I prefer this one to yesterdays as well. It is a lot more atmospheric.

You've certainly capture two very depressed looking people. Or then again, maybe that's what travelling on the british train network does to people.

Excellent shot though - good luck with all that work you've still got to do.

This shot has so much mood in it.
It really conveys a message, the other one was.... well... kind of everyday'ish.

i really like this one..

excellent shot. And the sepia tone does wonders. I can't imaging the lurid shades of Merseyrail seats would have helped!

and good luck with the kitchen!

also...

I've just noticed that using the "black theme" seems to bring me into the shot. In comparison the "white" feels more like looking in, through a window.

anybody else?

This one for sure! Not even going to ask you how can you be always at the right place, with the right camera and convey the moment in such wonderful pic. Congratulations and good luck with your home work :)

i definately prefer this over yesterday's... i love the mood. thanks for sharing your art with the world, God bless.

I prefer this one, its probably the toning...and the position of the person. The black theme does well with this one, gives it more of a mood. Plus the capture of the other person looks cool. :)

This one inspires a lot. Congrats!

hell dave your on a mission at home!! Must not let the missus read how fast your doing it.....I would get in trouble :P

Great shot this, I prefer this one also, I like the fact that the guy in the reflection seems to be at least relaxed in his seat, contrasting with the other chappie who looks to have his head in his hands or maybe trying to get a 5 minute snooze.

i like very much this shot. the sepia looks great and i love shots in train. i don't know how to say :el reflejo del other man is beautiful, y la atmosfera de cansancio de la persona que está inclinada es casi magica. me gusta mucho ciertamente.
besos

great eye, david! all your train shots have been spot on.

may i ask, when you see a moment like this, what's your method?
i picture myself fumbling with everything, making a lot of noise, etc. does this ever happen to you? how do you avoid it?

was the fact that both of them appear to be sleeping in your favor here timing wise?

also, do you wait for the train to make a stop before shooting? if not, what technique do you use to avoid blur from vibration.

sorry, probably pretty dumb questions, but i ride the "el" (our elevated trains) a lot! ;))

Great image - Sepia works well for it.
It's much more centered than yesterday's, which had a lot of empty space in the middle of the frame.
It is more mysterious - yesterday the man on the right had an interesting expression, but other than him it was a fairly bland shot.
Also, you've got great highlights and shadows to fill out the frame.

Much more magnetic than yesterday's... i'm drawn into it.

I much prefer yesterday's shot
I have a hread time figuring out what I am looking at

I always find your sepia pictures to be entertaining with a calm and easy going tone to them.

This one for sure. Most of the reasons have been mentioned above; to me, this one tells a deeper story than yesterdays. You sure have an admirable sense for motif and mood.

This has the edge over yesterday's in my view, as it evokes all kinds of mysterious feelings of duality, schizophrenia and astral projection - all this on a train to Bolton, wow!
The monochrome treatment works well. Oh, and I like the neat reference to plumbing in the inclusion of the pipe motifs...:-)

I also prefer this one. You do this soft toning very well and a great image.

I like how you can see the reflection of the dude there. Nice job man

i like the mood this one conveys, and the toning is superb, as always. I also like the pipe placement directly through the center of the picture, adding to the duality. Very nice.

nice one dave, I like the reflection.

Qualitatively, the two photos are close. They're different though, and depending on your mood, you're likely to like one over the other. I like this one more, but then again, I feel like that half shown figure in the reflection and find shared feelings comforting. The absence of color is also relaxing; it doesn't force any emotion I would rather not try and feel.

Thanks everyone.

paul: the guy with his head in his hands looked a bit the worse for drink, so I think he may have been trying to sleep it off.

kate: this was one of about 10 shots. The guy with his head in his hands was oblivious to what I was doing and the reflected person probably assumed she wasn't in the shot, so this one was relatively straightforward. As for when the shot was taken: I think the train was moving but can't be sure.

fraxinus: I really wish the pipe motif had been intentional ;-)

I really like this one has a much more moody and dark feel to it. Great work as always mate.

Have you photoshopped this? Because I'm staring at the reflection again the divider and I can see that there is a distinct gap between it and the pole, yet the reflection carries over the gap and onto half of the pole. Moreso, wouldn't you expect that the reflection again the pole would be convex around it? I don't meant to sound like I don't like the photo, but it's something that leapt at me pretty immediately. If I'm wrong, I'll happily stand corrected. I've been really enjoying your train shots lately.

Duncan: I can see what you mean but you're assuming that the reflection is reflected in the wall immediately behind it when, in fact, it's actually a reflection in an internal window immediately in front of the lens; i.e. on the opposite side of the carriage. That's why it crosses the gap.