A day around NYC

pjb923

I live 20 minutes from NYC, and I have never taken a day to walk around and go shooting... until this weekend. I still have more shots to process, but these were some of my favorites.

It wouldn't be official without the Cliché Grand Central Shot

Now that I got that out of the way...

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There are a few more in the gallery and more will be added soon.
http://paulberge.smugmug.com/gallery/3156235/1/173352366

jamesl

Awesome. I love the repeating patterns. You have a great eye! Thanks for sharing these.

James

jdryan3

Nice shots. I like the turnstiles and fire escapes especially

Phil U.

Nice job. The turnstiles are excellent. Good use of repeating patterns in the others.

pjb923

Thanks for all the comments.

I really had a great day shooting in the city. This was an interesting change from my usual landscape/nature, and floral photography. I need to make city shooting more of a regular thing.

moose135

Very nice shots. I know what you mean about NYC - I live out on Long Island, and don't get in there nearly enough. I've been trying to find more time lately, maybe I'll bump into you one day.

pjb923

moose135 wrote:

Very nice shots. I know what you mean about NYC - I live out on Long Island, and don't get in there nearly enough. I've been trying to find more time lately, maybe I'll bump into you one day.

Thanks moose. You never know, it's a small world out there.

m_granite

I like your entrance & 'the hood' shots.

pyrtek

That last shot reminds me of the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti". It
wouldn't happen to be the same place, would it?


I also really like number 3. I love simple, graphic shots like that.

emmalou

I really really like the graffitti! Wonderful shots!

pjb923

Thanks guys.

Bernand, I just looked up the cover art for "Physical Graffiti" and found out it was shot at 97 St. Marks Place. We did a lot of walking on Saturday, and were in the area, so there is a good chance it was the same building, or at least on the same street. I'll have to look through my other shots to see if I can get a better idea of my exact location.
Thanks for pointing that out, I'm not a big Zeppelin fan so I would have never noticed it.

jdryan3

pjb923 wrote:

Thanks guys.

Bernand, I just looked up the cover art for "Physical Graffiti" and found out it was shot at 97 St. Marks Place.
Thanks for pointing that out, I'm not a big Zeppelin fan so I would have never noticed it.

"Kashmir", "In My Time of Dying", and of course, "Trampled Underfoot"

pyrtek

jdryan3 wrote:

"Kashmir", "In My Time of Dying", and of course, "Trampled Underfoot"

For me it's everything up to the atrocious "In Through The Outdoor" (or, as I
like to call it, "In Through The Outhouse").

pyrtek

pjb923 wrote:

I'm not a big Zeppelin fan

Does...not...compute...

jdryan3

pyrtek wrote:

For me it's everything up to the atrocious "In Through The Outdoor" (or, as I
like to call it, "In Through The Outhouse").

I actually got an advance copy of it when it came out. I was so disappointed :cry . Especially after Presence, which I thought was sending them in a great direction. That said, it did suck Bonham died. :bash

schmoo

Paul,

I'd seen a few in your blog but somehow missed your entire gallery. Wow! Great abstracts and amazing colors in the non-b/w ones. I grew up outside of NYC and my family is there, but I still have not once walked around just shooting. I'm glad to see that you did and did the place justice. Great work!

pjb923

Thanks schmooo. I really love your work, so it's great to hear some positive comments from you.

I intentionally left out the link to the full gallery so I could spread my posts out over the entire week. I included it in today's post.

Now I need to find the time to process my other shots which probably won't happen any time soon because my new Epson R1800 just arrived. I should be pretty busy playing with that this weekend. I can't wait to get home from work and try it out

schmooo wrote:

Paul,

I'd seen a few in your blog but somehow missed your entire gallery. Wow! Great abstracts and amazing colors in the non-b/w ones. I grew up outside of NYC and my family is there, but I still have not once walked around just shooting. I'm glad to see that you did and did the place justice. Great work!