Rainy Day Travellers

There is a clue to where today’s image was taken in the four letters visible – LAUS. But you’ll have to either guess or read to the end of the post to find out.

Let me set the scene. It was pouring with rain, and we were sitting patiently on our train at this station – a major hub – where through trains frequently wait for connecting trains to arrive. It’s not uncommon to wait five minutes or longer here.

There was another train alongside and I glanced across as two people sat down in their compartment. I watched and waited. The girl – hair, I suspect, soaked – sat, leaning forward, engrossed in a newspaper. Her friend, partner (?) sat upright, hand on chin, staring into space. I waited for some movement from either of them, but there was none. Instinctively I took this image through the rain-splattered windows. People reduced to outlines, nameless, featureless. On a journey just like us. Back home I cropped the image to fit the window, converted to B&W (colour was redundant) and just pushed the contrast.

Meanwhile, have you discovered my other blog – iSighting? If not why not take a look. There’s a new post up there today talking about B&W conversions and specifically ‘Where Colour Contributes Little’. Do click on the link.

And I nearly forgot: the place? Lausanne, Switzerland