new york
Today's DP monthly theme day is "City Exchange: post a photo of a city other than your own."
Since I'll never get a chance to do this again, I'm posting two here (in addition to the two I've already posted at my other site).
Luckily, these two were almost taken in the same city.
Above, we have the ceiling of the Guggenheim Museum. I think they were doing roof work when I visited.
Below, we have the George Washington Bridge.
Enjoy.
...I said that "Enjoy" entirely too pretentiously. Pretend I didn't.
13 comments:
Both are great shots Josy, but the GWB has a lot of memories :)
The Guggenheim I think is the better of the two.
ah yes, the classic view of the GW too close to the sun--on of its many design flaws. Many people forget that when it was designed Cass Gilbert, famous NY architect of Woolworth Bldg fame, was hired to cover the bridge towers with terracotta panels and make it into a Gothik structure similar to Tower Br in London. He chose a different route. He covered it with white feathers collected from over 16 million ostriches and Emus, which were then applied to the steel structure with bees wax. Sadly, the height of the structure and the metal's capacity to heat up under the sun melted the wax on its opening day. Hundreds of motorists were blinded, almost fatally so, as feathers coated their windshields in and caused them to drive to New Jersey, where they were unable to return.
The resulting chaos continued for years, decades, due to the high amount of feathers and the distance these could float in the wind. Soon large amounts of NYC's inner urban middle class core was blinded by these feathers and confused enough to get lost in New Jersey. This sad chapter in the city's history is known as white flight.
also,
i was there that day at the gug. why am i not there in that ceiling shot?
Nikon, believe me, the GWB has memories for me, too. I've only crossed it once, I think, but it took me over 3 hours to get across the damn thing.
James, you are not in the ceiling shot because you were impatiently waiting outside while I took photos of a celing.
so now we have another new blog
why i am attracted to and compelled to read long comments i don't know, but must thank ja.mes for a good laugh. i love this set. very, very nice. particularly drawn to the gwb shot. love the color and perspective. i can even dig the lens flare. good job.
We do have another new blog, but Mr. England, I believe you have more than one blog yourself, is that correct?
RD- All photographers worth their salt, it seems, view lens flares as horrid things to be avoided at all costs. This brings me to the obvious conclusion that I am not a photographer worth my own salt. SO BE IT. I will stand tall, with ridiculous Nikon 3200, and defend lens flares until the day I don't.
yes I do have several and two separate blogger IDs -- I try not to confuse folk by using the same "avatar" for both but some folk get confused anyway
I wanted an early night but I'm not going to get one!
:)
I am ridiculous Nikon101 - (I'm an earlier model), but I will stand tall ( well....) with you on the bridge! I love lens flare, too.
Have you ever walked across it? I love NYC briges - you can walk across all of them.
Isn't Blogger more fun?
Wecome aboard, good to see 'ya, love your avatar, all that friendly stuff :)
I've only ever BEEN across the GWB once (a couple weeks ago), and that was a nasty nasty bit of traffic that I don't hope to reenact anytime soon. So no, no walking for me.
I hear you can walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, though, and I'm eager to try that someday.
I'm thinking I might use this site just for the better photos. The Wordpress one is already pretty well-established.
The Brooklyn Bridge is great - it has a walkway ( made out of wood ) suspended over the roadway. there are benches to sit & "street lamps" to light your way; tugboats going underneath. Very nice at night.
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