Out the Window, Part II

I think it's fitting that yesterday's photo was from my plane flight to New York and this is from my plane flight back to California. There's a comforting symmetry to that, somehow.

I looked out of the window and saw this amazing sky with the rainbow and I knew I had to capture it. I love the grayness of the sky and what the light does to the wing of the plane. Something perhaps about the circular polarizer I had on the lens at the time created the second rainbow of to the left in the image - I can't really explain that one. Anyway, two completely different images, but both shot out of the plane, and both with beautiful light.

Out the Window

Today and tomorrow's photos have something in common: I shot them both out of the plane window. Now historically, I have a very low percentage of keepers when it comes to shooting through the window of a plane. But fortunately, I either don't learn from my mistakes or the siren call of the photograph about to be made is too great, because that hasn't stopped me from continuing to bring out my hulking lump of a camera to fire off a few shots when something lovely is happening outside.

And this time, it worked out. Isn't it nice when that happens? I'm totally floored that I managed to get detail in the moon. I think that's the first time that's ever happened to me.

Here's hoping it won't be the last.

Pinnacle

Originally meant for mooring dirigibles (blimps) the pinnacle of the Empire State Building had to be scrapped for that purpose as the updraft created by the building itself caused the mooring process to be too fraught with danger.

So now it just looks cool.

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Walking on the Highline in Manhattan I just thought this was the coolest building. If anyone happens to know its name or function I'd be really happy to find out!

Edit: It's been identified, it's the IAC building.

No Standing Any Time

'Standing' means parking temporarily. Which to me doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I took this on Wall Street using the Lensbaby Composer with the Fisheye optic. So far I'm not thrilled to death with the image quality, but I do love the fun quality of the shots. Especially any architectural shots.

Manhattan Bridge

After a four hour ride on the Chinatown bus from Boston to Manhattan, I was stopped dead in my tracks by the sight of this. And at 6 am, you can imagine that there wasn't much that could stop me in my tracks. It's pretty good-looking for a bridge, wouldn't you agree?