NYC at Night

[moose135]

Fred and I headed over to the Brooklyn waterfront, hoping to do some night-time photography of NYC with the 9/11 "Towers of Light". There is a nice park under the Manhattan Bridge where we (and a number of other photographers) set up camp.

Despite some clouds, it was a beautiful view. Here are a few before sunset:

That's the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground:
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Sailboat on the East River:
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Our view of the Manhattan Bridge:
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After the sun went down:
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The lights of a passing boat are seen below the bridge:
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The Williamsburg Bridge is off in the distance, with the footing of the Manhattan Bridge in the foreground:
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Another photographer set up on the rocks near the river:
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We never did get to see the twin lights - turns out they will only be illuminated on September 11. After a couple of hours of shooting, Fred heading into Manhattan, and I headed home, since I need to be to work in the morning (so what am I doing up late, processing and uploading photos?)

If you ever get a chance to go shooting with Fred, do not miss it (especially at night!) Not only does he take great photos, he is all to happy to explain how he gets those shots - I learned a lot in a few hours.

Thanks Fred :!:

[Tom_Turner]

Gorgeous shots Moose - love the lower Manhattan bridges at night..

Tom

[Mellyrose]

Great shots Moose! I love how the water looks in the night shots.

We were actually down at the Seaport last night...was such a beautiful night. Don't know what made us NOT bring the camera and a tripod!

[pgengler]

We never did get to see the twin lights - turns out they will only be illuminated on September 11.

That seems strange; the lights were on Friday night, and I could see them from Hoboken. I know in years past they would have the lights on for a couple of nights before (and after?).

[Mellyrose]

I didn't see them either, and we were right there...actually I've never have seem them in person. I'd like to.

[Matt Molnar]

Yep, the past couple years they've said they were only going to be on the night of the 11th, but I've always seen them on for a couple of nights before. I was at South Street Seaport Friday night and I was pleasantly to surprised to see them. Maybe they weren't on all night as they will be tonight, from 7:12pm to 6:33am. I know it's not cheap, but I'd love to see them year round.

And moose, beautiful shots, especially the last one.

[lijk604]

Moose, beautiful shots! I gotta book myself on one of those Fred-tours.

[mirrodie]

excellent catches last night!

[SengaB]

Nice shots. Very well done.

Senga

[PhilDernerJr]

Nowhere near as gorgeous as Moose's shots, but I got this from near my house about half an hour ago:

http://nycaviation.com/pichost/TowerLights_091106.jpg

Mel edited it for me. Did a good job. :)

[cancidas]

i've got a great shot from my neighborhood, not an angle that is normally seen. if anyone is willing to host i'll post it, otherwise i already emailed it to most.

[G-BOAD]

sure, i would like to see the photo!

[PHL Approach]

imageshack.us...

[cancidas]

thanks ed...

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7603/91106uk6.jpg

[pgengler]

I took the camera out tonight along the Hudson waterfront from Hoboken and snapped off a few:

http://image.pgengler.net/2006_towers_of_light1.jpg
http://image.pgengler.net/2006_towers_of_light3.jpg

Looking toward the site over a residence hall on the Stevens campus (for the three weeks between my arrival there and 9/11, I used to walk back to my dorm this way, watching the towers "set" behind the hall):
http://image.pgengler.net/2006_towers_of_light2.jpg

[moose135]

Since Fred had to work tonight, I took Mario along for some shooting in Brooklyn. There were decidely more people out watching and shooting.

As the sun was setting and the Tribute of Lights came on, clouds hanging over downtown were illuminated by the light:
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The streak of white and green light under the bridge are the lights of an NYPD helicopter which flew south down the river, and passed under both the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges:
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The view from further back in the park - in the lower right is the the spot where we were shooting from.
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The Brooklyn tower of the Manhattan Bridge:
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We headed further down river, to the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge - this was the view most of the TV news crews were using.
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The Empire State Building was bathed in Red, White and Blue:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/94800509-L.jpg

Moonrise over the Williamsburg Bridge - the lights of an airliner landing at LGA can be seen:
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[Derf]

Crap, that is what I was waiting for all year Moose!!! YOU NAILED IT!

I only got a crappy shot or two of the towers of light with the FRG controll
tower in the same shot. Almost really stressed my marrage to night!
Glad I did not because nothing beats your shots!!! WOW!

[mirrodie]

Great shots Moose! I'm glad we got to do it!


I havent had a chance yet to look through anything. Got home, did a few chores and conked out.

What a strong night though. So many people were out there with Cameras and tripods, it was like a B+H convention out there.

Watching the NYPD chopper go under the Brooklyn bridge was a nice treat.

But the most interesting catch of the night was the Buddish Monk who was sitting at the pier, chanting into his mobile phone. If that doesnt scream progress, I don't know what does!

[cancidas]

moose, great shots... i decided to use my local park since it's an angle not eveyone is familiar with. just wish it was still showing up...

[Matt Molnar]

http://www.cheesebus.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/churchfultonb06s.jpg

[Derf]

Here are some of my shots from Sept 10th and 11th
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/94860490-L.jpg

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[PHL Approach]

thanks ed...

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7603/91106uk6.jpg

Matt I guess it must have been a massive photo? I've never had photos go bad off this site, hmm. It says try a thumbnail

[USAF Pilot 07]

Wow, those are some amazing photos!

[MarkLawrence]

Fred

Those are amazing shots!

[JRadier]

Amazing shots!