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My thoughts about NYC:
Of all the cities on this planet, I can't think of one which fascinates me like New York City. Pictured in a thousand movies, New York sparked my imagination ever since I was a kid. I've been thinking about photographing NYC for as long as I can remember. To finally stand in front of its colossal skyline, with my camera, was such an overwhelming feeling. I've photographed many wonderful skylines but NYC's is truly special. Effortlessly, its architecture speaks of its glorious past, present and the promise of the future. NYC's skyline is as perfect as it gets.
At least to me, New York City was and remains, the promised land.
tech: it was a perfect day for cityscape photography. Partially cloudy day presented constantly changing lighting conditions. Clouds helped to keep the sunlight in check. I was able to wait for the sun to hit just the right part of the city at the right time.
Shooting this 13-frames wide vertorama however wasn't easy. I was on the boat ride around the lower Manhattan when I snapped this panorama. It was quite windy, boat was moving in a choppy sea and just standing on the boat's deck was a challenge, let alone trying to balance the camera to remain as vertical and steady as possible.
I set my Canon 5D MK3 to Manual mode and programmed it to snap 3 bracketed shots from -2EV through +2EV in quick succession. It worked well, or so I thought.
When I imported the 3 bracketed shots into Oloneo PhotoEngine for HDR processing, I realized that the boat moved a bit too much between the 3 exposures. Oloneo's 'auto-align' usually works very well but it can't align photos which have parallax shift between them. It messes up its algorithm which is understandable. I realized that HDR vertorama wasn't going to be possible so I opted for a conventional vertorama, using only the 13x mid (0EV) exposures. I was afraid at that point that Photoshop won't be able to align the 13 photos into a panorama because it took approximately 12 seconds between the first and the last shot. Boat moved quite a lot during this period and parallax shift was noticeable. To my big relief however, Photoshop did a perfect job and no errors were reported during the automated panoramic assembly process.
Working on a panorama 21,200 x 5,700 pixels with multiple layers is no easy feat. It takes a lot of resources and my (outdated) computer was begging for mercy.
Anyway, after 6 hours of hard work on this panorama, my vision was fulfilled. I finally got the shot of NYC I always dreamed about and I'm extremely happy with the result.
Hardware: Canon 5D Mk3, Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM
Software: Lightroom 4.4, Photoshop 5.1, Silver Efex Pro 2, Nik Output Sharpener
I've reprocessed this shot several times, and I think I finally have it to my liking. Now, I may look at it again in several months and say what was I thinking!
Sometimes you need to wait until you improve your processing skills to do a scene justice. Could I have done better in camera at the time of shooting this? Of course! For now, all I can do is to process (and reprocess) these shots to the best of my current ability. One day I will return to Antelope Canyon.
I can't see tomorrow
What the future holds
But I believe my heart knows enough
Ooh, though sometimes I'm confused
And I guess I stand to lose
I don't wanna risk missing your sweet love
And, ooh, if I knew
Ev'rything would end soon
I'd still choose to be with you
I can feel your body
Promise me the pleasure
Move me even closer to you
I can read your mind and
I believe it's time to
You don't have to ask
Just promise me this time
Won't be the last time
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Promise me forever
Don't just say whatever
A broken vow is better than none
Don't dare leave me in fear
As if you were not real
We both know this memory will live on
And, ooh, if I knew
Ev'rything would end soon
I'd still fall into your love
Promise me this night won't be the last
Promise me, promise me
Promise me this night won't be the last
That this won't be the last night, baby
Promise me this night won't be the last
Promise me this time
Each broken promise is a cloud without rain, a love without kisses .... a joy without smiles ...
Ogni promessa non mantenuta è una nuvola senza pioggia, un amore senza baci....una gioia senza sorrisi...
me
I can see it.
see what?
the promised land. and I mean to get there one day.
well, good luck with that. in the meantime, what I want is to get outta here.
me too, actually.
is that a promise?
sure.
The Promise
There is a saying in Dutch that literally translates After the rain Comes the sunshine. So to all my fellow Dutch hang in there! The storm will blow over!!!
Check out the story of my favorite windmill and a rainbow over at my blog: www.martijnvandernat.nl/the-story-my-favorite-windmill-an...
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Hey baby, when we are together, doing things that we love.
Every time you're near I feel like I’m in heaven, feeling high
I don’t want to let go, girl.
I just need you to know girl.
don’t wanna run away, baby you’re the one I need tonight,
No promises.
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, I just wanna die in your arms
Here tonight
Hey baby, when we are together, doing things that we love.
Everytime you're near I feel like I’m in heaven, feeling high
I don’t want to let go, girl.
I just need you to know girl.
I don’t wanna run away, baby you’re the one I need tonight,
No promises.
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, I just wanna die in your arms
I don’t want to run away, I want to stay forever, through Time and Time..
No promises
I don’t wanna run away, I don’t wanna be alone
No Promises
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, now and forever my love
No promises
I don’t wanna run away, baby you’re the one I need tonight,
No promises.
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, I just wanna die in your arms
I don’t wanna run away, baby you’re the one I need tonight,
No promises.
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, I just wanna die in your arms
Here tonight.
Still photo from the set of a collaboration with Ryan Schude, Collins Schude and Callin Passero for a Eating Faces video
Credits:
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AG. Tender Eyes @ Shiny Shabby
Dawn at Durdle Door. The golden glow promised much but did not deliver. Minutes later the sky reverted back to grey - a fleeting opportunity.
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I made a promise to my friend that I would photograph a cormorant for her in the Spring as she may have missed a shot of one while getting distracted by a kingfisher. Well here it is, as promised, on the first day of Spring :)
And this is where the promise was made
It is extremely difficult to photograph a cormorant dashing through the air like a bullet. This is a lucky shot. At a rookery in Northwest Cook County
去年我担保为一个朋友拍到鸬鹚，今天来兑现。