I want to go back! Now, the more I look at my photos of New York, the more the city appeals to me! A few people asked about the settings for the night shots from the last post. All I did was really boost the ISO to 3200, use a f2.8 on my 20mm lens, and WITH THE STRAP AROUND MY NECK, propped the camera on the edge of the railing, and shot at 1/13 in manual mode. In camera raw, I increased exposure .4, contrast +14, clarity +14, vibrance +23. In photoshop, I reduced the noise, used a radlab action to sharpen and add a little more contrast. I think the most important thing was using a wide lens (20mm), ISO at 3200, shot wide open (f/2.8) and using the ledge to prop the camera. Of course a tripod would have been great, but I liked going to the Empire State Building with nothing in my hands but my camera.
This top part of the building is the Mooring Dock. It was intended to be the platform for blimps. Imagine that as a tourist excursion, boarding the blimp from the Empire State Building! I heard that it was lit up, in all its "blueness" for a week after the Giants won the Superbowl.
Did I mention we got to see King Kong at the Empire State Building? He was affable.
And by 1 am, I decided it was a great time to get to sample one of the famous New York Hot Dogs, not something normally in my general diet. It was surprisingly good! Not exactly a street vendor, but a store that opened onto the street, a couple of blocks from our hotel.
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Your trip sounds fun - and thanks for sharing your technique on the night shots. A super wide angle lens is most beneficial in NYC.
That can't be a New York hot dog! Where's the saurkraut and mustard!!! And did you buy it from a street vendor that acted like he was doing you a favor by selling you his hot dog? No? Then it can't be a genuine New York hot dog! That's O.K. we'll go back together and have another go at it! And we can keep going back over and over again until we get it just right! :-) I'm getting a little nostalgic. I think I need a dose of the Big Apple.
My knees got weak reading how you hung your camera over the railing...oh my! I probably would have done it, too, but just thinking about my precious camera hanging out there (even with a neck strap) makes my stomach clench up! Gorgeous pictures, by the way!
My knees got weak reading how you hung your camera over the railing...oh my! I probably would have done it, too, but just thinking about my precious camera hanging out there (even with a neck strap) makes my stomach clench up! Gorgeous pictures, by the way!
Can't wait to go back to NY!! And that hotdog - mmmmmm!
I agree with Maria. That doesn't look like a New York hot dog. The night shots are great!
Love your New York shots. Makes me want to go back! Our family had such a fun time there a couple of years ago!
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