Looking Towards the Hudson at Night

Blogger seems to have altered the way you compose things --and , needles to say, I'm confused.

The light is always fascinating when it's almost dark, 

or dark at street level, but the day remains suspended in the sky.

I'm not quite sure what is behind the colored windows.

 The cage thing on the left is a golf range down by Chelsea Piers.

An advertisement for a vast U-Haul storage place. Storage is a huge business here in Manhattan since people both move a lot and also acquire all sorts of things that would clutter their often small apartments. Space is the thing people long for here more than anything else.

Lots of little vans you can hire to haul all your either useful or useless stuff around the place........

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Night Scenes

Looking down from the High Line at Hogs and Heifers.

And at picnic tables that look like Legos.

Nearer home Dallas Barbecue's lights paint the sidewalk pink.

Who would have figured on cupcakes' popularity at 9:30 at night?

The moon and a plane overhead.

Wild Nights

Stormy skies and a plane.

Yesterday 8pm

Because of the endless rainy weather,

 there have been super clouds at night.

My little camera is unsophisticated

 and the dog is pulling on his lead.

The trees between the buildings are in full leaf.

Mysterious Night and Wet Morning

 A poem for a wet Friday

Acquainted with the Night by: Robert Frost   I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye; And further still at an unearthly height, O luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one acquainted with the night.

This morning was wet.

Had to take the dog out anyway.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Astounding Moon and Canine Reflections

Went up to the roof to take pictures of the spectacular moon

 -- which came out horribly -- so looked downwards instead.

People like the proverbial ants.

Sunny day, so took the dog for walks to introduce him to life in these parts.

Showed him a man dressed up as a banana outside Jamba Juice.

Poor dog still doesn't have a name as Buster didn't quite stick.

He answers to PupPup, HeyYou, and GoodBoy.

We pointed out the close juxtaposition of Wall Street and Wicked on the bus shelter.

And the jolly homemade decorations in United Cerebral Palsy's Window.

Forced him to pose for photo-op with Easter Bunny outside Gristede's.

We told him about the lovely dog in India. (Above).

So he lay on our bed and tried to do the big paw thing.

 

A Nice Day by the Ocean (part five)

Sunset and beyond. Bringing this one day sequence to an end, I was debating if I should include this top one or not since it is pretty much the same time frame as the last post and fairly similar, but I guess it's different enough to be worth a look... and the sky is rather nice. The second shot was literally an afterthought; walking back to my car to head home, I still had my camera and tripod over my shoulder and for kicks decided to stop and shoot this last view which is well after sunset. Reviewing my "digital negatives", it was a really dark exposure and I had no intent to even process it, but with some spare time the other day I started to play with it and was fairly happy in the end, if only because it puts the whole setting for the previous shots in some perspective and adds just a touch of civilization at the end. Looking north toward the settled part of La Jolla Cove... you can see some high rise condos and the lifeguard station off there in the distance.
I was also able to work on some texture studies/abstracts of the rock patterns in between these other shots, but will save those for another day and end this series here... time to move on. All in all a very productive afternoon. Wish they were all so.

Ambiguous Night/Shadow Shot Sunday

Shadow Shot Sunday is hosted by the energetic and thoughtful Tracy of Heyharriet.

Go here to see more exciting shadowshots from the loyal participants.

Lo and behold the Meatpacking District is now trendy but retains a little of its original grittiness.

However it has been taken over by hardbodies and people who loom godlike above us.

What fun it is to survey the world from above.

I stole this last picture from R. 

Thanksgiving in Paris

While riding the train from the Musée d'Orsay to the Eiffel Tower we noticed a young American couple, probably early 20's, riding in the same car. They were going to the Eiffel also; unfortunately, they were wearing only light clothing like you might wear around Southern California at this time of year and it's certainly not like California here in late November.. We came up from the Metro station to pouring rain and wind and probably 40°F at best. They didn't seem too concerned, but I doubt they ever made it into and up the Tower. We had parkas, umbrellas and hats and were still cold. Only one of the lifts was open and we had to queue up for at least half an hour in the rain and wind to get in. Many of the people in line, all tourists of course, were unprepared with no umbrellas and were like drowned rats by the time they got into the lifts. It was worth it though; the city was beautiful in the wet twilight and it actually stopped raining by the time we got to the top area, which is out in the open. Still cold though.

The mid level is partially covered so you can spend time looking out from there even if it is raining.

I'm sure the lighting on the tower is extra special for the holiday season.

Travels by Bus

Ventured uptown to have tea on 84th Street.

The evening comes early now, so it was dark when I made the slow voyage home by bus.

If you are an idle person with time on your hands, this is an ideal form of transportation.

Lots to look at. No good at all if you are in a great hurry.

We went past Lincoln Center and the newish Time Warner Building and then headed down 7th Avenue.

Such a useful traffic jam in Times Square.

Time to look about me and goggle at all the excitement.

Lots of different faces came up in the Person of the Year frame. You can probably pay to have your face there for an instant.

We lumbered past Macy's which was twinkling like mad.

And ended up just by the Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park.

Taxi/Shadow Shot Sunday

For other participants in Hey Harriet's shadow Shot Sunday go here.



Travelling in a taxi at night down Manhattan's West Side Highway on a wet evening, Robert captures the tall buildings, the blur of lights passing.......



the people whose business we will never know..........



.............but briefly wonder about.........



And the lights of the Russian gas station on 24th Street and 9th Avenue.