sunrise to sunset with the 828 (images)

Andy, you are constantly improving your work, particularly your captures of the City. Your excursions have really been paying off for you here. :-)

Excellent job in this series.

--

Ulysses
 
good luck with your 828 ;)

there's a little bit of stockholm in this gallery:
http://williams.smugmug.com/gallery/16446

pics taken with my sony p10 (small pocket cam)...

enjoy ;)
Wow Andy!

Thanks for sharing these images, they look absolutely stunning! I
feel so much better about picking my 828 up later today from a
dealer here in Stockholm. Although my shots wil most likely not be
worth posting here on the STF for a while, but atleast I know that
the possibility of really nice photos is hidden somewhere in the
camera.. ;-)

Merry Christmas to you and the rest of the good people here at STF
from a snowy Stockholm, Sweden.

Nitzer
--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 
bogen 3001B Pro Legs:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=222612&is=REG

and

bogen 329 RC4 low-profile pan & tilt head:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=253613&is=REG

;)
i have this really cool manfrotto tripod
Andy, great work, but you should know better than to tout your pod
without giving us the particulars.

John
--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 
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
Hi Andy, when I try to view your images it says "monthly limit...exceeded". Do you have any alternative?

Bob
--
[email protected]/galleries
 
seems the 828 photos i'v put up have generated a ton of interest in my galleries ;)

stand by
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
Hi Andy, when I try to view your images it says "monthly
limit...exceeded". Do you have any alternative?

Bob
--
[email protected]/galleries
--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 
Excellent photographs you got there, Andy! And quite a story as well!

Liked the reflections, especially the sunset... I think I know where you got the inspiration for that one! ;-)

Thanks for sharing,

-- thiago
 
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
Andy, this is a nice phototour of The City with a good variety of compositions. I particularly liked the monochromes. I'm glad you shared these. Good commentary also.

Bob
--
http://[email protected]/galleries
 
wow, "bolshoe" does that mean "many" ;)

i hoped you would see these images as i know you love nyc shots...

i carry the 828 mounted on the tripod head (quick release mechanism) and the whole affair over my left shoulder....sort of like one would carry a rifle when parading ;) the whole unit balances so nicely, i don't even have to hold onto it while i'm walking!

thansk for stopping by!
Yuri
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
--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 

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