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18-MAR-2009

The East River, from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, 2009

My long telephoto lens draws the nearby ferryboats, the Statue of Liberty, the cranes of the Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal, and the distant Bayonne Bridge together within a single shot. Using spot metering, I expose on the sun's glittering reflection on the East River, turning the sky dark and making silhouettes out of everything else.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
1/3200s f/20.0 at 103.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time18-Mar-2009 13:11:50
MakePanasonic
ModelDMC-G1
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length103 mm
Exposure Time1/3200 sec
Aperturef/20
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias-0.66
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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Phil Douglis03-Apr-2009 01:00
Thanks, Tim, for seeing the layers of history here. New York is New York because of its harbor, which began as a Dutch trading port, became a major British port, and then the Gateway to the USA. The glittering water has been here for all of it.
Tim May02-Apr-2009 22:58
I think of this image as "Layers of History." You show us the history in Lady Liberty and the old (yet current) means of crossing the harbor with the Staten Island Bridge. In the back ground is a modern bridge and a modern port.
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