One of New York City’s busiest streets acquires a quiet mood in the gathering shadows of day’s end. I amplify that mood through my vantage point and my use of the reflected light that plays on the iconic Chrysler Building, a structure that gives Lexington Avenue much of its identity. I build the image around the striking column of white clouds that seem to stream from the famed art deco spire itself. I use spot metering mode to expose for those clouds, and enriching the golden light of the reflected sunset on the skyscraper. The resulting under-exposure also deepens the blue gray sky, and creates a shadowy tunnel of foreground buildings streaked with artificial light to anchor the shot.