Plane View Park, World Fair Marina, and Vaughn College (03/01/11)

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Second day out with my new T1i (500D) that I bought last week.

Decided to take some shots from Plane View Park, the World Fair Marina, and Vaughn College Tower. It was a really nice day out (a bit of a chill in the air). Took about 200 shots today and I put the ones I liked best in this set.























Here is a link to the whole set.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5999639...7626053131595/

Criticism and tips are welcome!

[RomNYC]

Nice set Mat! Hope you had a good day. I was tempted to go out BIG TIME all day as I don't have school on Tuesdays, but a nasty back pain stranded me home :-/

[gonzalu]

Wow, look at that light ... awesome pictures. The ones from the College Control Tower, how do you get up there?

[chrisparypa]

Very nice stuff ! I was actually checking my old pictures from LGA today :)

[Roush6NY]

Great looking set, ya I'm curious about the tower as well !

[Zee71]

I've never been in Vaughn College Tower, but I know it's not far from the park.

[gonzalu]

Right down the block but that's not the point, I want to know how to get up on it

[ANITIX87]

Nice shots!

How do you get onto the Vaughn Tower? Once you're up there, do you have to shoot through glass?

TIS

[cowens727]

Ahhhhh, the Vaughn Tower...I spent many, many hours there when I was in school. Its a great spot, they pipe in LGA tower so you can listen along to all the ops. It is fully enclosed, so you're shooting through glass. I am not sure if you can just "go up", as it is part of the college. With that said, you could just walk in the front door and hang a quick left and go to the elevator and head on up, if you'e brazen enough...

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Yeah, I am a student there right now. Like cowens727 said, if you're feeling brave, just walk in, pop a left, and take the elevator or stairs all the way up. I really doubt you will have anyone asking you for a student ID. I have never seen staff up there, only students.

[AirtrafficController]

As a student of the college, I would ask the security desk first, which is located in the lobby before heading up just to be safe. I'm pretty sure they may give you a name tag as a visitor.

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As a student of the college, I would ask the security desk first, which is located in the lobby before heading up just to be safe. I'm pretty sure they may give you a name tag as a visitor.

Yeah, that would be a good idea. Unfortunately, I'm not to familiar with what their policy is regarding visitor check-in in the school.

AirtrafficController, do you dorm at Vaughn by any chance or are you just a student?

[Lrusso]

I wonder if they'd accept another colleges student ID as a visitor?

I'd lovee to go up there.

[megatop412]

Man, that looks like a sweet spot. Great pictures, that Spirit shot really pops

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Man, that looks like a sweet spot. Great pictures, that Spirit shot really pops

Yeah, I really like that one. It stinks that Planeview Park is so low. When shooting you often get vehicles, street signs, and light poles in your shots.