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New York, US

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Jan, 2021

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Location

It was takin around the corner from my apt in New York on the upper east side. I was crossing 72nd street and 3rd Ave, which is three times as wide as most city streets and is usually a busy intersection so you have be situational aware when crossing. But it was about 2 months into the pandemic in late May of 2020 and by then the streets were totally empty. It was a ghost town. So instead of rushing past this amazing sunset scene in 5 secs, I just stood in the middle of the street for 5 minutes and took about 40 shots of it. Pretty surreal.

Time

Sunset

Lighting

The buildings on either side provide a perfect leading line V towards the horizon and the lone car passing by at just that moment gives it scale.

Equipment

Sony A6000, e-mount 15-50 mm lenses. No other gear.

Inspiration

Force of habit.

Editing

Darkened the buildings and gave the clouds some vibrancy, saturation and contrast.

In my camera bag

I’d love to carry my A6000 all the time but I only have one other camera, a Nikon J1, and the Sony is much better so I’m worried about damaging it.

Feedback

In the period just before the summer solstice, the streets of Manhattan line up with the setting sun and it just pours down the cross streets. It culminates when it lines up perfectly 21 days before the solstice. But the before after are almost better because the glare of the sun is hidden so as to provide this amazing atmospheric clouds at sunset.

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