![(more details later, as time permits)
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In late January, I had a little free time at the end of a boring Thursday afternoon -- so I grabbed my tripod and my camera, and headed up to the roof of our apartment building, to see if I would be lucky enough to get some good sunset shots. The sky had been completely clear in the morning, but a few light clouds and haze began to appear as the sun dropped down toward the horizon on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. You just can't tell whether all of the "elements" of a great sunset will come together, or whether it will just be a "blah" event; but I figured I had nothing to lose, so I set everything up about half an hour before sunset and waited to see what would happen.
Our apartment building is 35 stories high, and I can walk around most of the circumference of the roof, to get views in all four directions. But the best views, with the fewest obstacles and distractions, are south and west -- so that's where I spent most of my time composing photos. The south view looks across several medium-height buildings on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with a nice panorama in the background of office buildings and skyscrapers on Central Park South and midtown Manhattan. The western view looks across the Hudson River to the New Jersey shoreline -- which, I must say, is fairly boring in the winter season. The eastern view is fairly cluttered and uninteresting; I always enjoy seeing part of the Triboro Bridge in the background, but it's not prominent enough to warrant photographing. And finally, the northern view picks up the George Washington Bridge, and the northward route up the Hudson River.
Though it was definitely cold when I took these photos, it wasn't bitter; and there were apparently no weather fronts coming in from the west to create dramatic colors and patterns in the sky. It was also not as lush and beautiful as the scene in summer (see this Flickr set ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157620902423019/ ) , taken from the same spot on my apartment roof, to see what it's like in summertime). But it was ... well, peaceful ... and I'm glad I did it. I'll come back again, from time to time, when the sky looks more interesting...
P.S. A technical note: because I was using a tripod, and because there was no wind to shake things up, all of these photos were created as 9-shot HDR tonemapping composites. I'm sure that was overkill; I could probably have created approximately the same effect with a 5-shot composite, or perhaps even 3 shots. But I was curious to see whether the additional shots (which allowed me to cover four full f-stops of tonal range) would make any visible difference.](/Other/Sunsets/i-C54L2Rg/0/Ti/Manhattan%20skyline%20%231%2C%20looking%20south_4294665469_o-Ti.jpg "(more details later, as time permits)
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In late January, I had a little free time at the end of a boring Thursday afternoon -- so I grabbed my tripod and my camera, and headed up to the roof of our apartment building, to see if I would be lucky enough to get some good sunset shots. The sky had been completely clear in the morning, but a few light clouds and haze began to appear as the sun dropped down toward the horizon on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. You just can't tell whether all of the "elements" of a great sunset will come together, or whether it will just be a "blah" event; but I figured I had nothing to lose, so I set everything up about half an hour before sunset and waited to see what would happen.
Our apartment building is 35 stories high, and I can walk around most of the circumference of the roof, to get views in all four directions. But the best views, with the fewest obstacles and distractions, are south and west -- so that's where I spent most of my time composing photos. The south view looks across several medium-height buildings on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with a nice panorama in the background of office buildings and skyscrapers on Central Park South and midtown Manhattan. The western view looks across the Hudson River to the New Jersey shoreline -- which, I must say, is fairly boring in the winter season. The eastern view is fairly cluttered and uninteresting; I always enjoy seeing part of the Triboro Bridge in the background, but it's not prominent enough to warrant photographing. And finally, the northern view picks up the George Washington Bridge, and the northward route up the Hudson River.
Though it was definitely cold when I took these photos, it wasn't bitter; and there were apparently no weather fronts coming in from the west to create dramatic colors and patterns in the sky. It was also not as lush and beautiful as the scene in summer (see this Flickr set ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/sets/72157620902423019/ ) , taken from the same spot on my apartment roof, to see what it's like in summertime). But it was ... well, peaceful ... and I'm glad I did it. I'll come back again, from time to time, when the sky looks more interesting...
