Year of the Golden Pig

The gregorian new year has always been cruel to us accountants. Long hours awaits all the way to the end of April. But chinese new year of the pig has been more generous. It signal the arrival of my new, well newly acquired used D200 and 85mm 1.4 AIS. What better way to test drive this new rig in NYC's Canal street lunar new year parade.

Down the catwalk....

A friend of mine had her first fashion show at a club in New York. Of course I showed up with a camera in tow. Shooting in a rapidly changing light scene is hellish.Even with aperture priority I got a lot of over and under exposed frames. Anyways, here's a few that I like. Here's the link to the designer's site as well: http://www.ardistianewyork.com/

A whole new angle

Got myself a nikkor 10.5mm fisheye as a holiday present. Here's the first images :)

Inner Harbor HDR

My first try at the high dynamic range trick. On a nice Sunday morning in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, I used a tripod to take 3 separate shots bracketed at +/- 2 stops. Then off to Photoshop CS2 to combine them into an HDR image.

Miami Colors

Had the chance to visit to Southern Florida last weekend. Beautiful weather, a bit warm for NYers :)...One thing that struck me immediately overthere is the vibrant colors they have everywhere

A Day at the Met

What a View

A great spot to enjoy the view of midtown Manhattan is from the Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum. The Met's Central Park location give it a unique vantage point of urban forest surrounded by a concrete jungle. Click for a larger view.