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Was in NYC for a few days (over St. Patty's Day). I took a few shots. This is one of my favs so far.

Great shot Toad. I like it.

That's not New York! It's much too clean. What happened to the raggedy old newspapers on the street?

Very nice, looks like a movie set

Nice mix of light and shade Toad.

Wonderful picture, indeed.
What I love the most is the sharpness and clarity... Beautiful colors as well...
Very nice composition...
Agree with Schell... it looks like a movie set...

hi

nice, what part of NY? italian? i like the dude(bloke) standing in the corner.
you always have this images of a town(city) in your head. and sometimes is nothing what you image it.

thanks fro sharing.

was this d200? how is it going with the new toy?

byrt_001 Wrote:hi

nice, what part of NY? italian? i like the dude(bloke) standing in the corner.
you always have this images of a town(city) in your head. and sometimes is nothing what you image it.

thanks fro sharing.

was this d200? how is it going with the new toy?

This is Soho in Manhattan - and yes - this is the D200 and Nikkor18-200 VR lens.

I agree that the people really make this shot. This shot is a combination of luck and persistence. I took a lot of street shots - and most of them seemed to have something not "right" about them. But I like every bit of this one - the more I look at it - the more detail I see - all of it interesting. For example - in the lower left of the photo, there is a weird red homemade tricycle thing for delivering something large. n the window of the Occitane, there are diners eating. I think this one will work really well blown up really large - which I will likely do.

hi

and also the stickers on the post office bin, that is what i really looked in the first place. i think it is the light. just soo much to see.

Nice and yes, "Where is the garbage"? The last time I was in NY, the street was filled with papers and all sorts of stuff drifting around in the wind.

Trust me - there was plenty of garbage about - but strangely none in this photo - I didn't PhotoShop it out either. Just another lucky break on this one.

fantastic Toad........really like the light and shade in this. Heaps of detail and interest.
Much post processing??(that could be a silly?) You seem to get a certian feel to your shots (style)!

Russt Wrote:fantastic Toad........really like the light and shade in this. Heaps of detail and interest.
Much post processing??(that could be a silly?) You seem to get a certian feel to your shots (style)!

There's some processing alright - but mostly quite subtle. Mostly selecting little bits of the photo and adjusting with curves to get just the interplay of shadow and light that I wanted. It's all fairly subtle, though. I was pretty lucky in that the D200 metered the scene pretty much perfectly. Thanks for the comment on style - it is one of the things I really try for in my stuff - occasionally I actually achieve it.