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My cat, summer, 1983. His name was Mark. I'm not entirely sure what happened to him. I went to college. My parents divorced. Lost track of kitty. Not happy about that, thinking of it now. You should do right by your kitties.
Beautiful skyline, Perfect sunset, clear skies and a near full moon. What else one can ask for, to get that one photograph we always wanted. That was my experience when I visited Kerry Park to get some decent photos of Seattle downtown. But got more than what I was looking for.
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A recent commission for The University of Salford showing their new site at Media City on Salford Quays.
Chincoteague Island, VA – May 14, 2015: The Lighthouse Trail leads through a green forest on Chincoteague Island.
Aerial night view of Phra Khanong district and Rama IV road in Bangkok.
The neon lCielo Skybar at an altutude of about 360 feet oabove ground.
The best part about living in NYC is being able to see some of the world's finest architectural marvels. You live among giants and eventually start appreciating them. The Chrysler Building is yet another landmark at the center of Manhattan which cannot be missed easily.
This Spanish Colonial Revival building is Sonoma's city hall, situated in the centre of the Sonoma Square. It and the former public library were designed by San Francisco architect A.C. Lutgens.
A photo from my recent travels. I'll bet you can easily guess the city. But can you guess the spot. And I highly recommend visiting it
San Francisco Skyline
San Francisco makes it wonderfully easy to tap into the Good Life. Between the hot arts scene, the tempting boutiques, the awesome bay views, and all those stellar, locally focused restaurants and wine bars, it's the perfect place to indulge yourself.
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The Christmas wanderings begin in earnest for 2015 in late October, early November…I’m thinking by the time I retire, here in the USA they’ll probably start Christmas activities at the end of the summer the way the timeline’s been moving in my lifetime….commercialization of the holiday. Well that’s not what it is about for me, the celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus, the season of giving and kindness that’s what it’s about. In New York City, the beauty of decorations, lights (yes I know it part of the commercialization I guess…) make it a picture takers paradise.
So we begin here in Manhattan, on Sixth Avenue, the iconic and magnificent Rockefeller Center located in the heart of northern reaches of Midtown. October 29th, back in 2012 the New York Metro area literally got wiped out by Hurricane Sandy, whoops technically Super-storm Sandy if we want to split hairs. In 1988 my ex-wife and I were blessed with my first born child, my precious Ashley Christine on the 29th of October. The 29th of October, back in ‘29, 1929 to be precise here in New York City 16 million shares of stocks were traded not too far down south of this location down on Wall Street at the New York Stock Exchange in single day resulting in eradication of the fortunes of many of the largest investors in the United States, Black Tuesday…where eventually the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 90% of its value by 1932. America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled down in the decade long Great Depression of the Western industrialized world. It was in 1929 that John D. Rockefeller, Jr. held a 24 year lease on a piece of property in Manhattan which was generally recognized as “speakeasy belt” as Prohibition was still the law of the land. Rockefeller’s plans for what today we refer to as gentrification of the speakeasy area by building a beautiful Metropolitan Opera House…then Black Tuesday arrived.
The economic outlook for the Metropolitan Opera House with the downward spiral of the Great Depression was bleak at best. John D. had to switch gears at this point, and from the ashes of the Opera House plan came a bolder plan. Build a world class, state of art complex on the parcel of land, with buildings so modern and bold that they would attract commercial clients, a center where the crippled city could begin recovery. In retrospect, while a huge personal and financial risk, Rockefeller’s investment turned out to be a great boon and blessing to city. The tearing down of “speakeasy belt”, the construction of this huge complex of buildings provided employment for thousands of construction workers, provided other similar projects like the Empire State Building 20 blocks south and others to continue the impetuous to move forward toward recovery. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. sought a commercial ally in this venture and a young media company Radio Corporation of America (RCA) became that key partner. RCA’s two largest branches were radio shows of the National Broadcast Company (NBC) and Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Movie Studios which would go on to become one the Big Five Studios in Hollywood’s Golden Age…couldn’t ask for a better alliance.
This image is of the Sixth Avenue and main entrance of the first completed project within what would eventually be dubbed Rockefeller Center, the grand theater that RCA head David Sarnoff called Radio City or Radio City Music Hall. The concept was simple, a gorgeous venue with great quality programming at cost the ordinary man could afford….a place whose intent was to provide entertainment and amusement but also a place to elevate and inspire. The Art Deco masterpiece was the design of Donald Desky who underlying theme throughout the theater was “Progress of Man”. This has become its annual holiday ornamentation, the changing color Christmas Tree, on the marquis, the annual Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular featuring the Radio City Rockettes which both date back to the 1930’s. In this image, to slightly to the rear and south or right the largest & tallest brightly lit building in the Rockefeller Center complex is visible, 30 Rockefeller Center or simply 30 Rock. Taken with Olympus E-5, handheld using a Olympus Zuiko 12-60MM F2.8-4.0 lens in early November 2015 processed Adobe Lightroom.
I was really intrigued with the lighting in this shot, to actually see the blue hour starting to show over the city while the last glimpse of sunset gets reflected off the skyscrapers.
Really amazing :)
Meet-up with Joel Tjintjelaar, photographed architecture series in Amsterdam.
Technical info:
B+W ND110 - 10 stops
B+W ND106 - 6 stops
total 16 stops
f/8
ISO100
10 mm
180 (3min00s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5
Nik Software Silver Efex Pro 2
Nik Software Dfine 2.0