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Another view of the same building as our boat moved down the Hudson...

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The sheer uniqueness of this building was the attraction, with the undulating waves rippling through an otherwise mundane column of windows. This was taken from the harbor.

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Love those reflections...

Took a bit of post-capture work to get this one right. Perspective was needed because of my proximity to the building, and not one but three tweaks in levels were necessary to provide more contrast and detail.

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...and who could walk by and not snap this one of the Chrysler Building?

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Manhattan itself is the biggest tourist attraction we've ever visited. The history, the culture, the manic pace...it's just a neat place to be.

Naturally, photographs abound if one cares to open his eyes. Just as in Houston, I would love to spend days just capturing architecture, the parks, interesting people, or any combination of the above.

The hustle and bustle of making appointments and going places prevented the capture of many things that we saw, but occasionally an opportunity like this came along, many times literally snapped on the move.

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The same clock, just a few moments down the riverway headed back to the harbor...

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This was on our way back to the harbor. I remember looking down at this clock many times while on the observation deck of the World Trade Center back in the '80's...

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As part of an organized tour we took a boat on the Hudson to see the sights. It had been a while since I'd been to New York, so much what is in this scene was new to me, including most of the glass buildings. Well-developed cityscapes have always been a favorite, especially if they offer unique buildings and reflections off of glass. To my amazement, the cityscape of the Jersey shore across from Manhattan was more striking than Manhattan itself.

One advantage of capturing images across the water is that the rule of thirds pretty much takes care of itself. It would have been nice to have a polarizing filter, but being a compact, one cannot be affixed to the s7000. Nevertheless, with creative exposure control and some post-capture Photoshop work the gap was filled. This is a single capture, but while we were on the boat I managed to jockey a position that allowed a zoomed-in six-shot panorama. Immediately after completing those six shots I zoomed out and took a single exposure of essentially the same composition. During post-capture back here in Houston it was amazing to see the difference.

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Photoshop Elements does an excellent job of stitching together panoramas...this is one of two photos.

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The underside rigging of one of those tall ships was captured pierside. New York is definitely a city with the old and the new.