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Jul 7, 2017 12:13:45   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
Uuglypher wrote:
Erich,
#4 is my favorite! At first glance I was sure you had visited the N.Y.City Public Library and copied an image from its archive of images of "The City"
Excellent job of accurate "Antiquing"


Dave


It's interesting how that came about. For some reason, with the light, it looked antiqued even without me messing around with it. So a bit of toning and reducing the highlights in the hot spots made a pleasing result.
Erich

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Jul 7, 2017 12:16:39   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
Uuglypher wrote:
Erich,
#4 is my favorite! At first glance I was sure you had visited the N.Y.City Public Library and copied an image from its archive of images of "The City"
Excellent job of accurate "Antiquing"


Dave


Thanks, Dave. It seemed the perfect shot to give the old photo treatment to. There are very few really tall building between the midtown and downtown skycrapers; but there was one very modern looking building that stuck up into the sky. I cloned that out to clean up the horizon. Glad you liked the shot.

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Jul 7, 2017 14:03:58   #
cacompton
 
ebrunner wrote:
Years ago there was an elevated freight line that ran along the West Side of Manhattan. Eventually they stopped using it; but the structure still remained. Some years ago a plan was hatched to turn it into an elevated walkway and green area. Today a dedicated core of volunteers maintains the plants and it has become a very popular attraction on the west side of Manhattan. It starts in Midtown with huge skyscrapers as a backdrop. As it continues south, the cityscape changes and the super tall buildings disappear. This area has become quite chick these days; but originally it was a very blue collar neighborhood. Here are some scenes from the High Line.
Erich
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There's a photo book by Joel Sternfeld called "Walking the Highline" published in 2001. It's interesting to see how gentrified the area has become.

You've taken some good photos, as did Mr. Sternfeld.

Craig

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Jul 7, 2017 17:33:07   #
magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK
 
Excellent way of showing us the city Erich. Love the old fashioned look as well.

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Jul 7, 2017 22:26:50   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Erich, this is a very nicely done documentary type series.
--Bob

ebrunner wrote:
Years ago there was an elevated freight line that ran along the West Side of Manhattan. Eventually they stopped using it; but the structure still remained. Some years ago a plan was hatched to turn it into an elevated walkway and green area. Today a dedicated core of volunteers maintains the plants and it has become a very popular attraction on the west side of Manhattan. It starts in Midtown with huge skyscrapers as a backdrop. As it continues south, the cityscape changes and the super tall buildings disappear. This area has become quite chick these days; but originally it was a very blue collar neighborhood. Here are some scenes from the High Line.
Erich
Years ago there was an elevated freight line that ... (show quote)

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Jul 7, 2017 22:30:41   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
cacompton wrote:
There's a photo book by Joel Sternfeld called "Walking the Highline" published in 2001. It's interesting to see how gentrified the area has become.

You've taken some good photos, as did Mr. Sternfeld.

Craig


Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the series. I'm going to have to look up Mr. Sternfeld. Thanks for the information.
Erich

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Jul 7, 2017 22:31:33   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
magnetoman wrote:
Excellent way of showing us the city Erich. Love the old fashioned look as well.


Very glad you enjoyed these photos. I'm pretty pleased with the old fashioned look too. Thanks.
erich

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Jul 7, 2017 22:32:13   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
rmalarz wrote:
Erich, this is a very nicely done documentary type series.
--Bob


Thank you, Bob. I'm glad you enjoyed these.
Erich

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Jul 8, 2017 03:02:24   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
ebrunner wrote:
Years ago there was an elevated freight line that ran along the West Side of Manhattan. Eventually they stopped using it; but the structure still remained. Some years ago a plan was hatched to turn it into an elevated walkway and green area. Today a dedicated core of volunteers maintains the plants and it has become a very popular attraction on the west side of Manhattan. It starts in Midtown with huge skyscrapers as a backdrop. As it continues south, the cityscape changes and the super tall buildings disappear. This area has become quite chick these days; but originally it was a very blue collar neighborhood. Here are some scenes from the High Line.
Erich
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This is some outstanding work! Good compositions and technically excellent. Nice job. I think that the Hasselbald likes you.

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Jul 8, 2017 07:26:37   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
JD750 wrote:
This is some outstanding work! Good compositions and technically excellent. Nice job. I think that the Hasselbald likes you.


Thank you for your high praise. The four photos at the top of the thread were actually taken with the Yashica 124 TLR. I thought about bringing the Hasselblad; but decided against it this time. I wanted to have a digital camera in the bag as well and I draw the line at lugging three heavy cameras around. I can understand that you would think the shots were taken with the Hasselblad because both cameras have the same format and produce 2.25"x2.25" negatives. Hence the square image. I find that the Yashica has an advantage over the Hasselblad for street photography because it is nearly silent. It also has a strange appearance and you can get people to come up and talk to you just because of the way the camera looks. (Admittedly the Hasselblad has this effect on people also.). The next time I go to the city, however, I think I will take the Hasselblad and a few rolls of color negative film. That sounds like a plan! Thanks for taking a look. It was a fun day in the city.
Erich

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Jul 8, 2017 14:20:06   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
ebrunner wrote:
Thank you for your high praise. The four photos at the top of the thread were actually taken with the Yashica 124 TLR. I thought about bringing the Hasselblad; but decided against it this time. I wanted to have a digital camera in the bag as well and I draw the line at lugging three heavy cameras around. I can understand that you would think the shots were taken with the Hasselblad because both cameras have the same format and produce 2.25"x2.25" negatives. Hence the square image. I find that the Yashica has an advantage over the Hasselblad for street photography because it is nearly silent. It also has a strange appearance and you can get people to come up and talk to you just because of the way the camera looks. (Admittedly the Hasselblad has this effect on people also.). The next time I go to the city, however, I think I will take the Hasselblad and a few rolls of color negative film. That sounds like a plan! Thanks for taking a look. It was a fun day in the city.
Erich
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Jul 9, 2017 21:56:37   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
JD750 wrote:


Thanks

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