![This was taken from the southeast corner of Amsterdam & 95th Street, as I was walking north. I thought it was interesting to see the juxtaposition of old and new, though I can't take any credit at all for the way the red lines in the condo skyscraper line up so nicely with the black-line edges of the five-story red-brick apartment building.
Anyway, the church on the right, which occupies much of the square block between 96th and 97th, and between Amsterdam and Broadway, is the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus; it was taken over by the Order of Franciscan Friars in 1990. According to the Wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church ) on the topic, the main part of the church (hidden behind the red-brick apartment buildings) was built between 1891-1900, and the steeple was added separately in 1918.
Meanwhile, the condo in the background is known as Ariel East ( http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/ariel-east-2628-broadway/31702 ) , to distinguish it from Ariel West across the street. Ariel East is a 37-story condo, which was constructed in 2007, and whose blue-tinted windows seem to change color in coordination with the background sky. For another view of this condo, taken from Broadway and 92nd street, click here here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3741907813 ) .
One last thing, though it's a minor detail: the photo is an HDR blend, consisting of 3 separate handheld images, each one varying by one f/stop; they were merged together with the "tonal mapping" feature of the Photomatix software program on my Mac. That explains the vivid red color of the apartment building, which normally appears much more drab.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.](/Landscapes/NYC-HDR/i-hS6jJHW/0/Ti/Old%20meets%20new_3816837265_o-Ti.jpg "This was taken from the southeast corner of Amsterdam & 95th Street, as I was walking north. I thought it was interesting to see the juxtaposition of old and new, though I can't take any credit at all for the way the red lines in the condo skyscraper line up so nicely with the black-line edges of the five-story red-brick apartment building.
Anyway, the church on the right, which occupies much of the square block between 96th and 97th, and between Amsterdam and Broadway, is the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus; it was taken over by the Order of Franciscan Friars in 1990. According to the Wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church ) on the topic, the main part of the church (hidden behind the red-brick apartment buildings) was built between 1891-1900, and the steeple was added separately in 1918.
Meanwhile, the condo in the background is known as Ariel East ( http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/ariel-east-2628-broadway/31702 ) , to distinguish it from Ariel West across the street. Ariel East is a 37-story condo, which was constructed in 2007, and whose blue-tinted windows seem to change color in coordination with the background sky. For another view of this condo, taken from Broadway and 92nd street, click here here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3741907813 ) .
One last thing, though it's a minor detail: the photo is an HDR blend, consisting of 3 separate handheld images, each one varying by one f/stop; they were merged together with the "tonal mapping" feature of the Photomatix software program on my Mac. That explains the vivid red color of the apartment building, which normally appears much more drab.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.")
This was taken from the southeast corner of Amsterdam & 95th Street, as I was walking north. I thought it was interesting to see the juxtaposition of old and new, though I can't take any credit at all for the way the red lines in the condo skyscraper line up so nicely with the black-line edges of the five-story red-brick apartment building.
Anyway, the church on the right, which occupies much of the square block between 96th and 97th, and between Amsterdam and Broadway, is the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus; it was taken over by the Order of Franciscan Friars in 1990. According to the Wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church ) on the topic, the main part of the church (hidden behind the red-brick apartment buildings) was built between 1891-1900, and the steeple was added separately in 1918.
Meanwhile, the condo in the background is known as Ariel East ( http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/ariel-east-2628-broadway/31702 ) , to distinguish it from Ariel West across the street. Ariel East is a 37-story condo, which was constructed in 2007, and whose blue-tinted windows seem to change color in coordination with the background sky. For another view of this condo, taken from Broadway and 92nd street, click here here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3741907813 ) .
One last thing, though it's a minor detail: the photo is an HDR blend, consisting of 3 separate handheld images, each one varying by one f/stop; they were merged together with the "tonal mapping" feature of the Photomatix software program on my Mac. That explains the vivid red color of the apartment building, which normally appears much more drab.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
Anyway, the church on the right, which occupies much of the square block between 96th and 97th, and between Amsterdam and Broadway, is the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus; it was taken over by the Order of Franciscan Friars in 1990. According to the Wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church ) on the topic, the main part of the church (hidden behind the red-brick apartment buildings) was built between 1891-1900, and the steeple was added separately in 1918.
Meanwhile, the condo in the background is known as Ariel East ( http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/ariel-east-2628-broadway/31702 ) , to distinguish it from Ariel West across the street. Ariel East is a 37-story condo, which was constructed in 2007, and whose blue-tinted windows seem to change color in coordination with the background sky. For another view of this condo, taken from Broadway and 92nd street, click here here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3741907813 ) .
One last thing, though it's a minor detail: the photo is an HDR blend, consisting of 3 separate handheld images, each one varying by one f/stop; they were merged together with the "tonal mapping" feature of the Photomatix software program on my Mac. That explains the vivid red color of the apartment building, which normally appears much more drab.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
![This was taken from the southeast corner of Amsterdam & 95th Street, as I was walking north. I thought it was interesting to see the juxtaposition of old and new, though I can't take any credit at all for the way the red lines in the condo skyscraper line up so nicely with the black-line edges of the five-story red-brick apartment building.
