Taken from our boat ride around Manhattan, I managed to capture a few skyline shots, which I’ve been posting as of late. With all of the photos, my foremost concern was to show detail. After all, what good is it to look at a skyline if you can’t see all the amazing architecture in it. None of my skyline posts have been straight up monochrome and this one is no exception. For this image I decided to go along the sepia-ish route, but not completely as there are still some other colors included.
I really try to be unique and not copy someone else’s process although I do try to learn from what others do. Hopefully it works!
Manhattan is so much larger than I could’ve ever realized without taking this cruise which circumnavigated the island. What was really interesting to me is to see both sides of the island. The one side is very cosmopolitan and the other is more industrial. Such is the yin and the yang of life. No matter how much glitz we put on top of things, the reality doesn’t live far away.
This will be as close to politics as I get on my blog……..”what is she talking about?” you ask? Read on…
First the politically-related info…the place I took this from was the Trump Tower garden. I wasn’t going to mention the location because I didn’t want anyone to think I liked Trump lol. So let me get this over with and say I cannot stand him! THERE, I’ve said it. Done, kaput, fini!
As for the inside of his building, which I didn’t bother posting, it was incredibly tacky. Honestly I guess I expected something nicer but it’s so dated and cheap looking. A New Yorker I met said, “Duh…he’s a New Yorker!” Not sure I completely understood that comment but I think I kinda did.
Now onto the photographs….I was very dizzy looking up at these buildings! Seriously…I was teetering as I took these. Maybe it was the humidity lol. I’m including both the black and white and the color because I can hardly ever convince myself to stay with black and white. You know me and my color….I just can’t help but love it. I cropped for the black and white because I thought it was less distracting without that portion at the top which shows in the color image. I think either works though.
Which one makes you feel more dizzy???? Note I said DIZZY not DITZY…I’ve already got that market cornered! 😉
Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
Dizzy Not Ditzy – New York Architecture – BLACK & WHITE
Laura Macky Photography 