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Parking Structure. New York City. August 14, 2010. © Copyright 2014 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Parking structure and urban scene near the Highline Park in New York City
When in New York City... visit the Highline Park, as we did on this 2010 summer visit. For those who may not know, the Highline Park is a novel New York location, a park high above the streets that occupies the right of way of an old elevated railway. It is widely regarded as one of the most innovative public spaces in this city, and it really is a remarkable place.
It is also a great place to do photography. There are plenty of people subjects there, and there is all of the other stuff that is worth shooting in New York, plus the elevated perspective provides a lot of views that are different from those seen from street level. We've all seen this urban parking structures, which stack cars up several deep in order to make more efficient use of limited space. But we don't often see them from above, where the metal framing suggests planes that aren't visible from below but which connect in interesting ways with the angled lines and planes of the other nearby buildings.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Structure
In ambient solid states.
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strobist
[4'x6' silver reflector] Flat on floor just right of the frame.
[Alien Bee 400 > 24'' soft box] 4' directly to the right of model, pointed at silver reflector 3/4 power.
[Alien Bee 400 > bare] In line with camera, left, pointed at a white wall, 1/16 power.
[Bowens Pulsar] Radio Triggers.
As I am descending into the underworld, I see the structures that support what was once a great metropolis. I remark the infrastructure that linked it to other great cities. Massive supports to hold up tons of concrete and rail. The sound of an occasional locomotive breaks the silence rumbling as it passes overhead and then disappearing. Swallowed by the huge mouth of a sleeping city. The stillness once again reigns over mammoth walls and columns.
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To finish off the Craigellachie Tunnel set, here's a striking shot of the northern portal, looking through to the retaining wall and bridge at the southern end. In order to capture the tunnel looking as bright as it does here, I did an initial light paint around the portal, followed by taking a walk through, swinging the torch as I went. I kept going in that manner until I'd walked the bridge at the other side. Despite it being quite windy, the ferns haven't suffered as much motion blur as they have in some of the shorter exposures I took at this point.
Just as a quick recap about the UK's most northerly tunnel, it's 68 yards in length and sits on a significant ledge above the River Spey but below the A95. The lining consists of stone along the side walls and brick across the crown and the southern approach is shored up by a substantial brick retaining wall and to bridge the cliff the railway runs half way down, there's a half bridge in place. All in all, there's enough to see here to warrant a visit if you're ever passing by, although it doesn't really justify a 300 mile round trip. With that said, we did spend the day looking at various other bridges and former stations so if you plan this as only being part of your day then it's well worth a look.
Back when I took this photo, I had no idea what was being built. I now know it was the new public library in Perth. It's quite an interesting structure.
After the Bennington tornado became fully rain wrapped, we dropped back on it a bit. This was primarily because storms like this can tend to cycle and drop a new tornado further south (potentially closer to us) but also to check out its structure.
*This is a multi-image stitch*
I'm fascinated by architectural structures - here two tall buildings - that combine to make a new unique structure.
D300 with AF 50mm f/1.4
1/250 sec at f/16 (0EV)
ISO 200