Sonja Eisenberg has come first in Grade C in both competitions this year so far. The image above was her winning image in our most recent competition, themed ‘Motion’. This is how she made the image:

This was shot whilst on a weekend away in London, using my Nikon D3000 and VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6. Waiting for my tube at Euston Square to come along I thought it was the perfect time to get some practice shots on a moving object. It took some time as there were a lot of moving people running for their trains too, and this was not something I had envisaged in my photo!

After a short wait I spotted someone engrossed in their phone and happy that it contrasted well with the red and white of the oncoming tube I adjusted my ISO to 200, moved in to approx 188mm (this photo was cropped in post processing, taking out the lighting above – which had helped light up the moving tube nicely). It was shot in JPEG ƒ/3.5, 1/15 in the poor light nonetheless.

The only post processing I did was to crop the picture and increase the colour to bring out the red in the tube, with a slight vignette in the Macbook Air photo processing system.

One of my favourite things about this shot is that the leading line brings you to the person on his phone, who I imagine has got a lovely gift for a friend in the bag that is swinging by his side and is on his way to deliver it.

Well done Sonja. Lovely shot.

See also:
How I took that Shot – Zane Llewellyn
How I took that Shot – Jim O’Neill
Competition Blog
Competition Gallery
Winners Presentation Photos
Competition Results and 2016 League Table