Tag Archives: D700 This is an underpass in Fort Tryon park, captured on my New Year’s morning excursion. I only realized this morning, long after I finished processing it, that although I’m using the selective blur effect less than I used to, I seem to be using it routinely in shots that feature anything resembling a tunnel. So...   A brief web search for “RIP Rick James Van” reveals that this van seems to live on the lower east side, which is where I found it. I also took some shots from the sidewalk side, but even with my most wide-angle lens (14mm) I couldn’t quite get the whole van in the picture, which...  The Chelsea Wine Cellar is a liquor store that advertises its wide selection of specialty and boutique wines. I was mostly interested in the neon sign, set off against the health food store awning next door. How was your weekend? I had a nice quiet 2 days with family, and also managed to get out...  These Fort Tryon arches are certainly catnip for a photographer like me, and I took additional shots from the other side looking in as well as inside them before I made my way here. This view is actually less interesting, I think, than the others, except for the very sparsely decorated Christmas tree to the...  This is the Landmark Theatre in Downtown Syracuse, which just reopened on November 18, 2011 after a major renovation and expansion that cost $16 million. Originally opened in 1928 and known as the Loew’s State Theatre, the lobby of the theater was renovated and restored in 2000. This time they expanded and improved the stage area and...  It’s the gate that caught my eye. I probably should have also shot the building to the left. The plaque honors William M. Beauchamp for being the “Historian of the Iriquois.” The building is the Central New York Telephone and Telegraph Building, being the first building in Syracuse built to house the telephone company in 1899. It...  The cube, which is only a few years old, underwent renovations that concluded a couple of months ago. The cube used to be made up of many small glass panels, and is now composed of much larger glass panels, leading to a much cleaner look. There are not as many reflections, but you can still create some...  This is another shot from Route 17 in Central, NY. This is around the town of Windsor maybe 20 minutes east of Binghamton. I have no idea what is in those big silos. Tweet  If the timing were not wrong, I would be certain that this hotel was created when the owner told his design team to build something that looks like a lair for Dr. Evil. As it turns out, the first Austin Powers movie post-dates the building of this hotel. But come on, it even has a frickin’ laser beam coming...  I was on vacation the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and I extended that to include photography expeditions so it was just a week to sleep in and relax. As much as I enjoy getting out to take photos, it does involve some work. But I made an exception when I read a...  Always Have A Backup Plan One of the best benefits of winter photography is being able to sleep in. You can get beautiful light at 7 am that would otherwise require being out at 5 am in May or June. Nevertheless I tend, for some reason, to mess up my calculations in winter as I...  What’s “Behind the Green Door?” Apparently it’s a building filled with sprinklers, if we can believe the sign. And unlike Bob Lussier who first played coy about using the “Behind the Green Door” reference before stooping to do so, I have no such qualms. ;) There’s no such thing as the wrong kind of traffic....  Happy New Year once again. This is the same sunrise as I posted yesterday, the first sunrise of 2012, but instead of the iPhone camera, this is taken with a camera and lens combination that allowed me to keep the sun from looking like a giant blob. This is Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan,...  I took this just before getting into position for yesterday’s image. The people a watching a light display, with music, on Saks Fifth Avenue. You can imagine how enchanting it must have been to get all of these people — all or most of whom came to see the tree — to turn away and look...  Sometimes I feel foolish all the times I admit that I notice a photographic element only when I review the image at home, and had no sense of it when composing in the field. This is another example. I carefully composed to get the tree in the image, obviously, but also I specifically remember that...  This is, of course, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, shot from behind a toy solder statue and through a row of golden flags being blown by the wind. By the way, if you’re visiting this page on the day it is posted, December 27, 2011, go to the Bing.com home page. It is featuring a photo...  It’s almost here. Last work day of the year for me. Merry Christmas. Happy Hannukah. Tweet  So this is the same star as yesterday: the star, or snowflake, above 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. This time I’m standing on Fifth Avenue just above 56th Street and looking uptown. I’m not sure why but I had all kinds of trouble getting a black and white image I was happy with. I made...  This truly is facing East, or as near as you can get with Manhattan’s street grid. For as long as I can remember this star (some call it a snowflake) has hovered over the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street every December, and though quite simple, it has always been one of my favorite...  I walked up to the Fifth Avenue Apple Store Cube last night wondering (1) whether the cube and Apple symbol would be decorated for Christmas in any way, and (2) whether I could manage to get a shot of it that was in some way unique. The answer to the first question was “no,” although...  |
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