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SEPTA Market East Station One of the things I enjoy about photography is making otherwise mundane things look appealing. With some fancy lenses and an odd perspective, you can bring some life to something that perhaps you haven't seen before. It's why I enjoy going out at night and using my little tripod placed on the floor. A favorite spot for these types of photos is train and subway stations. Generally, they're kind of dingy, but with a little color they can look bright and shiny. Usually, I can do these things with only a few odd glances from the commuters. On Saturday, however, I got more than a few odd glances. I took about a dozen photos at the SEPTA Market East station -- trains leaving and arriving, wide-angle perspectives and junk like that. The whole operation took about 15 minutes. When I went back up the stairs, waiting for me were two uniformed transit officers. They asked who I was and what I was doing. I figured the camera bag an...