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Photo of the Day: Empire State Building

Posted 15 December, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu
(Filed under: Photography)

The observation deck on the roof of the GE Building in Rockefeller Plaza provides one of the best views of the Empire State Building (as well as Central Park when looking the opposite direction). This shot was taken in winter around 1pm.
Empire State Building
Handheld, 1/320 sec at f/8 on ISO 100, Lumix DMC-LX2

Here's another view from the top of the Rock facing south.
Empire State Building
Handheld, 1/320 sec at f/8 on ISO 100, Lumix DMC-LX2

4 comments to Photo of the Day: Empire State Building

scott, December 16th, 2008 at 8:39 pm:

  • That's a stunning shot. I love how it almost looks like it's so monochromatic it almost looks b&w or sepia-toned. With the haze, it almost looks like a watercolor.

    Was this shot vertically, or horizontally and cropped? That, if shot horizontally, would make a stunning widescreen monitor desktop wallpaper. With the building both in the middle, or off to the right.

    Simply a beautiful shot.

Michael Chu, December 16th, 2008 at 9:25 pm:

  • I cropped slightly from the bottom (about 5-10% of the bottom) to vertically center the Empire State Building a little better. There was also a 1/2 degree rotation to square up the image.

    I looked through my library and it looks like I never took a horizontal shot with the Empire State Building in the middle - in fact, I don't have much from the left (east) of the building at all. I don't recall why that is. Also, I noticed I didn't have an SLR with me so all of the pictures were taken with my Lumix DMC-LX2. I added an extra shot to show what landscape orientation shot I did capture.

scott, December 16th, 2008 at 10:58 pm:

  • You should post higher res versions of some of your photos to some place like http://interfacelift.com/ This particular shot would be great. Would love to get a 1680×1050 (or higher) version of it. :-p

Michael Chu, December 16th, 2008 at 11:58 pm:

  • I tend not to make the higher resolutions available to the public because a small amount of my income is dependent on the sale of stock photography.

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