So people coming out of Broadway’s “West Side Story” at around 11 p.m. Dec. 19, 2009 were hit with a snow storm. After watching the Jets and the Sharks battle it out, they must have thought it’d be fun re-enact he snowball version of it. These were taken with a Canon 5d Mark II, using a not-well-attached rainjacket…I’m surprised anything came out in focus. I actually quit early because I didn’t think anything would turn out, and now I wish I had put a serious effort into shooting. Oh well, at least I got to fight back after getting hit with a few cheapshots…
Flickr set is here. Also, I took some sloppy video of it. You can see the meta-data on the Flickr page, but I used a Canon 5d Mark II, a 24-70mm L, and pretty much everything is shot at F2.8-3.5 at 1000-1250 ISO, and 1/60-1/350 (the light varied wildly depending on the billboard activity)
(All photos are Non-Commercial Creative Commons SA 2.0.
I’m pretty sure this little punk hit me. As did many children when they realized I wasn’t going to throw back…
I almost didn’t go out that evening…all of my friends decided to be shut-ins. But it wasn’t any worse than a typical Midwestern storm and everyone who got stuck in the blustery wind was still in a good mood…definitely one of the best evenings I’ve had in Times Square and Manhattan, New York period. And kudos to the NYPD for…well…not pulling out a gun.
Update: Apparently, this is not that regular of an occurence. The New York Times writes about how it created a “social media flurry”. Doug Kim, who got linked off of CNN’s iReport, has better action shots (though I think Times Square is one place where color photos can trump B&W). I just posted this so I could get on Reddit.
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I was in Times Square on a trip to NYC not long ago, would love to of been there for this!
You got some beautiful shots there, as you said, the lighting there trumps any B&W photo thanks to the bright neon colours available from the billboards!
Came across your blog via Flickr. These images are wonderful! Esp. love the one with the balloons! Glad to hear your gear survived.
Great shots…..NYC amazes me everytime I am there….a city where things are always happening! I have plans to visit the city next christmas! I hope it snows then too
I have shared your link in my facebook ! Thank you!
Great pix, thanks so much for sharing them!! I love NYC to pieces, wish I could have been there for this!!
they are really great. Nice use of light!
Those pictures are so great!!! Thanks for sharing… I wish I would be there for the snowball!!
Wow! Such beautiful photos! I love the color and agree that it trumps.
Beautifully lit, great composition, magical quality. Thanks for sharing. P.S. I came across these while reading your posts about Pfizer. If you have a special interest in pharmaceuticals and prescribing, I would like to arrange a short call.
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