Anyway, the church on the right, which occupies much of the square block between 96th and 97th, and between Amsterdam and Broadway, is the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus; it was taken over by the Order of Franciscan Friars in 1990. According to the Wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church ) on the topic, the main part of the church (hidden behind the red-brick apartment buildings) was built between 1891-1900, and the steeple was added separately in 1918.
Meanwhile, the condo in the background is known as Ariel East ( http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/ariel-east-2628-broadway/31702 ) , to distinguish it from Ariel West across the street. Ariel East is a 37-story condo, which was constructed in 2007, and whose blue-tinted windows seem to change color in coordination with the background sky. For another view of this condo, taken from Broadway and 92nd street, click here here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3741907813 ) .
One last thing, though it's a minor detail: the photo is an HDR blend, consisting of 3 separate handheld images, each one varying by one f/stop; they were merged together with the "tonal mapping" feature of the Photomatix software program on my Mac. That explains the vivid red color of the apartment building, which normally appears much more drab.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.](/Landscapes/NYC-HDR/i-hS6jJHW/0/L/Old%20meets%20new_3816837265_o-L.jpg "This was taken from the southeast corner of Amsterdam & 95th Street, as I was walking north. I thought it was interesting to see the juxtaposition of old and new, though I can't take any credit at all for the way the red lines in the condo skyscraper line up so nicely with the black-line edges of the five-story red-brick apartment building.
Anyway, the church on the right, which occupies much of the square block between 96th and 97th, and between Amsterdam and Broadway, is the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus; it was taken over by the Order of Franciscan Friars in 1990. According to the Wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church ) on the topic, the main part of the church (hidden behind the red-brick apartment buildings) was built between 1891-1900, and the steeple was added separately in 1918.
Meanwhile, the condo in the background is known as Ariel East ( http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/ariel-east-2628-broadway/31702 ) , to distinguish it from Ariel West across the street. Ariel East is a 37-story condo, which was constructed in 2007, and whose blue-tinted windows seem to change color in coordination with the background sky. For another view of this condo, taken from Broadway and 92nd street, click here here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3741907813 ) .
One last thing, though it's a minor detail: the photo is an HDR blend, consisting of 3 separate handheld images, each one varying by one f/stop; they were merged together with the "tonal mapping" feature of the Photomatix software program on my Mac. That explains the vivid red color of the apartment building, which normally appears much more drab.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.")
This was taken from the southeast corner of Amsterdam & 95th Street, as I was walking north. I thought it was interesting to see the juxtaposition of old and new, though I can't take any credit at all for the way the red lines in the condo skyscraper line up so nicely with the black-line edges of the five-story red-brick apartment building.
Anyway, the church on the right, which occupies much of the square block between 96th and 97th, and between Amsterdam and Broadway, is the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus; it was taken over by the Order of Franciscan Friars in 1990. According to the Wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church ) on the topic, the main part of the church (hidden behind the red-brick apartment buildings) was built between 1891-1900, and the steeple was added separately in 1918.
Meanwhile, the condo in the background is known as Ariel East ( http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/ariel-east-2628-broadway/31702 ) , to distinguish it from Ariel West across the street. Ariel East is a 37-story condo, which was constructed in 2007, and whose blue-tinted windows seem to change color in coordination with the background sky. For another view of this condo, taken from Broadway and 92nd street, click here here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3741907813 ) .
One last thing, though it's a minor detail: the photo is an HDR blend, consisting of 3 separate handheld images, each one varying by one f/stop; they were merged together with the "tonal mapping" feature of the Photomatix software program on my Mac. That explains the vivid red color of the apartment building, which normally appears much more drab.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
Anyway, the church on the right, which occupies much of the square block between 96th and 97th, and between Amsterdam and Broadway, is the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus; it was taken over by the Order of Franciscan Friars in 1990. According to the Wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church ) on the topic, the main part of the church (hidden behind the red-brick apartment buildings) was built between 1891-1900, and the steeple was added separately in 1918.
Meanwhile, the condo in the background is known as Ariel East ( http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/ariel-east-2628-broadway/31702 ) , to distinguish it from Ariel West across the street. Ariel East is a 37-story condo, which was constructed in 2007, and whose blue-tinted windows seem to change color in coordination with the background sky. For another view of this condo, taken from Broadway and 92nd street, click here here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3741907813 ) .
One last thing, though it's a minor detail: the photo is an HDR blend, consisting of 3 separate handheld images, each one varying by one f/stop; they were merged together with the "tonal mapping" feature of the Photomatix software program on my Mac. That explains the vivid red color of the apartment building, which normally appears much more drab.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
See photo in original gallery.