View from the Empire State Building

[esc2476]

Here are some shots from the top of the Empire State Building last weekend:

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[gus]

Very nice ! I like the first one.

The day i was up there you could barely see the road below the smog was so bad. I had no idea it could get so bad. It was a muggy july day though.

[kangamangus]

Really makes me feel like im up there looking down!

Nice pics!

[xris]

Do I see signs of life down there?:rofl
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[Internaut]

These are very nice; far nicer than my own very poor attempt at taking pictures at the same location in the evening (not helped by using a lens that starts at f3.5). At first I thought you'd managed to get a tripod out up there....

[EphTwoEight]

Hey Eric, dont tell me you went to Costa Rica and only took ONE picture!?

NY shots are cool, need to get there someday.

[esc2476]

These are very nice; far nicer than my own very poor attempt at taking pictures at the same location in the evening (not helped by using a lens that starts at f3.5). At first I thought you'd managed to get a tripod out up there.... Thanks! The bottom 4 or 5 pictures were actually at ~f5.0 on a 2-3 second delay. No tripod. I actually wedged the camera in the fence-it worked quite well. :thumb

[esc2476]

Hey Eric, dont tell me you went to Costa Rica and only took ONE picture!?

NY shots are cool, need to get there someday. Try this (http://www.esc.smugmug.com/Vacations%20&%20Travel). :clap

[brianhanley]

i went to the top during the day and it wasnt near as cool looking as those night shots!

[EphTwoEight]

Hey Eric, looks like you too were stuck in the miserable Liberian airport. :D

[tonichelle]

I'd never be able to handle actually going up there myself... I freak out when I get three steps off the ground lol

so I love living dangerously through other people's pictures... very pretty at night.... good job! :)

[Fishin Musician]

Amazing photos…boggles my mind as I look at them. I live in a small town that I can stand at one end and see five blocks down the other end of town.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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Looking at your photos, the buildings and lights that go out to the horizon…Its just amazing thinking that with every light there; there is most likely a person and a story associated with it. <o:p></o:p>
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One of these days I will have to get a chance to make a trip to your fair city. <o:p></o:p>
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[esc2476]

Hey Eric, looks like you too were stuck in the miserable Liberian airport. :D lol-I was. They told us we needed to get there so early and we just waited and waited.

I took so many pictures of the airplanes coming in, etc., I was worried I may get myself in trouble.

That trip was a lot of fun-as well as my 2006 trip there. Both times we rented a car and just drove around. It is really the perfect adventure for me-on the safe side, but a little adventurous still.

[kts]

Wow these are great. #4 is my favorite, nice work! :)