Sunbathing

Posted by Shrigley Photography (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) on 30 June 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Day 5 in the Big Apple. Hope you're enjoying the series in NYC inspired by Simon. Thanks to all those who have been stopping by and leaving comments. I'm glad you like it so far. :)

This ..... well, I don't know what this building is. I think it's Midtown, where the Empire State Building is, all that good stuff. It could very well just be an office building of some sorts (for those who do know what it is, I apologize for my ignorance). I took this shot because its a great example of the architecture in New York City. NYC architecture is very straight, blockish, red/brown brick style. Something that you would probably expect from the early days of the city, not a lot of variation, not a lot of color. There are a few interesting buildings in NYC, but it's mostly the detail attention to detail that is most important. For example, The Chrysler Building in NYC in place of the usual monster gargoyles has "car" gargoyles instead. I wish I had a picture of the Chrysler Bldg, but I'm afraid I haven't been close enough to it yet to get the good shot of it.

I have a few more pics of the city to put up before we move on.

Have a great weekend!

Until Tomorrow...

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Comments (3)

Wayne from Melbourne, Australia

Oh wow....I wish I had been able to take as good a shot as you have when I was in NYC...this is brilliant in every thing! Nice one!

30 Jun 2007 3:14pm

@Wayne: Hey Wayne! Thanks for stopping by and for the comments :) I just got very lucky with this shot and the direction of the sun being on the building. I'm sure you have some fantastic shots yourself! :) You should show them sometime. I'd love to see them, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Laters!

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

Shrig, love the angle here! Just marvelous composition...and that blue sky backdrop is just perfect contrast for the buildings...The top corner of the building and the capture of the traffic light is just perfect to frame this pic!...I'm liking this series - Though I can't post every day, I do drop by everyday during the busy-ness just to see what you (along with another handful p-bloggers' site) got. Hope you have a blessed weekend! Cheers!

30 Jun 2007 3:43pm

@{H} creatives: Hey {H}! Thanks for all your comments and inspriation. This site makes me want to just run out and take pictures all day (and look at all of the other pictures too--there are some amazing points of view on here). It's funny, I never even noticed the traffic light until you said something. :P I think I got a little too wrapped up in the building.

I'm glad your liking the series so far! I was a little nervous that it wouldn't be so great.

I appreciate that you (and everybody else) stop by. :) Its hard to get to everyone (even just the handful) everyday. I'm pretty sure that I could spend some serious time on here, but we can't. I guess that's what makes it even more speical.

Laters!