New York Part III: Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Skyline by Night

Brooklyn Bridge I

The Manhattan skyline seen from Brooklyn at night. Quite impressive.

You are looking at the main reason for this New York visit. Well, maybe not the main reason but at least it was on the to-do list. And important enough for me to take the subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan and back (a 1 hour trip) just to get my tripod. Btw, my apologies to The Roots for leaving in the middle of their concert to get the tripod in time for sunset… OK, I’ll admit, it was one of the main reasons for going to New York.

These shots were taken on and just next to the Brooklyn Bridge. With shutter speeds up to 25 seconds it would have been impossible without a tripod. The tricky part in post production was to get the white balance and colors right. However, after a while I just got fed up with all the colors and chose to go b/w instead.

Should I have kept the color versions? I added two color photos at the end. You’ll be the judge – leave a comment!

Brooklyn Bridge I Brooklyn Bridge II Brooklyn Bridge III Brooklyn Bridge IV
Brooklyn Bridge V Brooklyn Bridge VI Brooklyn Bridge VII Brooklyn Bridge VIII
Brooklyn Bridge X Brooklyn Bridge XI Brooklyn Bridge XII Brooklyn Bridge XIII
Brooklyn Bridge IX Brooklyn Bridge XIV Manhattan Skyline Brooklyn Bridge & Me (x4)
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Check out the first two parts of this series:

New York Part I: Skyscrapers anyone?
New York Part II: Street Art

Color of night or black and white?

Take a walk through the city streets of Stockholm and this is what you might see.

Sergelgatan Sergels Torg Sveavägen Kungsgatan Crane
Sergelgatan (bw) Sergels Torg (bw) Sveavägen (bw) Kungsgatan (bw) Crane (bw)
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City lights can be really colorful and vivid at night.
But I also like the black and white versions of these photos.

Since I didn’t want to upload all in either color or bw I decided to upload both versions of every photo. But I do have a couple of favorites. For instance, I prefer “Sergels Torg” in color and “Crane” in black and white.

What’s your take?

Dusk in Stockholm

Stockholm is really quite a nicy city. Even in the autumn. After a few weeks of gray, dull and rainy days along came this beatuiful day. And just before dusk turned into dark night, I managed to grab my camera and head out.

Bridge Opera House, Stockholm City Hall Stockholm I
City Hall Stockholm III Stockholm Klara Construction I Stockholm Klara Construction II

Tjenare Chapman!

Efter en härlig höst på Gotland kom vi tillbaka till Stockholm i december och genast upphörde de många och långa fotopromenaderna. Och därmed inläggen här på bloggen.

Men nu är det dags för en uppryckning! Så jag drog med Marc ut till Skeppsholmen en sen och mycket kall kväll. Tre timmar, tre master och tio stenfrusna fingrar senare hade jag i alla fall dessa bilder med mig hem.

Och af Chapman såg ut att ta det med ro.

Stockholm seen from Skeppsholmen Skeppsholmsbron Skeppsholmsbron II Skeppsholmsbron III Tjenare Chapman!