As i mentioned earlier, Brooklyn gave me this great perspective on New York City that i’d never had before. Walking around there it feels a lot like san francisco: even though this town’s got about twice the amount of land and 3.5 times the number of people it feels like a small community, or that’s what i got while i was there anyway (and i was comparing it to my memories of New York).

My friend Carl pointed out this great view of the Empire State Building to me. (At that point i was preoccupied with the street lights and was really having a problem with them.) I found what i think was a good vantage point – setting up my tripod in the middle the street and causing a minor problem with the 15 cars and trucks that wanted to get past while i leveled, metered and made the picture.

Tooling around the internet this morning before work i stumbled upon this great image of the same scene from eBokeh reader Michael Fischer that really does a great job of capturing the same scene. I really love the snow and the parked cars, it reminds me of the scene from one of my favorite albums of all time.