. I’ve been going to Milan every month or two since late last year, and taking the train to a nearby town for a project I’m working on. But it’s always at rush hours when the place is a MADHOUSE!
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Superb shot!
Wow!! This photo is superb!
beautiful! i live in milan but i never seen the central station in so wonderfully scenary!!
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Great shot!!!!!! Great!
Stunning.
as someone who has nothing but bad feelings of this train station for getting stranded outside it at 3AM… you’ve made it look so beautiful and it makes me wish i was stranded there again.
I travel to this station every day and never realised how beautiful it could be
che bella, com’è accesa mi piace
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I really love this picture, It’s a winner.
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awesome! i love this place..
instant fav!
Great HDR Image!
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Unreal photo, almost looks unreal
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great!!
I cant wait to go there and see it for myself
Impressive shot
very nice work.
excellent work. i love trains and train stations. the lighting and reflections are fantastic.
very cool!!
I love this station. Your picture is very nice too.
Even if the Milano Stazione Centrale is a little bit more cult and less shiny place.
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Wow, this station isn’t special, but the photo is really amzing!!
Amazing
Beautiful photo, the colors and lighting are perfect. Wonderful HDR.
This is exceptional!! I don’t know why I cannot seem to take a photo so directly ‘into’ a light, as this. Lovely, glitterly sort of look to the photo. Thanks for the view:))
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Excellent!
I love this station.
Spectacular!!!
Looks amazing on the wall too
Beautiful shot
Impressive…
Regards.
This is a very nice train station. very similar to the main one in London.
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Simply stunnig. A fave.
I’ve never seen Milano Railway Station so clear and full of colors…it’s not likely but it’s an excellent "painting art"
A perfect example of an HDR done well. Great shot
Great feeling!
I miss being in milan, I love how the platforms go on for ages and seems never ending. At night it was eerie but you’ve managed to capture its beauty!
Superb image, I have been there once, a long time ago..
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promise? no photoshop at all?
wonderful shot
It looks so sparkly.
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Awesome photo! I love glass-roof train stations.
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I haven’t had much time to go through your photostream yet, but I think I can already tell after a few glimpses that your pictures are going to be an endless source of pleasure to me!
beautiful pic.
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love it
wow!!!congratulation…!!!
you are a genius
I know the Milano Station very well… but honestly, never seen it so sparkling !!!! beautiful pic
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great photo!
Long time no see, it was about time!!!
Hi!!
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Beautiful image, very stunning. You are extremely talented!!
Great place, fantastic city!
Waouh! great treatment,composition,colors and details!
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amazing click!!
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Molto bella!!
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what a wonderful shot!
Wow, that is a fantastic image
Wow! Gorgeous! thank you for being so generous with your knowledge about HDR and for sharing your pictures.
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Wow que foto :-O
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Awesome shot. I Love it.
I know this station really well…about twice a day…
would have been nice to meet you in my city
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I like the detail!!
beatiful
wow. i dont know how you do it man. this is beyond me
i love this train stations
masterpiece…
Very nice
This train station look’s like in my city – Wrocław, where I am cycling a lot on my author bike.
Awesome
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Very pretty!
I just love train stations…
nice work!
I’d love it….
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fantastic shot
Amazing!
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Beautiful
Milan le un gran Milan !!!
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Amazing.
beautiful hdr! have tried the same shot with much less success
well done
this is so beautiful! the lights are so amazing
very good!
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Maravillosa.
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Wow, good photography and cool nice station.
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Perfect!
truly beautiful!
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Nice shot!! Crisp crisp. Classical perspective, which we got from the Eyetalians. I love the hot chocolate in the coffee bar there. And the places you can go from this station: the arrival/departure board. And the sounds of the announcements, etc.
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Outstanding treatment .. this will grace our growing pool perfectly!
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Beautiful Photo
It looks great. One day I gonna visit the place.
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Love your job, very dramatic!
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Genial. Me encanta.
fantastic HDR!
gorgeous details like it
Muy bonita esación, pero no la cambio por la Estacación de Francia de Barcelona
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Nice job!! great photo
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The reflections are awesome
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Beautiful photo! The reflections of the lights on the floor add amazing color and appeal. =)
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Nice shot, and nice place I should say. I can’t even see a litter around. Image is very clear.
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great picture! however to tell the truth everything’s grey in there
thanks to HDR you’ve been able to squeeze and enhance any residual of color.
Simply fantastic!
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The light in there is fantastic, and I’d bet the acoustics are too. But now, another mystery: how did that wonderfully reflective concrete get wet? Haven’t reviewed your tutorial recently, so perhaps you address this there…
Keep shootin’ Trey. Your work is an inspiration to many of us.
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Awsome picture! thanks for sharing!
This is just wonderful, great shot and perspective, and wonderful tones, I’ll have to check out your tutorial!
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Very artistic! Thanks for going back and sharing this magnificence with us!
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It’s amazing!
Marvelous capture!