New York City, 2008
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This is a panorama I shot of New York City about a month ago (June 2). This was created with 20+ images stitched together. The image you see here is actually a dramatically reduced version; the original is 25162x3830 (pixels). Obviously, this is best viewed at full size.
I shot this from Jersey City, directly across from the former site of the World Trade Center. The shoot took so long that the light changed from the time I started shooting lower Manhattan to the time I got the camera panned to upper Manhattan, which caused a bit of a serendipitous color gradient effect.
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Comments and faves
mikenyff, FlannelChef, wilshireblvd [circa1983], raurublock, and 270 other people added this photo to their favorites.
mikenyff (48 months ago | reply)
Unreal! Fantastic color.
This is one of the best shots Ive seen of NYC skyline.
Painterface (48 months ago | reply)
amazing good work
Charlie Wild (48 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot. Absolutely brilliant.
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JGalli (48 months ago | reply)
This is an absolutely amazing shot.
It must have taken 10 or 20 minutes to do.
joshua carlsen (48 months ago | reply)
quite amazing...i was just in nyc and am kicking myself for not hitting the jersey shores to shoot it from this angle....love the effect you got with the sky due to the timing.
jomak14 (48 months ago | reply)
Brilliant panoramic image!
Jmchez (48 months ago | reply)
"I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. Particularly when one can't see the details. Just the shapes. The shapes and the thought that made them. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. What other religion do we need? And then people tell me about pilgrimages to some dank pesthole in a jungle where they go to do homage to a crumbling temple, to a leering stone monster with a pot belly, created by some leprous savage. Is it beauty and genius they want to see? Do they seek a sense of the sublime? Let them come to New York, stand on the shore of the Hudson, look and kneel. When I see the city from my window - no, I don't feel how small I am - but I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body."
Ayn Rand
cstoller (48 months ago | reply)
simply awesome
cpultz (48 months ago | reply)
Ryan - heads-up. A link directly to the original version of this pic has worked its way to the head of the del.icio.us and reddit sections on popurls tonight. Your strategy is either working or spinning out of control. ;)
-Chris
Ken Kuhl (48 months ago | reply)
Tremendous undertaking and result!
hans solcer (48 months ago | reply)
beautiful
John 3000 (48 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful
from the (2for2) group
deletedpenguin (48 months ago | reply)
Great work!
nahl (48 months ago | reply)
Spectacular Spectacular !!!
Saskia's Pictures (48 months ago | reply)
Whoa! Thats like soooo cool!!! Amazing pic :D Best panorama i ever saw :)
Miller Truby (48 months ago | reply)
As always, really great work. You're right about the gradient effect being a nice (if unexpected) touch. I dig it!
icedsoul photography .:teymur madjderey (48 months ago | reply)
wow man!!!
Miss-Nici (MOVED!) (48 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot!
I love it! ^_^
MissTurner (48 months ago | reply)
Dazzling!
You hold my highest esteem
t0m_ka (48 months ago | reply)
Fantastic Panorama
Idle Type (48 months ago | reply)
I saw this on Gawker. Really great work!
Gunnlaugur Þ. Briem (48 months ago | reply)
Beautiful.
*simonw* (48 months ago | reply)
Wow! Followed the link from POTN. Great image.
paulmcdee (46 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!! I'm staying at the Hyatt on the Hudson over new year this year and can't wait to see this. New York is the ultimate city!
Great shot!
ryanmcginnisphoto (46 months ago | reply)
Paul -- if that's where you're staying, this is exactly what you'll see. :) This was shot from the pier directly adjacent to the Hyatt.
-ytf- (45 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Panoramic Images of New York City, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
drocpsu (45 months ago | reply)
wow, this is awesome. Excellent shot!
AnnaKarinaL (40 months ago | reply)
Merci! Stunning! LOVE it
jena ardell (36 months ago | reply)
WOW. impressive panoramic!! nice work!!
pixel boogie (36 months ago | reply)
wow! well done
gags_d_rebel (36 months ago | reply)
wow!!! wat a pic.. gr8 details...
mjt346 (36 months ago | reply)
Easily the greatest city panorama I've ever seen, nice work!
Beerboi [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)
Three letters "wow"
ahawks81 (36 months ago | reply)
Saw this on Digg.
Curious, is it a white-balance issue that the left side is so warm and the right side is so cool (red/blue tint)? Or is the city really lit that way?
ryanmcginnisphoto (36 months ago | reply)
ahawks81: It's like that because this was a panorama shot at dusk. It's made up of a large number of individual photographs, and taking all of them took some time. When I started, it was still Blue Hour, but as I progressed from right to left, the twilight faded, until all that was left was the light pollution of the city. This was an unintentional effect (I have several other panoramas taken both at night at before twilight), but it worked wonderfully.
empress80 (36 months ago | reply)
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VanWhelan (36 months ago | reply)
Excellent...looks amazing in full colour.
Theohiosource (36 months ago | reply)
I gotta start taking more panoramics
ByteForByte (35 months ago | reply)
breathtaking photo
mudpig (23 months ago | reply)
great image and well worth the effort
Jim Purcell (13 months ago | reply)
Every thing I see in this photo is Well Done!