P.S. A technical note: because I was using a tripod, and because there was no wind to shake things up, all of these photos were created as 9-shot HDR tonemapping composites. I'm sure that was overkill; I could probably have created approximately the same effect with a 5-shot composite, or perhaps even 3 shots. But I was curious to see whether the additional shots (which allowed me to cover four full f-stops of tonal range) would make any visible difference.")
![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 is a view of the midtown Manhattan skyline, looking south from the roof of my apartment building. It's a 5-shot HDR image, taken on a tripod.
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 11, 2010 blog titled "Let Them Come, Then Build It ( http://effectivethinker.com/?p=45 ) ." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2011 blog titled "NYC Launches “Green House” Program to Help Owners Green Apartment Buildings ( http://100sd.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/nyc-launches-“green-house”-program-to-help-owners-green-apartment-buildings/ ) ." And it was also published in an undated (late Jul 2011) blog titled "Diese Hotels in New York lohnen einen Besuch ( http://www.reisen-schnaeppchen.com/diese-hotels-in-new-york-lohnen-einen-besuch-2913?source=google&q=hotels+new+york&q=hotels+new+york+v1&cst=fs&csc=6980006723&csk=hotel new york city ) ." And it was published in an Aug 22, 2011 blog titled "Tolle Schnäppchen Bilder ( http://www.schnäppchen24.eu/2011/08/22/tolle-schnappchen-bilder/ ) ."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 21, 2012 blog titled "An In-Depth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography ( http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/shooting-articles/an-in-depth-look-at-dusk-and-twilight-photography/ ) ." A cropped version of the photo was also published as part of the "banner" of the CScout - Who We Are website ( http://www.cscout.com/who-we-are/ ) .
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I've signed up for a photo workshop called "New York at Twilight" at the International Center of Photography next month, and we were given this assignment to be carried out before the class starts:
"Please take 20 to 40 photographs – choose from a variety of subjects – people, self-portraits, your home, a car, cityscape – at twilight, dawn or when it’s completely dark. Bring 4”x6” prints or JPEGS on a flash drive or CD to class so we can see them. It’s good to select your best 10-15 photographs to show during the first class."
I'm not sure what I'll end up with for the assignment, but I thought I would include a few post-sunset, twilight views of the NYC skyline. I'll add more to this set as ideas come to me...](/Landscapes/NYC-HDR/i-sz6WrP2/0/Ti/New%20York%20at%20Twilight%2C%20Feb%202010%20-%2001_4331799357_o-Ti.jpg "This is a view of the midtown Manhattan skyline, looking south from the roof of my apartment building. It's a 5-shot HDR image, taken on a tripod.
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 11, 2010 blog titled "Let Them Come, Then Build It ( http://effectivethinker.com/?p=45 ) ." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2011 blog titled "NYC Launches “Green House” Program to Help Owners Green Apartment Buildings ( http://100sd.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/nyc-launches-“green-house”-program-to-help-owners-green-apartment-buildings/ ) ." And it was also published in an undated (late Jul 2011) blog titled "Diese Hotels in New York lohnen einen Besuch ( http://www.reisen-schnaeppchen.com/diese-hotels-in-new-york-lohnen-einen-besuch-2913?source=google&q=hotels+new+york&q=hotels+new+york+v1&cst=fs&csc=6980006723&csk=hotel new york city ) ." And it was published in an Aug 22, 2011 blog titled "Tolle Schnäppchen Bilder ( http://www.schnäppchen24.eu/2011/08/22/tolle-schnappchen-bilder/ ) ."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 21, 2012 blog titled "An In-Depth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography ( http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/shooting-articles/an-in-depth-look-at-dusk-and-twilight-photography/ ) ." A cropped version of the photo was also published as part of the "banner" of the CScout - Who We Are website ( http://www.cscout.com/who-we-are/ ) .
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I've signed up for a photo workshop called "New York at Twilight" at the International Center of Photography next month, and we were given this assignment to be carried out before the class starts:
"Please take 20 to 40 photographs – choose from a variety of subjects – people, self-portraits, your home, a car, cityscape – at twilight, dawn or when it’s completely dark. Bring 4”x6” prints or JPEGS on a flash drive or CD to class so we can see them. It’s good to select your best 10-15 photographs to show during the first class."
