Click for larger image! Nikon D40 Tamron 18-270 (35mm@f/8 1/500 – 13 shots stitched)
I’m pretty tired. Both days we’ve gone out and done what has amounted to walking for 4 hours each time. The first time was in Manhattan; the second time, today, in Hoboken, NJ. I’ve so many stories to tell, indeed. It has been a fun time.
You’ll forgive my delay in getting photos posted. I am shooting film, after all, and the last thing that I want to do after a long day on my feet is stand up while developing film! 
As Trista was so kind in loaning her D40, I felt very much happy and obliged to use it. So, today when we went to Hoboken an opportunity presented itself. We went to the waterfront. The waterfront being the Hudson river. Across was the river was, you guessed it, NYC, both downtown and uptown.
The shot above is a stitch of 13 shots. I simply took some test shots, put the camera on manual, f/8 @1/500 and rotated from my waste from left to right. Then I loaded the photos into CS4 and let it do the work. After that I made some slight adjustments and ended up with this. It’s nothing original or even well post processed, but it was just really cool being there and being able to see this. I wanted to share it with you. This certainly looks a lot different than downtown Charleston, I can tell ya that! The outlook for today was for cloudy skies. Fortunately, the clouds parted for just a little bit, allowing us to get some nice shots. After we finished our shots, the clouds rolled back in and the blue skies were not seen again. Right place. Right time!
We had a great time, met some nice people, and had plenty of time to chat. I have a few portraits of Tom that he doesn’t know that I took, well, that is until he reads this blog entry, but those will have to wait into they get into the soup, film too, I’m afraid.
And yes, that big building near the middle is The Empire State Building, but King Kong was nowhere in sight!
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9 Responses to “A view of NYC”
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That’s a great panoramic, and I’m glad you got to avoid King Kong. Looking forward to more photos and adventure from NYC.
I am SOO jealous of you guys! Have a great wonderful time!
I think you should have added a king kong, or at the very least a Godzilla to this shot!
Paul, Trista and I were both happy to see you found an opportunity to use the D40, not to mention the great result(s).
We are looking forward to hearing about your experiences, have a safe trip home!
Really neat job without a tripod.
Wow, you open with this?! Pretty impressive set up for what’s to come. And, an inspiration in the way of what can be done with panoramas. As always good story-telling on your part and this drives home the enormous and overwhelming size of the city. Add the spectacular sky and it’s a compelling scene. While I have no desire to visit the city again, your picture reminds me why so many do.
Hoboken is a favorite spot for me. We go there all the time. We have a few favorite places to go and eat. Jus LOVE Hoboken. I wish we could have caught up when you were there. Oh well maybe next time.
What a fantastic pano.
CS4 did a pretty good job but only because you provided some good files. Well done and it does show the enormous size of the city. Walking is something you do a lot of in NYC. Their city blocks are much larger than my city blocks, so beware when someone gives direction and tells you it’s only 4 blocks. May take you a couple days to get there. Looking forward to more images.
@Anita: Thanks, Anita. I have lots of stories to tell. I just have to unravel them from within the folds of my feeble gray matter!
@Laurie: I wished that we could have caught up, too, but as it was, it was a whirlwind tour. It passed much faster than I expected and was pretty draining of energy, too. Hoboken was a great place to visit, especially the view.