Day-to-night: Waiting room

This is one of those photographs were I can’t decide whether I like it or not. I think that the problem is that there are too many leading lines and diagonals and the eye just doesn’t know where to settle. The angle of the waiting room roof, and the railway tracks on the right, lead your eye into the distance, whilst the luggage is vying for attention in the foreground. Meanwhile, the steam train to the left is pointing in the opposite direction trying to lead your eye out of the shot. I find it altogether quite unsettling. And that’s from the person who took the shot!

The lantern makes it a good subject for a day-to-night conversion though – I just wish I’d spent a bit more time on the composition when I pressed the shutter.