Andy Williams
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hey all, today, instead of commuting to nyc in a business suit, i put on my photographer's clothes and jammed down the hudson river to catch the sunrise at hastings-on-hudson:
these are the palisades, lovely sheer cliffs that line the western shore of the hudson river from about 25 miles north of nyc. the colors remind me of the canyons in the western us! i shot here for about an hour or so, standing on the rocks that line the eastern shore. then, i took the train to nyc and found this in one of the buildings adjacent to grand central terminal:
btw - these lights are pale blue. i failed to switch wb when i went inside, need to remember that! this is "the daily news" building, a lovely old art deco gem and in the lobby they have that giant globe. i was stopped by the first of two cops and one national guardsman here, because i "looked suspicous" (carrying that black thing on top of that black pole!) heheh the cops actually stopped me and wondered what the 828 combo with the manfrotto black tripod was all about. i guess my black jeans, black shirt, jacket and black backpack made me look like i was going to do something nefarious
i didn't know we went to code orange on the security alert scale when i left the house!
following, i went looking for more "reflections" (shameless plug for challenge 58!). i found this one, a reflection of my favorite building in nyc, the chrysler building:
and here is the chrysler building for real
after that i headed north, and went to the charles frick collection, one of the finest art collections on the planet. it's housed in a lovely old mansion at 70th and 5th avenue, just off central park. the museum was closed today on monday but i reflected on many memories of past visits:
after that, it was a "walk in the park," central park, that is. here's belvedere castle:
and the view from the castle, this is looking north & east:
and here's the "bow bridge"
in the background you see those famous towers on central park west - "who ya gonna call?" ghostbusters!
i walked a long way, so i took a rest here:
you may have seen this angel in the opening scenes of hbo's "angels in america" and about 50 other movies, as well:
then it was about-face, walking south i came upon the wollman rink, and climbed the cliff that overlooks it - i wanted to capture this:
i ended my day as i started it, overlooking the hudson river. i tried to race to a spot and catch the sunset, but sunsets happen really fast and you've just got to be in position. alas, i missed it, but managed this as i was driving away for home:
i've often remarked that the lighting in nyc is very challenging. today was no exception. it was bright early in the morning but for most of the day it was just grey and gloomy-ish. i set the camera on cloudy wb and hoped for the best. one or two shots are a tad under exposed, i may try to fix them in post. i'm going to practice more in these types of lighting situations - i seem to encounter them all the time lately all shots taken with the camera on a tripod, and all shots taken in full manual mode. today was the first day i actually left the camera on the 'pod the entire day. btw - it balances over the shoulder very nicely this way, makes walking around a breeze.
i'm still learning this new camera but i have to say, after 800 images in two days or so, i'm real pleased with the ease of use, the performance, the color representation, the image quality, and, the prints (!!!) are fantastic.
you can see these images and more at my galleries if you'd like slightly larger sizes: http://williams.smugmug.com/gallery/48562
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
these are the palisades, lovely sheer cliffs that line the western shore of the hudson river from about 25 miles north of nyc. the colors remind me of the canyons in the western us! i shot here for about an hour or so, standing on the rocks that line the eastern shore. then, i took the train to nyc and found this in one of the buildings adjacent to grand central terminal:
btw - these lights are pale blue. i failed to switch wb when i went inside, need to remember that! this is "the daily news" building, a lovely old art deco gem and in the lobby they have that giant globe. i was stopped by the first of two cops and one national guardsman here, because i "looked suspicous" (carrying that black thing on top of that black pole!) heheh the cops actually stopped me and wondered what the 828 combo with the manfrotto black tripod was all about. i guess my black jeans, black shirt, jacket and black backpack made me look like i was going to do something nefarious
i didn't know we went to code orange on the security alert scale when i left the house!following, i went looking for more "reflections" (shameless plug for challenge 58!). i found this one, a reflection of my favorite building in nyc, the chrysler building:
and here is the chrysler building for real
after that i headed north, and went to the charles frick collection, one of the finest art collections on the planet. it's housed in a lovely old mansion at 70th and 5th avenue, just off central park. the museum was closed today on monday but i reflected on many memories of past visits:
after that, it was a "walk in the park," central park, that is. here's belvedere castle:
and the view from the castle, this is looking north & east:
and here's the "bow bridge"
in the background you see those famous towers on central park west - "who ya gonna call?" ghostbusters!
i walked a long way, so i took a rest here:
you may have seen this angel in the opening scenes of hbo's "angels in america" and about 50 other movies, as well:
then it was about-face, walking south i came upon the wollman rink, and climbed the cliff that overlooks it - i wanted to capture this:
i ended my day as i started it, overlooking the hudson river. i tried to race to a spot and catch the sunset, but sunsets happen really fast and you've just got to be in position. alas, i missed it, but managed this as i was driving away for home:
i've often remarked that the lighting in nyc is very challenging. today was no exception. it was bright early in the morning but for most of the day it was just grey and gloomy-ish. i set the camera on cloudy wb and hoped for the best. one or two shots are a tad under exposed, i may try to fix them in post. i'm going to practice more in these types of lighting situations - i seem to encounter them all the time lately
all shots taken with the camera on a tripod, and all shots taken in full manual mode. today was the first day i actually left the camera on the 'pod the entire day. btw - it balances over the shoulder very nicely this way, makes walking around a breeze. i'm still learning this new camera but i have to say, after 800 images in two days or so, i'm real pleased with the ease of use, the performance, the color representation, the image quality, and, the prints (!!!) are fantastic.
you can see these images and more at my galleries if you'd like slightly larger sizes: http://williams.smugmug.com/gallery/48562
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
