New York Architecture

One of my challenges when shooting in NYC is to stop looking up and looking down at the life on the street. I think if I wasn’t a wildlife photographer, I would be an architecture shooter. I just love the lines of a fine building. In NYC, there are some fine buildings, some cool old ones and when you’re really lucky, great clouds to put with them. Here’s just a couple of my favorites from our DLWS walks through Manhattan.

None of these were taken with a PC-E lens for many reasons. First, I didn’t have them with me but that was by design. Shooting street style, stopping to do PC-E work isn’t practical. Next, a lot of thought has to go into using them because of the available space. Looking up from the street, you simply can’t get the whole building in by chance. Lastly, I wanted the distorted view to emphasis that this are tall suckers.

Some will ask why are some in color and some in B&W. That is a really good question. I like both mediums for architecture and base my selection typically on the light, design of the building and the sky. It was a very productive trip for me in these regards adding some really nice pieces to my architecture portfolio.

Photos captured by D3x, 70-200VR2, 28f1.4 AF, 24-70AFS, 16Fish on Lexar UDMA digital film