I'm not sure what I'll end up with for the assignment, but I thought I would include a few post-sunset, twilight views of the NYC skyline. I'll add more to this set as ideas come to me...")
This is a view of the midtown Manhattan skyline, looking south from the roof of my apartment building. It's a 5-shot HDR image, taken on a tripod.
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 11, 2010 blog titled "Let Them Come, Then Build It ( http://effectivethinker.com/?p=45 ) ." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2011 blog titled "NYC Launches “Green House” Program to Help Owners Green Apartment Buildings ( http://100sd.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/nyc-launches-“green-house”-program-to-help-owners-green-apartment-buildings/ ) ." And it was also published in an undated (late Jul 2011) blog titled "Diese Hotels in New York lohnen einen Besuch ( http://www.reisen-schnaeppchen.com/diese-hotels-in-new-york-lohnen-einen-besuch-2913?source=google&q=hotels+new+york&q=hotels+new+york+v1&cst=fs&csc=6980006723&csk=hotel new york city ) ." And it was published in an Aug 22, 2011 blog titled "Tolle Schnäppchen Bilder ( http://www.schnäppchen24.eu/2011/08/22/tolle-schnappchen-bilder/ ) ."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 21, 2012 blog titled "An In-Depth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography ( http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/shooting-articles/an-in-depth-look-at-dusk-and-twilight-photography/ ) ." A cropped version of the photo was also published as part of the "banner" of the CScout - Who We Are website ( http://www.cscout.com/who-we-are/ ) .
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I've signed up for a photo workshop called "New York at Twilight" at the International Center of Photography next month, and we were given this assignment to be carried out before the class starts:
"Please take 20 to 40 photographs – choose from a variety of subjects – people, self-portraits, your home, a car, cityscape – at twilight, dawn or when it’s completely dark. Bring 4”x6” prints or JPEGS on a flash drive or CD to class so we can see them. It’s good to select your best 10-15 photographs to show during the first class."
I'm not sure what I'll end up with for the assignment, but I thought I would include a few post-sunset, twilight views of the NYC skyline. I'll add more to this set as ideas come to me...
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 11, 2010 blog titled "Let Them Come, Then Build It ( http://effectivethinker.com/?p=45 ) ." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2011 blog titled "NYC Launches “Green House” Program to Help Owners Green Apartment Buildings ( http://100sd.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/nyc-launches-“green-house”-program-to-help-owners-green-apartment-buildings/ ) ." And it was also published in an undated (late Jul 2011) blog titled "Diese Hotels in New York lohnen einen Besuch ( http://www.reisen-schnaeppchen.com/diese-hotels-in-new-york-lohnen-einen-besuch-2913?source=google&q=hotels+new+york&q=hotels+new+york+v1&cst=fs&csc=6980006723&csk=hotel new york city ) ." And it was published in an Aug 22, 2011 blog titled "Tolle Schnäppchen Bilder ( http://www.schnäppchen24.eu/2011/08/22/tolle-schnappchen-bilder/ ) ."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 21, 2012 blog titled "An In-Depth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography ( http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/shooting-articles/an-in-depth-look-at-dusk-and-twilight-photography/ ) ." A cropped version of the photo was also published as part of the "banner" of the CScout - Who We Are website ( http://www.cscout.com/who-we-are/ ) .
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I've signed up for a photo workshop called "New York at Twilight" at the International Center of Photography next month, and we were given this assignment to be carried out before the class starts:
"Please take 20 to 40 photographs – choose from a variety of subjects – people, self-portraits, your home, a car, cityscape – at twilight, dawn or when it’s completely dark. Bring 4”x6” prints or JPEGS on a flash drive or CD to class so we can see them. It’s good to select your best 10-15 photographs to show during the first class."
