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Stoic
Ack. A three-letter word that brought me relief today. I was accidentally billed for my hosting and my reaction looked like that guy above. It’s a good thing my host realized their mistake and retracted the previous billing notice. The first word in their email.. Ack!
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Toho
Well, after about a week long hiatus I’m back again. I’ll just be doing the usual retro posting of the previous days I’ve missed.
Here’s a lighthouse overlooking Lake Tohopekaliga (Lake Toho, West Lake or Toho for short) near Kissimmee Park in Osceola county.
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Hieroglyphs
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Coronet
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Regurgitating Steel
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Soldiers & Sailors
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Steel Embrace
What visit to NY wouldn’t be complete without visiting or gazing at the Brooklyn Bridge? It’s just so pretty to look at. It’s like a gothic eye candy. lol. This bridge is one of the oldest steel suspension bridge and used to hold the record for being the longest. The seeming mediocrity of this shot is spawned from thousands of shots taken at this spot. (Manhattan side) Try googling it and you’ll see what I mean. Basically everyone who has been here with a camera shoots the exact same thing.
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St. Paul’s Chapel
Why so somber a photo for today? Did my day suck? Of course not.. Was the weather bad? Not really, not if 55°F on a winter day makes you feel bad. Nah, nothing horrible happened. I just felt like posting this one for today. A gloomy photo to complement this fine day I had. What happened? Nothing major.. I was just part of the live audience today at a David Letterman taping. Woohoo!!!
This day has been a series of fortunate events.. We just got out in time for the bus – no waiting in the bitter cold. Not that the weather sucked, on the contrary, the weather didn’t quite suck that much at all.. 😀 I also chanced upon a religious pamphlet on the seat I was about to take, and being the curious type, instead of just swatting it away from the seat, I got it and started to read it just to pass the time. But when I opened it, guess who was staring at me right in the face, it was my good friend Jackson! I just got me 20 bucks! Woohoo! And it got me a “free pass” to the Empire State building. Yep, this shot was taken from the Empire State, these pigeons just decided to pose for the shot. And to finish the day, it’s off to Serendipity 3 for dessert. Not that I expected to get in ‘coz that place almost always had a line at the door. But Lady Luck bared her pearly whites for us and we were soon gorging on gorgeous confections. Yummy! Now if only I could taste the $1000 dessert they’re offering, this day would be perfect. lol.
01/11/08 Update
I’m looking at this photo & it reminds me of the nuke explosion on Heroes. Isaac Mendez’ view from his apartment?
02/16/08 Update
Doing some bit of organization & I happened to find the pamphlet I was talking about. Looky here –> 
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Ford
New York’s best building of the 1960s, the Ford Foundation Building was built for the country’s largest philanthropic organization. Supported by an exposed steel structure, the building takes the form of a glass box enclosing an interior atrium which rises the full height of the building to a skylight. Offices are located around this central court with a view into the atrium garden which also serves as a public space. The layout of buildings around atrium spaces or winter gardens would later become popularized in the shopping mall and numerous skyscrapers of the 1980s.
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The Alley
Wherever I May Roam. That’s a Metallica song that I dig. It’s today’s topic. The itch to shoot definitely pushes you to wander around or you’ll end up shooting the same thing over and over again. A good comfortable shoe is a must for the habitual stroll around the city. Explore corners unfamiliar to you. Experiment. Who knows what you might see. The street you’re traversing might be boring as hell but turn a corner, climb a flight of stairs and boom! Just be careful you don’t get mugged. Keep a pepper spray just to be cautious. hehe..
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Woolworth
There’s nothing worth watching on the boob tube now especially since all the writers are still on strike. Haven’t watched Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert for quite a while. But they’ll be coming back next week! Goody.. Some late night talk show hosts got back on air this week too. And to top of the new year, I got tickets to see David Letterman! Sa-weeet!!
My recent wanderings brought me downtown to City Hall, this is the Woolworth Building. Neo-Gothic, Art Deco building constructed by Cass Gilbert from 1911-1913. It was the tallest building in the world for 17 years until the construction of 40 Wall Street. Read more about it.
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Boom.. boom.. boom!
Being used to the abundance of fireworks & firecrackers at home, the new year celebration here is a bit tame. Well, if you factor in the partying that goes on after midnight then forget about the pyrotechnics, this is the place to be! Not that we partied along, well, we tried to. It’s our first new year here so we went to Times Square to witness the ball drop but the closest we got was at 52nd street.. and the ball was nowhere in sight. Bummer. It was time for Plan B. That photo was Plan B. Fireworks @ Prospect Park.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! *insert firecracker sounds here*
Yippee!! I’ve been reserving January 1, 2008’s post for a group photo to try out a technique I’ve learned through the internet called slow-sync. Well, the light trails weren’t that good so obviously a “bit” of post processing was done. To cap it off, this was actually taken in the future! =0 Shocking, no?! January 23, 2008 to be exact. What happened was, after watching the fireworks @ Prospect Park & commuting in the cold to get home, we were so conked out on New Year’s Eve so I totally forgot about it. So, the days passed and I was thinking of what to post on New Year’s Day, when BOOM! I thought of a group shot, but of course, an ordinary group shot wouldn’t do. But I needed 4 people to complete 2008. 01/23/08 was the day we got together again.. so at 3AM in the morning, here’s the result of our impromptu photo shoot.
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Launch Pad
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Brick-a-brac
Ahh.. fisheye.. this is fun.. For a full-frame glass, it still looks good on a crop sensor.. lol.
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(5117) M42
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Break of Dawn
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Gluttony
Merry Christmas to all! As always, the holiday season is an excuse to satiate some of our worldly desires. What better way to celebrate the holidays by stuffing your mouth full of hot dogs no? Bon Apetit!
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Coney Island Subway
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BP Grill & Cafe
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PORSH-uh
Got home on a rainy weekend afternoon and saw this Porsche parked in front of our apartment. Being the country bumpkin and not used to these luxury cars parked around, I got my camera and shot a few bursts.
Random snipe from the end of the shuttle train from Grand Central to Times Square. Guess which end..
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Fairy Dust
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Brooklyn Bridge
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Angels & Snowflakes
Depending on which subway you might’ve been to in NY, chances are you will be encountering a very diverse group of artists (dancers & musicians) performing for the crowds for free. Some might even be on the train. Most of them congregate on stations with a high volume of people passing by like Times Square or Union Square. This guy is part of a 5/6 man brass & percussion band that I’ve seen twice already. They’re really good.
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Layers
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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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Scarecrow
Stitched 5-6 exposures to come up with this.
This photo was also taken in 5Pointz. Not only do you have the warehouse to paint over, you can even paint anything! 😀 Just kidding..
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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Rebulto
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Portal
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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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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.