This is my favourite pic from the trip, even though it was taken in my least favourite part of the city. I was expecting the whole of New York to be like this — tower blocks and adverts — but luckily we stayed in the much smaller Greenwich "Village". Which wasn't actually a village, right, at least not by a Gog's standards.
Anyway, I think I like this photo the best because of the lengths I had to go to to get it. I mean, I was kneeling in a New York gutter with yellow taxi cabs whizzing past my elbows: a little alarming for somebody who usually has trouble crossing O'Connell Street. Afterwards, Bjarni told me that another tourist had taken a picture of me while I was down there. I like that: a picture of a person taking pictures of pictures somewhere they'd only ever seen in pictures before.
That is a gorgeous pic, Annie. I once stayed in a room at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square-- it was so darn exciting it was like sleeping under the Christmas Tree with all the lights on. The view was unreal and I just couldn't bring myself to draw the curtains closed. Gorgeous. Looks like you had a fine time; are you glad to be home, though?
ReplyDeleteHmm. Kind of. I'm still pining for everywhere that isn't Dublin, though.
ReplyDeleteI see the luck of the Irish was with you. Blue skies in February over New York!?!?!?
ReplyDeleteI think I like the one of Tom the best. How come you took a portrait in landscape mode? Is that a trick you've picked up?
It's weird but I've just started taking all my pictures in landscape mode since I started this film course. I just like them to be the way they'd be on the screen.
ReplyDeleteTom the bartender was great, I left him a mighty tip. Are you supposed to tip more if they chat to you and pose for a photo? The whole tipping thing baffles me. I'm sure I was tipping way too much everywhere, just out of panic really.
Funky pic - will you be taking some at the blogs later
ReplyDeleteMaybe! Aren't you anonymous though? You'll have to wear a mask.
ReplyDeleteTimes Square is surprisingly empty. I always remember NY as teeming with people. Or had your team of roadies cleared the area ready for the photo-shoot?
ReplyDeleteFantastic shot! I'm off to NYC in a few days and hope to get something half as good as this :) Trip was good then?
ReplyDeleteThe photography books never mention that it's putting your life on the line that makes the colours so vibrant! Brave elbows, great photo!
ReplyDeletehow very meta!
ReplyDeletei just got back from South Africa, where I took lots of pictures of Pirate taking pictures.
love the photo, btw.
Yeah, we were so lucky with the weather, it was gorgeous. But pretty cold.
ReplyDeleteThe photography books should point you in the direction of the "adjust saturation" sliders in Photoshop, Brendan ;) I'm all about the digital editing, unfortunately.
Weird, I hadn't noticed that there aren't any people in the shot. It's just the angle.
Welcome home CB, looking forward to seeing the pics.
Great picture, Annie. Colour, motion, scale, light and contrast... everything together. Is it quite a wide lens?
ReplyDeleteNo, it's a regular lens. I just added a slight skew to curve the tower blocks over a little,
ReplyDeleteI really love that picture ;)
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