View of the Tribute in light from the Manhattan bridge. One of the best I've seen so far. Almost didn't go out as it was so overcast earlier in the day, but I'm sure glad I did!
Visiting the globe in Columbus circle. I was hoping for some streaky clouds in the background with the long exposure, but with the way it was grey and overcast today in the city I'll settle for clear blue skies.
Always on the lookout for abstract shapes and patterns created by buildings in the city against the sky. This is as close as I've come to finding that ever illusive perfect X in the sky!
St. Patrick’s Cathedral - The Sanctuary and Baldacchino
Saint Patrick's Cathedral in it's Christmas decor.
Pretty sure everytime I go to Chinatown I end up shooting this guy and his operation here. Love the way his stands round the corner!
Love the bright lights and the hustle and bustle of Chinatown. Where as much of the city has a very corporate feel, Chinatown has that vintage vibe!
Went out hoping for a shot of the Capitol during Blue hour. As fate would have it, the Capitol was still under renovation making the shot I'd envisioned impossible. The Library of Congress, however, didn't disappoint.
Trying out a new toy in my Gobe 10 stop variable ND filter. Allows for those sweet 30 second exposures before the sun completely goes down!
"Make your mark in New York and you are a made man." - Mark Twain
The $4 billion Oculus station house, designed by Santiago Calatrava, consists of white ribs that interlock high above the ground. The interior of the station house contains two underground floors, which house part of the Westfield World Trade Center mall. The transportation hub connects the various modes of transportation in Lower Manhattan, from the Fulton Center in the east to the Battery Park City Ferry Terminal in the west, through the station house. The hub contains connections to various New York City Subway stations, including Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street on the 2, 3, A, C, E, N, R, and W trains and WTC Cortlandt on the 1 train. It is the fifth-busiest transportation hub in the New York metropolitan area.
A bit of an insane scene on the streets of Chinatown when the parade is on. The parade goes down some extremely narrow streets that get to be next level crowded. If I could walk away with even one decent shot the day is a success in my book!
The Tribute in Light is an art installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11 attacks. It is produced annually by The Municipal Art Society of New York. It initially ran as a temporary installation from March 11 to April 14, 2002, and was launched again in 2003 to mark the second anniversary of the attack. As of 2010, it has been repeated every year on September 11. It had been announced that 2008 would be its final year, but the tribute was continued in 2009. On December 17, 2009, it was confirmed that the tribute would continue through to the tenth anniversary of the attacks in 2011.
Sunset time at the new Pier 26 park in Manhattan.
Beautiful display of Tulips in front of the US Capitol. Much of the building was building was under renovation, but still quite a nice sight.
Visiting the Great Hall in the Brooklyn Museum.
Aside from not being as crowded early in the morning, the early morning sun offers some very nice lighting as it shines though Grand Central Terminal.
Old Post Office /Trump International Hotel
The Old Post Office, Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower and located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., was begun in 1892, completed in 1899, and is a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. It was used as the city's main General Post Office until 1914 at the beginning of World War I, succeeding an earlier 1839 edifice, G.P.O. of Classical Revival style, expanded in 1866 on F Street, which later was turned over to the Tariff Commission and several other agencies (today, the Hotel Monaco). The Pennsylvania Avenue 1899 landmark structure functioned primarily as a federal office building afterward, and was nearly torn down during the construction of the surrounding Federal Triangle complex in the 1920s. It was again threatened and nearly demolished in the 1970s to make way for proposals for the completion of the enveloping Federal Triangle complex of similar Beaux Arts styled architecture government offices, first begun in the 1920s and 30s.
Can't pass by Rockefeller without getting a shot of atlas! I think its such an epic sight the way the Rockefeller center frames atlas with the Cathedral across the way.
I've walked by this spot so many times, never really considering it for a shot. This day, however, the water was almost perfectly calm which lead to some beautiful reflections that really transformed this scene!
Went to Brooklyn Bridge park, hoping to get some sunset photos. Did not have an ND filter of any kind though so getting a shutter speed slow enough to smooth the water, which was very choppy, was just not going to happen. Despite my initial intent getting derailed, still got some amazing shots and met some pretty cool photographers out there also looking for sunset photos of the skyline. All in all an enjoyable evening.
This was my first time walking the Williamsburg bridge. I personally found it more interesting than the Brooklyn bridge, which is a whole lot more famous, and Manhattan bridge which looks downright sketchy at times. Lots of interesting light and shadow-play, and this awesome perspective of the trains crossing the bridge.
I have to say, the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most annoying location to shoot using a tripod. Every bicycle, every stroller, every footstep produces soooooo many vibrations its unreal!
Spent over an hour in this spot waiting for the crowds to part. But the longer I stayed the worse it got. Usually shots with people holding up phones go straight to the trash, but this lady was in the right place, with the right number of people around her.
Looking down on NYC from the top of the rock. Quite the beautiful sight, especially at sunset!