Photos &Steve Fisher 06 Feb 2011 08:47 am
Photos from the Ice Age & more
- Weather affects how your world looks. Recently we’ve had a ton of snow falling on NYC. (There have been some 56 inches since Christmas Day.) The whole place looks white for a time, then turns gray to black with floods at every street corner. It sure gets hard to navigate street crossings.
This past week we had something that you don’t get often – an ice storm. It hailed, mixed with rain, to create sort of an icy slush. Slippery in some places, wet in others. The trees and environment was encased in about a ¼ inch of ice.
I tried taking a picture at 6am that morning, but didn’t get anything worthwhile. Then Steve FIsher started sending some shots that are gems. So here they are, NY in a different light.
1These first two pics were the ones I shot at 6am
but wasn’t crazy about.
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The rest of these are by Steve Fisher.
They’re all color shots.
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- It’s a couple of days later. The weather has gotten a bit warmer by Saturday, and another smaller snow dusting is expected. I decided to walk to the studio at 6:30am and figure out how to use my camera-phone thing. I’ve had it for two months and haven’t really figured out the machine. So here are some pictures. Note that a light hail was falling throughout the two mile trek.
1First off I walk through Madison Square Park.
I haven’t been here since Christmas, the first big snowfall.
I mistakenly had left the B&W feature setting on the camera.
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This tree looks to be dead. They’ve cut off a lot of it.
(See the logs on the ground.) Masses of squirrels are
climbing into the hole at the top of it.
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This is that light “Art-piece” I featured last year.
The lights (you have to look for them) aren’t on,
and the piece is silent.
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Then I walk down Fifth Ave. to Washington Square Park in the Village.
Some homeless person left their bin parked near a bike stand just
outside of the 23rd St. subway entrance. I guess they’re keeping warm.
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I almost forgot why I’d shot this photo.
If you look closely you’ll see that the entire building is
“For Rent”. I guess they gave up on the idea of selling it.
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Are these Christmas tree lights, still hung?
They look nice (in person) under this construction tunnel.
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The First Presbeterian Church on 13th Street and Fifth Ave.
I’ve realized I’d been shooting in B&W.
This is the first pic in color.
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Here’s the Arch at Washington Square Park , shot from 8th Street and Fifth Ave.
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Here’s a closer shot.
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This is Judson Memorial Church near NYU shot from within the park.
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A sort-of famous restaurant a couple of blocks from the studio.
All they serve is PB&J hundreds of ways. I haven’t been in there.
I keep PB and Jelly in the studio and my home; I love it.
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I turn West on Bleecker to Downing which leads me to Bedford.
“Hey ma, I can see our house from here!”
Finally, I reach the studio. The hail’s getting heavier.
on 06 Feb 2011 at 11:02 am 1.Steven Hartley said …
These are some beautiful pictures – I particularly like the pictures of the branches and twigs in ice, beautiful photography thanks for sharing with us.
Oh BTW, do you not mind taking a look at my blog because I’ve written a review on “The King’s Speech”, and the film was hugely emotional to me because I know how it feels to have speech and language difficulties (as I go to a speech and language school).
I was wondering if you’d be interested to hear since I was on television about speech and language.
on 06 Feb 2011 at 1:17 pm 2.slowtiger said …
Pic 7 – I’m sure it has been done before, but wouldn’t it be a nice detail for a film that people on the streets (and everything else) are in b/w, and colour only starts above the 2nd floor?