Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts

Sunday, March 13, 2022

72. Gotham

Manhattan in fog, New York City, New York, USA
photo by Cameron Frittz
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/41178421@N05/
original image - https://live.staticflickr.com/8189/8443084797_efcdf81b0d_o.jpg

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Not nature, but what can I do, I like New York. This one almost looks like an impressionist painting, with the beads of light shining from the shadows and reflected in the rain. Great atmosphere.

I just cleaned up the image a little, removed some noise, and crushed the blacks.

Manhattan in fog by Cameron Frittz, wallscapades.blogspot.com
Before
Manhattan in fog by Cameron Frittz, wallscapades.blogspot.com
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Saturday, January 1, 2022

1. Urban Jungle

‘Manhattanhenge‘ - 42nd Street from Tudor City Bridge, New York City, New York, USA
photo by Eduard Moldoveanu
website - https://www.flickr.com/photos/eduardmoldoveanuphotography/
original image - https://live.staticflickr.com/3883/14638769874_34891a297a_h.jpg

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I know I said these were all going to be landscapes, but this one is the urban jungle, right?

From the Wikipedia: Manhattanhenge, also inaccurately called the Manhattan Solstice, is an event during which the setting sun or the rising sun is aligned with the east–west streets of the main street grid of Manhattan, New York City. The sunsets and sunrises each align twice a year, on dates evenly spaced around the summer solstice and winter solstice. The sunset alignments occur around May 28 and July 13. The sunrise alignments occur around December 5 and January 8. Excellent places for viewing Manhattanhenge are 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, and 57th Streets.

I reframed the image for the 16:10 screen, and crushed the blacks so the buildings disappear into them. You can see the difference bellow.

Manhattanhenge by Eduard Moldoveanu, wallscapades.blogspot.com
Before
Manhattanhenge by Eduard Moldoveanu, wallscapades.blogspot.com
After