I'm not sure what I'll end up with for the assignment, but I thought I would include a few post-sunset, twilight views of the NYC skyline. I'll add more to this set as ideas come to me...
![This is a view of the midtown Manhattan skyline, looking south from the roof of my apartment building. It's a 5-shot HDR image, taken on a tripod.
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 11, 2010 blog titled "Let Them Come, Then Build It ( http://effectivethinker.com/?p=45 ) ." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2011 blog titled "NYC Launches “Green House” Program to Help Owners Green Apartment Buildings ( http://100sd.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/nyc-launches-“green-house”-program-to-help-owners-green-apartment-buildings/ ) ." And it was also published in an undated (late Jul 2011) blog titled "Diese Hotels in New York lohnen einen Besuch ( http://www.reisen-schnaeppchen.com/diese-hotels-in-new-york-lohnen-einen-besuch-2913?source=google&q=hotels+new+york&q=hotels+new+york+v1&cst=fs&csc=6980006723&csk=hotel new york city ) ." And it was published in an Aug 22, 2011 blog titled "Tolle Schnäppchen Bilder ( http://www.schnäppchen24.eu/2011/08/22/tolle-schnappchen-bilder/ ) ."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 21, 2012 blog titled "An In-Depth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography ( http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/shooting-articles/an-in-depth-look-at-dusk-and-twilight-photography/ ) ." A cropped version of the photo was also published as part of the "banner" of the CScout - Who We Are website ( http://www.cscout.com/who-we-are/ ) .
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I've signed up for a photo workshop called "New York at Twilight" at the International Center of Photography next month, and we were given this assignment to be carried out before the class starts:
"Please take 20 to 40 photographs – choose from a variety of subjects – people, self-portraits, your home, a car, cityscape – at twilight, dawn or when it’s completely dark. Bring 4”x6” prints or JPEGS on a flash drive or CD to class so we can see them. It’s good to select your best 10-15 photographs to show during the first class."
I'm not sure what I'll end up with for the assignment, but I thought I would include a few post-sunset, twilight views of the NYC skyline. I'll add more to this set as ideas come to me...](/Landscapes/NYC-HDR/i-sz6WrP2/0/L/New%20York%20at%20Twilight%2C%20Feb%202010%20-%2001_4331799357_o-L.jpg "This is a view of the midtown Manhattan skyline, looking south from the roof of my apartment building. It's a 5-shot HDR image, taken on a tripod.
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 11, 2010 blog titled "Let Them Come, Then Build It ( http://effectivethinker.com/?p=45 ) ." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2011 blog titled "NYC Launches “Green House” Program to Help Owners Green Apartment Buildings ( http://100sd.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/nyc-launches-“green-house”-program-to-help-owners-green-apartment-buildings/ ) ." And it was also published in an undated (late Jul 2011) blog titled "Diese Hotels in New York lohnen einen Besuch ( http://www.reisen-schnaeppchen.com/diese-hotels-in-new-york-lohnen-einen-besuch-2913?source=google&q=hotels+new+york&q=hotels+new+york+v1&cst=fs&csc=6980006723&csk=hotel new york city ) ." And it was published in an Aug 22, 2011 blog titled "Tolle Schnäppchen Bilder ( http://www.schnäppchen24.eu/2011/08/22/tolle-schnappchen-bilder/ ) ."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 21, 2012 blog titled "An In-Depth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography ( http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/shooting-articles/an-in-depth-look-at-dusk-and-twilight-photography/ ) ." A cropped version of the photo was also published as part of the "banner" of the CScout - Who We Are website ( http://www.cscout.com/who-we-are/ ) .
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I've signed up for a photo workshop called "New York at Twilight" at the International Center of Photography next month, and we were given this assignment to be carried out before the class starts:
"Please take 20 to 40 photographs – choose from a variety of subjects – people, self-portraits, your home, a car, cityscape – at twilight, dawn or when it’s completely dark. Bring 4”x6” prints or JPEGS on a flash drive or CD to class so we can see them. It’s good to select your best 10-15 photographs to show during the first class."
