A Day in New York City
04-Feb-2008, 12:22 AM
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A Day in New York City
A few shots from my december trip to NYC. Most shots taken while riding the tour bus from times square..down and about lower manhattan, midtown and then back to times square. Its one glorious place to take photos, shopping and sight seeing.
Camera used was a Canon rebel xt with the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens. Most shots were in AV mode with f7.1..iso 100-400. Photos are untouched and straight out of the camera (exception being the b&w ones).
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Starting 8AM at Times Square - 43rd st/7th Ave/Broadway
The Grand Macys Store - 131 34th St
Random NYC architecture - you cant get enough of this
One of my fav shots of the day....
Camera used was a Canon rebel xt with the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens. Most shots were in AV mode with f7.1..iso 100-400. Photos are untouched and straight out of the camera (exception being the b&w ones).
Comments welcome.
Starting 8AM at Times Square - 43rd st/7th Ave/Broadway
The Grand Macys Store - 131 34th St
Random NYC architecture - you cant get enough of this
One of my fav shots of the day....
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04-Feb-2008, 12:38 AM
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A building in chinatown
Approaching the site of Ground Zero - West Broadway and Vessey St
Looking down into the site through a hole in a curtain wall. i had to line up to take a photo through the hole since there were other people ahead of me. the site itself is not visible from the street level.
in the foreground, you can see the remanants of the foundation of the towers attached to the bedrock. this is 70 ft down from street level...in the background...2 and 3 world financial place bldgs (offices of merill lynch and american express) are visible. this complex was heavily damaged when chunks of wtc debris was blasted across the west highway and onto the buildings. in the background, you can also see the slurry wall (which miraculously survived when the towers fell) which is on the west side of the site.
In this picture, if you look close enough...you can see the remaining core columns of wtc 2 (the south tower)..the ones organish in color
The new complex to be built....
View of lower manhattan from across the hudson river from jersey city. using a tele lens here....
View of the Empire State Bldg and the Chrysler Building in midtown
A backlit Lady Liberty
Approaching the site of Ground Zero - West Broadway and Vessey St
Looking down into the site through a hole in a curtain wall. i had to line up to take a photo through the hole since there were other people ahead of me. the site itself is not visible from the street level.
in the foreground, you can see the remanants of the foundation of the towers attached to the bedrock. this is 70 ft down from street level...in the background...2 and 3 world financial place bldgs (offices of merill lynch and american express) are visible. this complex was heavily damaged when chunks of wtc debris was blasted across the west highway and onto the buildings. in the background, you can also see the slurry wall (which miraculously survived when the towers fell) which is on the west side of the site.
In this picture, if you look close enough...you can see the remaining core columns of wtc 2 (the south tower)..the ones organish in color
The new complex to be built....
View of lower manhattan from across the hudson river from jersey city. using a tele lens here....
View of the Empire State Bldg and the Chrysler Building in midtown
A backlit Lady Liberty
04-Feb-2008, 12:42 AM
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seagulls sunbathing
Wide angle view of lower manhattan
FOR MORE PHOTOS....YOU CAN VISIT MY NYC FLICKR PAGE HERE...
http://flickr.com/photos/szuberi/set...7603739003034/
Wide angle view of lower manhattan
FOR MORE PHOTOS....YOU CAN VISIT MY NYC FLICKR PAGE HERE...
http://flickr.com/photos/szuberi/set...7603739003034/
04-Feb-2008, 08:16 AM
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although i struggled with lighting on occassion since the sun was constantly getting blocked by the highrises from one turn to the other.
04-Feb-2008, 08:39 AM
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i will never ever ever use the auto settings again....i have devoured my user manual and started to play with the white balance, iso, shutter and aperture and it is awesome...i was worried about messing things up in the camera but now...look out!!! the photo challenge shot i took was my first "experiment". i dont use ps for anything but adding the boarder.
11-Feb-2008, 01:29 PM
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Thanks everybody.
Rajiv...what do you have in mind? NYC specially Manhattan in my opinion is more symbolic of its architecture, among other things. No other city showcases the fusion of design and art better than Manhattan in the form of old and new for over 200 years. From a photography perspective, there are parks, meuseums, shoreline etc. but still the most prominent subject one can find are all these buildings which are just fascinating.
Rajiv...what do you have in mind? NYC specially Manhattan in my opinion is more symbolic of its architecture, among other things. No other city showcases the fusion of design and art better than Manhattan in the form of old and new for over 200 years. From a photography perspective, there are parks, meuseums, shoreline etc. but still the most prominent subject one can find are all these buildings which are just fascinating.
