Common view in the Chicago city center, the raised tracks of the "Loop".
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-- Gear
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
-- Post
Lightroom : Initial tone and final crop.
Photoshop: Clean up and sharpening.
NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction.
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Out of all the photos I took at the 'Top of the Rock', some of them with breathtaking views, this is the one I think translates better the feeling of being up there. The sense of being high above the streets, above most buildings even, and the city lights stretching almost infinitely in all directions.
Below us is the Fifth Avenue, where you can see St. Patrick's Cathedral, a Neo-Gothic church built in 1879 whose twin-spires measure 100m tall and seem tiny from up here. This was taken from the 69th floor, 256 meters from the ground (that's 840 feet in imperial), and I can't recommend enough going there when in NY. Even the elevator trip up there has been transformed into a ride.
Again using the fisheye lens, this time to give more of the impression of really being there, not to try and include more in the frame. This tiny lens has found a permanent place on my travel bag.
-- Gear Fujifilm X-PRO1 Samyang 8mm f2.8 Fisheye -- Post Lightroom : Initial toning and final crop Photoshop: Sharpening, colour blending and clean up NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction
Midtown Manhattan, the chaos of the skyscrapers, crazy big adverts, neon lights, thousands of cars and even more people crowding the sidewalks and streets. In the middle of all that, a hand holds a sign over a building. A very big golden hand, that catches my eye in the middle of all the visual noise. It signals the building that houses the Madame Tussauds NY collection. I think about trying to isolate the hand from the rest, but end up deciding on including its surroundings, and show a bit of the sensory overload that is NY.
-- Gear Fujifilm X-T1 Fujifilm XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR -- Post Lightroom : Initial toning and final crop Photoshop: Sharpening and clean up NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction