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Tag Archives: manhattan
The Secret of 5 Beekman St. (ScoutingNY)
A foreign friend points me to this very cool blog, ScoutingNY, which is run by a film locations scout who, having the luxury to appreciate the hidden corners of New York, is kind enough to share them with the rest… Continue reading
Spotted in the East Village: Hipster/Anti-Hipster/Anti-Anti-Hipster Spoof of Ghost Bike Memorial
East Village: Prank Ghost Bike Memorial, originally uploaded by zokuga. Seen near 1st Ave. and 9th St. in the East Village, this stripped down white bike that, on closer inspection, is someone’s elaborate ha-ha for passersby and I’m guessing the… Continue reading
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Tags art, bicycling, east village, ghost bike memorial, irony, manhattan, photo, prank, spoof, traffic
Flickr Snowball Fight post-mortem: A lesson in being first
The photo that briefly led the Flickr blog I’ve had a basic Flickr account for about a year now and before this past weekend, I don’t think I had more than 2,000 hits across the 150 random photos in my… Continue reading
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Tags 5d Mark II, creative commons, flickr, manhattan, photos, snow, snowball, times square
Times Square during a snowstorm: hunker down and throw some snowballs
IMG_8659, originally uploaded by zokuga. Snowball fights, slow traffic…if Times Square was like this everyday, the Manhattanites would fight to take it back from the tourists. See a bigger version of these photos on this page, where I’m slowly experimenting… Continue reading
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Tags manhattan, new york, photos, snow, times square, weather
Snowball fight in Times Square, Dec. 19, 2009
Snowball fight in Times Square, on 12/19/2009, during the big blizzard of 2009 from dan n on Vimeo. Some video of the spontaneous snowfight, mostly among patrons who had just gotten out of their Broadway shows, using my 5dm2. Not… Continue reading
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Tags 5d Mark II, manhattan, snow, snowball, times square, video
More test shots with the S90
IMG_0154, originally uploaded by zokuga. Too cold, too busy to do any serious photo taking. But still, a lot easier to pull out than the 5dII plus 85mm 1/2L. The photos were converted from RAW with some of the levels… Continue reading