(tacking on the last day of the year to this week.)
In the midst of the end of year crunch these past two weeks, my lunch break has been an opportunity for me to slip out of the office for some fresh air and a chance to clear my head with camera in hand. I take a stroll around the block either to or about Bryant Park and the surrounding streets and just try to keep my eyes open. It's felt a little bit to me like I've "seen all there is to see" around these same few blocks, as I've trudged around the same trek for the past year now, whenever I've been in need of a breather; but I also recognize the ridiculousness of that idea: that I could really have "caught" everything there was to "catch" and "seen" everything there was to behold. No, even retracing the same steps from a day or even half day or hour before could and should yield different things to see in this City of Perpetual Motion. In a way, I think shuffling about the same paths all the time is a simple exercise in keeping my eyes sharp, looking out for "decisive moments" at which to spring into action.
This shot came at the end of one of my lunchtime strolls. They're constructing a shiny new tower across the street from my office building on the southwest corner of Bryant Park. I glanced up to see a few guys up on the steel beams, and my head exploded because I thought it was a really neat sight (and I had already put my camera away). So I pulled the camera back out and snapped a few. I think the guy saw me and even waved at one point.
As a testament to the new camera, I should note that this photo was taken at 35mm (or 52mm on a normal full frame). This is heavily cropped. 24 megapixels is laughably overmuch, but in this particular instance, it is amazing. I know it's not recommended to take photos and then crop like mad, but it was what I had to work with, and I really like how this came out.
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| 35mm (DX) : ISO 360 : f/4 : 1/60s Man on Steel |
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