Jan 252012
 

This is the trip where I really got to test out my new Canon 5d Mk II and L-series lenses. I walked across Brooklyn Bridge and actually got my timing completely wrong. The sun had set by the time I got there. I set up for a night shot of the skyline, and then the sunset provided an encore, spreading pink light across the sky.

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I was initially annoyed to have cranes ruining my skyline shot. This was taken a week before the marking of the tenth year after 9/11. I processed this while watching a documentary on the progress of the World Trade Center’s new tower. Suddenly, I realized that is the building with the cranes in my photo. I understand that when this photo was taken it was at about half of the height it will reach.

Night shot of the skyline of New York with the sunset spreading pink light across the sky (cranes shown are at the site of the New World Trade Center).

 

  2 Responses to “New York Skyline at Sunset”

  1. this one is really nice too Jonathan. I don’t mind the cranes because they carry a good story. I think it is better with the pink than a regular sunset shot actually.

    I am having a hard time choosing the one I want.

    thanks
    b

    • Yeah, I’d decided to walk from my hotel by Times Square. I’d left plenty of time but got caught up in all the action in Washignton Square Park. Still though I’d left enough time but didn’t account for the length of the bridge, and getting a little lost. It may help that the smallest this can be printed without needing to be cropped in checkout is 10 inches by 20 inches. Don’t know if that will be a factor for you.

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