Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
We knew that the parade would be passing my friend’s house so she invited me to come over and watch the parade from there.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Rokinon/Samyang AF 24-70 f2.8 FE
Memorial Day 2023 – a bit late, but I was busy with other things. For my British friends and relatives, Memorial Day is about the same as Remembrance Day. Over here they also have Veteran’s Day (November 11), which honors all veterans, not just those who died.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Rokinon/Samyang AF 24-70 f2.8 FE
I just liked the way it looked.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
Walking back along 34th street we caught some views of The Empire State Building. What else is there to say about this iconic building?
When I first arrived in NY in the 1970s it had just been surpassed as the world’s tallest building (a position it had held for almost 40years), by the World Trade Center, tragically destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Now, 50 years later it’s the 54th tallest building in the world, but it will always have a special place in my heart. Incredibly, the current world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is more than twice its height.
Despite all of the above it’s not my favorite NY City building, which continues to be the Chrysler Building.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
Neither of us knew the area. There were lots of Korean restaurants around, but we didn’t know which ones were good and which were not. So we selected one pretty much at random. I don’t remember its name.
The food was very good, but the service less so: we had to ask for our drinks (nothing exotic. Just a Coke and a Diet-Coke) at least three times before they appeared.
Taken with an iPhone SE II.