I'm not sure what I'll end up with for the assignment, but I thought I would include a few post-sunset, twilight views of the NYC skyline. I'll add more to this set as ideas come to me...")
This is a view of the midtown Manhattan skyline, looking south from the roof of my apartment building. It's a 5-shot HDR image, taken on a tripod.
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 11, 2010 blog titled "Let Them Come, Then Build It ( http://effectivethinker.com/?p=45 ) ." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2011 blog titled "NYC Launches “Green House” Program to Help Owners Green Apartment Buildings ( http://100sd.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/nyc-launches-“green-house”-program-to-help-owners-green-apartment-buildings/ ) ." And it was also published in an undated (late Jul 2011) blog titled "Diese Hotels in New York lohnen einen Besuch ( http://www.reisen-schnaeppchen.com/diese-hotels-in-new-york-lohnen-einen-besuch-2913?source=google&q=hotels+new+york&q=hotels+new+york+v1&cst=fs&csc=6980006723&csk=hotel new york city ) ." And it was published in an Aug 22, 2011 blog titled "Tolle Schnäppchen Bilder ( http://www.schnäppchen24.eu/2011/08/22/tolle-schnappchen-bilder/ ) ."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 21, 2012 blog titled "An In-Depth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography ( http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/shooting-articles/an-in-depth-look-at-dusk-and-twilight-photography/ ) ." A cropped version of the photo was also published as part of the "banner" of the CScout - Who We Are website ( http://www.cscout.com/who-we-are/ ) .
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I've signed up for a photo workshop called "New York at Twilight" at the International Center of Photography next month, and we were given this assignment to be carried out before the class starts:
"Please take 20 to 40 photographs – choose from a variety of subjects – people, self-portraits, your home, a car, cityscape – at twilight, dawn or when it’s completely dark. Bring 4”x6” prints or JPEGS on a flash drive or CD to class so we can see them. It’s good to select your best 10-15 photographs to show during the first class."
I'm not sure what I'll end up with for the assignment, but I thought I would include a few post-sunset, twilight views of the NYC skyline. I'll add more to this set as ideas come to me...
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 11, 2010 blog titled "Let Them Come, Then Build It ( http://effectivethinker.com/?p=45 ) ." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2011 blog titled "NYC Launches “Green House” Program to Help Owners Green Apartment Buildings ( http://100sd.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/nyc-launches-“green-house”-program-to-help-owners-green-apartment-buildings/ ) ." And it was also published in an undated (late Jul 2011) blog titled "Diese Hotels in New York lohnen einen Besuch ( http://www.reisen-schnaeppchen.com/diese-hotels-in-new-york-lohnen-einen-besuch-2913?source=google&q=hotels+new+york&q=hotels+new+york+v1&cst=fs&csc=6980006723&csk=hotel new york city ) ." And it was published in an Aug 22, 2011 blog titled "Tolle Schnäppchen Bilder ( http://www.schnäppchen24.eu/2011/08/22/tolle-schnappchen-bilder/ ) ."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Feb 21, 2012 blog titled "An In-Depth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography ( http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/shooting-articles/an-in-depth-look-at-dusk-and-twilight-photography/ ) ." A cropped version of the photo was also published as part of the "banner" of the CScout - Who We Are website ( http://www.cscout.com/who-we-are/ ) .
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I've signed up for a photo workshop called "New York at Twilight" at the International Center of Photography next month, and we were given this assignment to be carried out before the class starts:
"Please take 20 to 40 photographs – choose from a variety of subjects – people, self-portraits, your home, a car, cityscape – at twilight, dawn or when it’s completely dark. Bring 4”x6” prints or JPEGS on a flash drive or CD to class so we can see them. It’s good to select your best 10-15 photographs to show during the first class."
I'm not sure what I'll end up with for the assignment, but I thought I would include a few post-sunset, twilight views of the NYC skyline. I'll add more to this set as ideas come to me...
See photo in original gallery.