"Anonymous" New Yorkers - Part VI

[A miller]

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[stuny]

Very nice.

[A miller]

Thanks, Stuart.

[XVarior]

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[Ernstk]

Really like that!

[A miller]

Thanks, Rodrigue and Ernstk.  I'm glad that you were sufficiently flexible in your interpretation in order to "get the joke" on this one...  Best, Adam  

[Ernstk]

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Just seen your Flickr site Adam. Great photos! I was spending one week a month in NYC with work until recently and I miss it terribly.

 

Ernst

[A miller]

Just seen your Flickr site Adam. Great photos! I was spending one week a month in NYC with work until recently and I miss it terribly.

 

Ernst

 

Thanks, Ernst.  Too bad we couldn't connect while you were in NYC.  But if you are ever back here please do not hesitate to contact me for some shooting.   Best, Adam 

[Ernstk]

Thanks, Ernst.  Too bad we couldn't connect while you were in NYC.  But if you are ever back here please do not hesitate to contact me for some shooting.   Best, Adam 

 

Definitely Adam. That would be interesting. I should be back in NYC in the next couple of months. I'll let you know.

 

Ernst

[XVarior]

I'm amazed not only by the eye behind each of the photographs but also by the level of skills in achieving such beautiful high contrast images. We, digital photographers sometimes take it for granted forgetting that this is film.

I'm also amazed with NY streets being aligned east-west as if whoever build them had photographers in his mind!:-)

[A miller]

I'm amazed not only by the eye behind each of the photographs but also by the level of skills in achieving such beautiful high contrast images. We, digital photographers sometimes take it for granted forgetting that this is film.

I'm also amazed with NY streets being aligned east-west as if whoever build them had photographers in his mind!:-)

 

Hi Rodrigue - That's very nice of you.  I sincerely appreciate it.  And, yes, the NYC streets are conducive to the "barreling" effect of the light.  But you should know that the sun moves around on its axis through out the year and so the barreling effect is only present during certain periods of the year for certain streets.  In the winter, the morning sun barrels directly between the buildings through the streets of Manhattan; that's b/c it rises from pretty much due east (unlike the summer, where is rises from the northeast).  That's what I love of the early morning winter light; and that's the basis of my "anonymous" series.  During the summer, it is essentially the reverse, as the sun sets pretty much due west (in the winter, it sets southwest), and so it barrels through b/n buildings and through the streets as it sets.  The "Manhattanhenge" phenomenon is illustrative of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhenge  There are two (and only two) days in the summer in which the sun sets exactly due west and fits perfectly between the buildings and through the middle of the streets of Manhattan.  Photographers from all over camp out on the various pedestrian bridges that pass over the main streets (42nd street, e.g.) and wait to shoot the sunset.  This will be one of my projects for this summer, with Ektar and/or velvia 50, of course

 

All the best,

Adam 

[MT0227]

That picture is all too familier from when I worked on the other side of the river......wonderful example of the daily AM grind.   

[XVarior]

Hi Rodrigue - That's very nice of you. I sincerely appreciate it. And, yes, the NYC streets are conducive to the "barreling" effect of the light. But you should know that the sun moves around on its axis through out the year and so the barreling effect is only present during certain periods of the year for certain streets. In the winter, the morning sun barrels directly between the buildings through the streets of Manhattan; that's b/c it rises from pretty much due east (unlike the summer, where is rises from the northeast). That's what I love of the early morning winter light; and that's the basis of my "anonymous" series. During the summer, it is essentially the reverse, as the sun sets pretty much due west (in the winter, it sets southwest), and so it barrels through b/n buildings and through the streets as it sets. The "Manhattanhenge" phenomenon is illustrative of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhenge There are two (and only two) days in the summer in which the sun sets exactly due west and fits perfectly between the buildings and through the middle of the streets of Manhattan. Photographers from all over camp out on the various pedestrian bridges that pass over the main streets (42nd street, e.g.) and wait to shoot the sunset. This will be one of my projects for this summer, with Ektar and/or velvia 50, of course

 

All the best,

Adam

I never heard of Manhattanhenge, interesting to plan a visit during those dates :-)

Of course the sub axis is always changing during the year but what I mean is there seem to be always a nice light in Manhattan early morning and late afternoon. Due to its relatively short flat land before mountains and hills start to raise right behind the Mediterranean, coastal cities streets are almost all build north-south in Lebanon, no drama in cities here :-(

[A miller]

I never heard of Manhattanhenge, interesting to plan a visit during those dates :-)

Of course the sub axis is always changing during the year but what I mean is there seem to be always a nice light in Manhattan early morning and late afternoon. Due to its relatively short flat land before mountains and hills start to raise right behind the Mediterranean, coastal cities streets are almost all build north-south in Lebanon, no drama in cities here :-(

heh, no drama except for all of those dramatic storm scenes that you share that make you pee in your pants just looking at them...

[lmans]

I love the idea....but I think there is too much light coming from the sun..... and if you try to  darken it, then you lose the people and any features within. So...perhaps this is a 'close-one'...not the perfect shot, but close.... jim