Empire State Building

Posted by Shrigley Photography (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) on 26 June 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

From one city to another, we now visit New York City. This week will be a series of pictures from NYC (thanks to Simon).

I thought I would start off with a classic, the Empire State Building. I took this out of the sunroof of our car while driving by
I've been up this building about 3 or 4 times now, I think. Never saw King Kong...I guess he was always on break or making another movie. ;) But I did see the veiw and can say that the price you pay going up is a bit expenisive, but worth it.

I hope that you find the pictures interesting. It truly is a photographers dream...okay, well at least one of them. :P

Until Tomorrow...

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{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

Hi Shrig...a great one to open up this series! Don't have lots of time to go p-bloggin' much but did manage to sneak in a peek at yours! Great shot. Love your comments about King Kong...lol. The post processing on this one is perfect!

Keep 'em comin'! Where's that ol' chum Simon...B-)

26 Jun 2007 7:58am

@{H} creatives: Hey {H}! Glad you took a moment to stop by! :) It is hard to catch (not to mention update) photos everyday.

I'm glad you liked the first shot- I did want to make it speical.

King Kong called yesterday- sent his apologizes for not being in the photo. He said we'll try to make some arrangements for next time ;) He says Hi!

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

p.s. o.k. I did manage to sneak a peek at Simon's post as well...guess he finally moved on from the captivating-lady-with-a-rabbit shot...heheh B-)

26 Jun 2007 7:59am

@{H} creatives: hehe... that rabbit photo was a good one :)

kairospix from Singapore, Singapore

hey, hey, hey isn't that king kong there... opps too late it just got down for a coffee breakie! ;)

heh heh this is a very interesting shot as it looks like Empire strikes back with smoke coming out of its top and flowing to the right :)

nice sepia treatment to the shot :)

26 Jun 2007 8:00am

@kairospix: LOL.

Thanks! I thought the cloud added a little something to the shot.

Thanks for stopping by :)

ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands

Nice angle you used here, and Yeah it's everybody dream to see that on for real....

26 Jun 2007 8:05am

@ColNed Pictures: Thanks :) It was my dream as well. I've loved NYC before I even got there.

Hope you get there someday too. :)

Morris J. Chisholm from Thunder Bay -Land of the Sleeping Giant, Canada

Well captured Shrig.I'm looking forward to your series I've never been to NYC myself. No King Kong here just a "Sleeping Giant". Your post process is excellent,great work

26 Jun 2007 12:05pm

@Morris J. Chisholm: Thanks! I think everyplace might have a form of King Kong or a sleeping giant. Back home (State College, Pennsylvania) there is a giant cow on top of a restruant. ;) Its too funny.

simon from Singapore, Singapore

aye, great start to the series! looking forward to more =)
NYC's a really magnificent city, so much going on, can just get lost and drown in all the sights and sounds of the city. more more! haha. i heard traffic's realli bad there, and most of the people take train as their main form of transport. it would be nice if u can show us the train, the system that keeps NYC running.. and people in time for work lolz

26 Jun 2007 2:19pm

@simon: Hey Buddy!

NYC is a fantastic place. I've been there quite a few times and EVERY time I go I still find myself amazed by the sites/sounds/smells/traffic ;) The traffic there is...horrible. I will drive through many places, but NYC is not one of them. I've always taken a train (or someone else has driven). To a certain extent, I don't think its safe for me to drive in the city. I still get too damn excited when I see it.

And I'm so sorry to day, I have no pics of the train/subway. However, the next time I head up there, I'll be sure to catch one and post it. :)

Levine from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

They shot king kong down from the building! So sad. The building looks like as if its on fire...

26 Jun 2007 7:04pm

@Levine: Oh no. King Kong is still alive.. He did the second movie. He's just...busy....I think...B-)

It kind of does look like its on fire, but its not. I can assure you. :)

Naimi from Ottawa, Canada

Nice shot.

27 Jun 2007 1:11am

@Naimi: Thanks:)

Erik from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

A true sky scraper! Very impressive, nice color repression.

28 Jun 2007 7:31pm

Wayne from Melbourne, Australia

You're off to a grand start! Can't wait for the whole series =D

30 Jun 2007 3:20pm

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

Great tones, nice point of view Shrig!

30 Jun 2007 10:59pm

Lost Valley from Kamloops, Canada

Having been here I can appreciate this building completely. I love the cloud capture at the top and the way it hugs the building.

Great composition...

10 Aug 2007 4:45am

Canon EOS REBEL XTi
1/2000 second
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ISO 400
55 mm

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