Long Island City Skyline

A Sun Sets on Queens

A beautiful sunset descending upon the city as I left from a late day at work, luckily, I decided to bring my camera along.  Racing the sunset through Astoria and Long Island City using the N Train to gain different perspectives is only one of the things I will do to get my photographs.

Queensboro Plaza and Bridge.

Astoria Blvd Station looking toward Long Island City.

The Triborough Bridge and Grand Central Parkway.

Generic rooftop silhouettes and the sky.

Hard Core Fishing

Let the chumps fish from a pier, this is how real fishing is done.  Taken in Far Rockaway.

X52 Sunset

Across the street from the Atlantic Terminal.

Traffic in Astoria

Taken through dirty windows of a subway train, an equally dirty lens, and I forgot the the autofocus was turned of.  In spite of all this, it came out pretty well.

Night Approaching

Autumn Come to Coney Island

 

Coney Island can become extremely crowded during the hotter days of the year, but now…Its quite serene.  Walk around in mid November  at sunset and you will find fisherman, joggers, and fellow photographers.

I definitely wanted to get a shot of waves breaking and Steeplechase Pier in the background.  What I didn’t want to do was underestimate the tide and have freezing water soak me up to my knees (which, if you haven’t figured out already, happened).

Many of the shops (including Ruby’s) along the boardwalk are in the process of being evicted to make room for development.

Jetty and Seagull I

Jetty and Seagull II

I offer my apologies for the sparse blogging, I’ve been crazy busy as of late.

Sunset Subway

Yes, Yes, I know, I post quite a bit of these subway shots.  The New York City subway system is my primary mode of transportation, and its facilities tend to be low hanging fruit.  With that being said, this is the entrance of the Jay Street-MetroTech (formerly Jay Street-Borough Hall) in downtown Brooklyn.

Evening Walk along the Manhattan Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge gets all the glory, but I tend to enjoy the Manhattan Bridge more myself.  The walkway tends to be seedier in appearance (with the graffiti, rust, and subway trains roaring by) than the Brooklyn bridge, but that makes for a less crowded walkway.  More room for me, less tourists in my shots, and since my hearing is already impaired, I don't mind the trains!

The Brooklyn Bridge, One World Trade Center (on its way up), and the Lower Manhattan skyline over a sunset.

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a six lane highway, squeezed under the Brooklyn Bridge.

A few aerial views of Chinatown and the Lower Manhattan skyline…

Bowery and the Background

Taken from Canal Street, where is diverts to the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown…

Table Cloth-Shirt

Taken from a platform of the Smith and 9th Subway station in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn.  This station is one of two stations that sits on the elevated Culver Viaduct, which elevated subway service above the Gowanus Canal, is the highest point of elevation in the entire system, carries the G and F trains, and is currently under heavy construction.  Given its elevation, you can see many parts of the city including most of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Statue of Liberty, which may be seen here.

Stacked

Looking at the ConEd Ravenswood Generating Station in Long Island City, Queens.  Taken right at the foothill of the Pulaski Bridge at sunset.

Skip-Stop Me...ASAP

Looking toward Manhattan from the BMT Jamaica Line, via the Williamsburg Bridge (pictured in the distance). This is one of the oldest remaining stretched of track in the system that's still in service. Its set up in a three track form as to allow a hybrid express / skip-stop service during peak rush travel times. I personally would like to see more utilization of this during peak times and not just during the morning and evening rush, but like many of the items from my MTA wish list, I won't hold my breath.

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Staten Island Sunset

The Island and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in distance from the Lower New York Bay.

Triboro Sunrise

A fire escape and a view of the Triboro, err, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in the distance. Taken from an East Harlem Rooftop around 6:30 in the morning.

Indy Urbex Flashback

This shot was taken roughly a year and a half ago while roaming some old abandoned industrial buildings on the northeast side of Indianapolis...

Rogue Manhole Covers

Near 1oth and Alabama Street in the St. Joseph area of Indianapolis...

Sunset on the Loop

From the Library-State/Van Buren 'L' station...

CocaCola Sunset

At the old Art Deco CocaCola bottling plant which is now an IPS bust depot.

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Hot and Steamy II & III

More shots of the Citizen's Thermal Plant...

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