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NYC Top of the Rock Sunset Manhattan New York - Globe Horizon [Explored]

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Hello everyone!

As promised here is ANOTHER Top of the Rock Sunset pic shot. This one was shot on July 4th. I was eating dinner with my family at Max Brenner's "Chocolate By the Bald Man" restaurant (Highly reccommend if you fancy death by chocolate) and it suddenly occured to me that the best way to see the Macy's Fireworks would be from the Top of the Rock. I hurried back to my apartment and quickly grabbed my gear. The annual pass came in handy because regular tickets had been sold out for the night by 7:30. I made my way up to the top level and posted up on one of the flat cement railings. I managed to grab this shot while waiting for the fireworks. Anyways let me get back on topic...

Top of the Rock NYC Sunset
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8
F Stop: f/9
9 RAW Exposure HDR
ISO: 200

****This one is a MUST see large to appreciate the details

What I really like about the post processing here is the globe-like horizon. It was inspired by the "Paris Crew" (These guys work MAGIC with the fisheye) with their use of nikon fisheye lenses. I tried to use the fisheye lens filter in photoshop (As I dont have the real thing) but couldnt achieve the results I was looking for. I messed around Transforms (i.e. Free Transform, perspective, skew, distort) and even googled "globe horizon tutorial" but couldnt find anything. I finally came across the "warp" transform and it was as simple as clicking on the horizon and dragging the cursor straight up. Give it a try on some of your wide angle shots to see if you like it. Let me know what you guys think.

Update:
Explore 7/8/2010

Here's the interesting part... as you guys can see the photo was uploaded today on 7/9/2010 but it was explored on 7/8/2010. Has this happened to any of you before? strange!

Yankis, GASHUN, foje64, mj.foto, and 118 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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  1. PatMinNYC 36 months ago | reply

    Sweet shot

  2. ... Arjun 36 months ago | reply

    The wide angle and the sky make this an awesome composition.

  3. f l a m i n g o 36 months ago | reply

    Wonderful shot!

  4. silviald 36 months ago | reply

    Perfect composition!

  5. Antonello! 36 months ago | reply

    Beautiful city view...and colours of the sky!

  6. Qi Bo 36 months ago | reply

    ..........amazing compo & view...............!!............

  7. dento_eyewishflickr 36 months ago | reply

    lovely presentation

  8. J a n _ 1 9 6 2 36 months ago | reply

    Fantastic shot, stunning colors and view.

  9. MAMEDE HARFOUCHE 36 months ago | reply

    SALAM * SHALOM * PAZ * PACE * שָׁלוֹם * سلام

    " ALLAH HU AKBAR! "

    الله أكبر * DEUS É GRANDE! * GOD IS GREAT! *

    ...

  10. VeHa. 36 months ago | reply

    Gives the feeling that the photo was taken from the space! Wonderful:)

  11. magnetic lobster 36 months ago | reply

    The curvature really does add something. What a great location.

  12. Shun ☂ [deleted] 36 months ago | reply

    WOW, superb view, amazing colors and composition

  13. CMLBrown 35 months ago | reply

    Great image, I love the overall color tones especially of the buildings.

  14. Kwame Photography 35 months ago | reply

    superb!

    i took this on our recent visit from the uk to the u.s.

  15. SonicsChannel 34 months ago | reply

    new york

  16. Thomas Patrick 34 months ago | reply

    Hey, im from a yearbook club. We would love to use this picture as the cover, with you permission. Please get back to me at thomaspcarney@gmail.com

  17. Dee Buh 33 months ago | reply

    awww it's gorgeous! I love the colors and everything what appears in picture!

  18. Duiwee "duylyfotographie" 30 months ago | reply

    excellent shot.. nice perspective. and color.

  19. AliFahad_ 24 months ago | reply

    Omg !
    You are so Great ! :O
    This is so beautiful (L)
    lovely picture
    I'm added the picture to my favorites ^_^ <3

    Good luck my friend :p

  20. New Yorkled 15 months ago | reply

    Wonderful!

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