Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year!!!
2011
Have an awesome new year.
May all your wishes come true!

Rising Moon

1/125sec f/5.6 ISO200 135mm (EF-S 18-135)

Lunar eclipse

Full lunar eclipse 2:50AM EST  f5.6 1/3sec 135mm

High Line

The High Line is a 1.45-mile (2.33 km) New York City park built on a section of the former elevated freight railroad spur called the West Side Line, which runs along the lower west side of Manhattan; it has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway. The High Line Park currently runs from Gansevoort Street, one block below West 12th Street, in the Meatpacking District, up to 20th Street, and will eventually run through the neighborhood of Chelsea to the West Side Yard, near the Javits Convention Center.

The recycling of the railway into an urban park has spurred development along the line.

Walking down the Broadway

I Love Reading

Downtown Security Guards pushing the Wall Street Bull

Short video of New York City Downtown Security Guards gathered together to push the Wall Street Bull up a few feet.

SUS - Service for the UnderServed

Since 1978 Service for the Under Served (SUS) has been dedicated to offering long term housing and support to New Yorkers in need. In honor of the lives being transformed everyday, SUS transformed traditional holiday gift drive boxes into a life-sized replica of an SUS apartment. For more info - www.giftsnyc.org

 

Hudson

Rays of light fall upon the Lady Liberty

I'm Blue

One November Morning

Feather clouds fill the skies. An early sun lights up the top of the trees.

Ghost's of the City 2

Prayer

Ghost's of the City

Ghost's of the City - was shot two days before Halloween

Early morning

Moon is slowly giving way to the rising sun

On the next day...

The crescent moon was even smaller...

The sun have illuminated the clouds

Moon is now barely visible. Tomorrow it will disappear.

What's for lunch

Colors of the Fall

Rising sun painting gold on a trees

Photoshopped

Waiting for the subway

Fog

Part of the building is being swallowed by the fog

Traffic Light

Cactus

Cactus on Rhodes Island

Mykonos

Sunset at Mykonos(Μύκονος)

Sunset at Mykonos(Μύκονος) - closeup

Jack-o'-lantern

I have made a Jack-o'-lantern out of a small watermelon.
Cut his top off, removed all the yummy stuff, cut eyes and mouth.
Then placed a lit candle inside and closed the lid.
Periodic lack of oxygen created nice effect of fluctuating light. [video]
Next time it will be pumpkin.

A jack-o'-lantern (formerly also known as a Jack o' the lantern) is typically a carved pumpkin. It is associated chiefly with the holiday Halloween, and was named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs, called ignis fatuus or jack-o'-lantern. In a jack-o'-lantern, typically the top is cut off, and the inside flesh then scooped out; an image, usually a monstrous face, is carved onto the outside surface, and the lid replaced. At night, a light is placed inside to illuminate the effect.

And here it is - without burning candle inside and lights on. Not so scary anymore.

In this short video you can see how the brightness changes

In Miami