…You can get from here to Manhattan in a hurry. This was taken from the exclusive rooftop of a friend’s apartment on Roosevelt Island looking towards Manhattan. The bright lights may look peaceful from here, but the buzz of the city is just across the river.
The crazy lights on this scary pumpkin head are enough to make you jump as you walk by. This was taken last year at the No Mercy Cemetery in Mountain View, as the No Mercy is no more. The people that put it on moved away so there weren’t any decorations on the lawn this year, but the previous years made it worth doing one more tribute.
Cathedrals are cool and all, but so are light trails from cars zooming by. The night was pretty quiet, but I still managed to get a few cars to drive by to light up the foreground.
The big city of dreams, the city that never sleeps, the home of Liz Lemon. All great things. This was a particularly fun night walking around NYC and keeping our eyes looking up. 30 Rockefeller Plaza is spectacular in the way it lights up the night sky.
From this angle the funky colors of the Experience Music Project Museum next to the Space Needle almost make it look like part of the sky is missing.
Some type of soft coral? Nope! This is really a feather duster worm, or Sabellidae. The way it waved back and forth in the current on this dive made it look a lot more like a plant than an animal. You have to be quick to get a shot like this. Once they know you are there they will quickly retreat into the tube base they build for themselves, and you’ll miss all the interesting bits.
It was almost time for dinner. Thankfully I wasn’t hungry yet and snuck in a few long exposure shots just after the sun went down and the sky still had the faintest light. A guest appearance by some light traffic added popping color.
Night shots require a little bit of patience along with some luck. It gets dark every night but not every night has this kind of mood to it. The dark sky made this long exposure really made Grace Cathedral look out of this world.
My neighborhood is always full of Halloween spirit. This ghost on the corner isn’t looking for trouble, he is just hanging around on a moonlit night. The contrasting light really gives him a spooky look against the fall evening. Happy Halloween!
First came the rain, then the sun went down, and then the sky turned a crazy shade of orange. This might just be the top level of a parking garage, but the combination of the reflective concrete, the orange sky and a plane flying in the distance make this a fun shot.
