Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
...I decided to hunt for a spot to shoot this bridge that takes cars (on two levels - lots of lanes) from Staten Island to Brooklyn. I've discovered a couple new tricks with my GPS system.
1. I can you the map to move around and try to find interesting parks, bridges or roads. Then you point with your finger and the arrow moves. A small info box indicates that you selected the right thing (i.e. Wall Avenue) and you press 'Go'...and it leads you right to it. Excellent.
2. If you find a interesting location and want to come back to it just save it. The GPS will save lots of favorite locations and you can easily find them again. If I see something interesting I pull over, save the location and call it something to identify it.
...so I used trick #1 to find a park close to the bridge and went. Fortunately this park was not only free, but had excellent views of the bridge and Brooklyn. You can also see all the way to Jersey City and of course Manhattan (right of the picture).
Overall, it was pleasant and I felt safe despite the place emptying at dusk. However, it all became unpleasant when the 'War on Terror' showed up...read more on the next picture when I post it...
for obvious reasons I doubt I'll shoot this bridge again, but I should have shoot this at higher aperture or put a star filter on. I would have had to have used Bulb and I didn't have time.
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
...I decided to hunt for a spot to shoot this bridge that takes cars (on two levels - lots of lanes) from Staten Island to Brooklyn. I've discovered a couple new tricks with my GPS system.
1. I can you the map to move around and try to find interesting parks, bridges or roads. Then you point with your finger and the arrow moves. A small info box indicates that you selected the right thing (i.e. Wall Avenue) and you press 'Go'...and it leads you right to it. Excellent.
2. If you find a interesting location and want to come back to it just save it. The GPS will save lots of favorite locations and you can easily find them again. If I see something interesting I pull over, save the location and call it something to identify it.
...so I used trick #1 to find a park close to the bridge and went. Fortunately this park was not only free, but had excellent views of the bridge and Brooklyn. You can also see all the way to Jersey City and of course Manhattan (right of the picture).
Overall, it was pleasant and I felt safe despite the place emptying at dusk. However, it all became unpleasant when the 'War on Terror' showed up...read more on the next picture when I post it...
for obvious reasons I doubt I'll shoot this bridge again, but I should have shoot this at higher aperture or put a star filter on. I would have had to have used Bulb and I didn't have time.