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Architecture Fisheye Photos Urban

Norway spruce

This year’s tree is an 85-foot Norway spruce from the Shelton, Connecticut yard of Joseph and Judith Riunyaks, according to Connecticut Post.

The tree is topped by a 9.5-foot, 550-pound Swarovski Star with more then 25,000 crystals and 1 million facets — the largest ever for a Rock Center tree.

The November 28 tree-lighting ceremony, is scheduled to air live on NBC from 7 to 9 p.m. and is open to anyone in the public willing to brave the crowds and the traffic to take in the celebrity-studded show. Ahem, that would be us.

The tree will stay in the plaza until January 8, lit daily from 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; all day on Christmas and 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.

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Photos Urban

Work in Progress

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Photos Urban

Concrete Canvas 03

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Photos Urban

Mad Idea

01

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Landscape Nature Photos

Shedding

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Landscape Nature Photos

Hello, Autumn

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Nightscape Photos Urban

Scarecrow

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Panorama Photos Urban

Concrete Canvas 02

Stitched 5-6 exposures to come up with this.

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Photos Urban

Pimped

This photo was also taken in 5Pointz. Not only do you have the warehouse to paint over, you can even paint anything! 😀 Just kidding..

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Photos Urban

Concrete Canvas 01

I’ll be posting a series of photos taken at 5 Pointz, the premier place to shoot graffiti in NY. You can get more information about the place here. I first noticed this area during the first quarter of ’07. My apprehension to wander around that place stemmed from the idea that it was dangerous. But a simple google got rid of that fear. As it turned out, 5Pointz is a warehouse used as a canvas for a variety of novice & professional graffiti artists. Yep, they’re in cahoots with the owner.

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Indoor Photos Sculptures

Rebulto

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Architecture Indoor Photos Sculptures

Portal

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Architecture Nightscape Panorama Photos Urban

Manhattan Pano

I again recently got to test how steady my grip was. A single shot just wouldn’t cut it so I just stitched 4-5 not-so-sharp exposures in a pano to minimize the blur. 🙂

  • Shot hand held on the “Rock” with only the ledge to steady my grip. (I guess tripods aren’t allowed, except for the “official photographer” who’ll sell you a shot for a not so reasonable price.)
  • Freezing winds buffeted my gloveless hands.
  • The widest I could go was 3.5
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Architecture Indoor Photos Urban

Light Speed

Have you been to Top of the Rock? If you do, you’ll know what this is. This is what you see while waiting in line to buy the tickets.

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Photos Urban

Holiday Gridlock

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Indoor Photos Urban

Jingle Balls

Christmas is around the corner. Time to drop some serious “equipment” dough. lol.