One last picture to post for now... and I'll go back to the work thing for awhile...
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=294810
Tried a couple daytime shots, and none worked, then I saw it lit up at night and realized that was the shot.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
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Thaks, Carl...
Standing there, all I could think was how amazing it would be if Pennsyvlania Station was still standing. Would have liked to have seen that.
I'll second that! It's a wonderful picture for a number of reasons.
Please tell me that you were using a tripod and that you arms are not so steady....the photo is so sharp and perfectly lit. I never have a tripod in Manhattan and therefore can get pictures of this quality.
I like how the eagle in the center doesn't have the pole coming out of his head, as it might in my picture.
But how did you arrange for the ice cream truck? Think about it: this great night time picture has it all: Grand Central, the American Eagle, and ice cream!
IMO this is a wonderful photo that even more importantly captures a mood. Bravo!
Correction: 2nd paragraph: "your arms" & "can't get"
No tripod... believe it or not, 1/30 of a second at f 3.5. I did take about five frames to make sure I got the focus right and didn't shake (because at that wide open and that slow, I knew that I was likely to mess both up a couple times). I also leaned against a streetlamp pole, just in case.
Had I not taken the insurance shots, it would have been blurry for sure.
This was the only frame that didn't have cars blocking the ice cream truck though, which I have to be honest, I didn't even notice until I got home. (Weird, cause I was starving...)
Erie Lackawanna One last picture to post for now... and I'll go back to the work thing for awhile...
Oh what a beautiful photo....! And Station.....
To me...this is comparable to Chris' {Copcar}, photos of Denver Union Station...and I'd bet he will agree.
And to think it came rather close to the wrecking ball too.....
{Note the one streetlight burned out}...
Trivia: I did get to see the Late Great Penn Station at night, but it was wartime and not lit like your GCT photo.....
Quentin
I sent the link to my wife (we have separate computers) since she always enjoys pictures of GCT. When she lived in NYC, she would take the Central up to Bronxville to visit her father, and when she left New York for Boise, she rode the Century.
Johnny
Nice.
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I will add my comments Charles Awsome photo great job Marry
Boy dos that bring back memories. Grew up in New York and saw Grand Central that way many, many times. GREAT SHOT!!!
Wow Charles !!!! Absoulutely fantastic shot.
One thing I noticed walking aroung GCT that I supposed helped its preservation is that the original terminal was eventually "integrated" with the buildings built on its site, or I should say the buildings on the site were integrated with GCT. The front of the terminal is still standing alone but the passages on the sides and rear are covered with skyscrapers, with the passages still intact but fully enclosed side and top with the new building. It's really interesting to see the modern building or skyscraper and then a seam followed by the GCT passage entrance. A similar plan was supposed to occur at Penn Station before the Garden project was decided, but that Penn project would have demolished the terminal anyway and rebuilt it completely. Somehow the GCT project preserved the terminal almost entirely, except the aerial views of the roof were preserved only in the front section.
If a more beautiful photograph of GCT exists, I haven't seen it yet!!!
Seriously, the composition, the color balance, and sharpness of this night shot just blew my socks off! Whadda great picture!
Stunning.
Thanks so much!!!!!
I was in San Francisco... on another business trip... and just saw the last set of comment now. Really appreciate the kind words.
Wanted to try and take a similar shot of the Ferry Building there, but it's really too big and has too may trees in front of it to get a single shot of the whole building at night. Plus I had to be up at 4:30 in the morning for work, so I was going to bed at 8PM.
If I get back there again, I'm going to try a similar shot.... it really is a stunning building (if not quite a railroad building... I think of it as one though, because if you rode the San Francisco Chief or City of San Francisco, you arrived at the Ferry Building).
The best shot of GCT I've ever seen! Grand Central has got to be the coolest building in New York, but the Chrysler building and Mcsorley's Pub are right up there too! Great job!
Deggesty I sent the link to my wife (we have separate computers) since she always enjoys pictures of GCT. When she lived in NYC, she would take the Central up to Bronxville to visit her father, and when she left New York for Boise, she rode the Century. Johnny
54light15 The best shot of GCT I've ever seen! Grand Central has got to be the coolest building in New York, but the Chrysler building and Mcsorley's Pub are right up there too! Great job!
Many thanks... I'm going back next week and want to try to get a shot of the train station by the Bronx Zoo. Will see if I can get it in during work though.
To eolafan - by dad's stepmom lived in Bronxville, but I'm guessing she would have left around WWII.
That was an awesome photo. My parents and I went through there on our way from NYC to Niagara Falls and I remember how beautiful it was during the day, but this is spectacular.
We came in by Pennsy and I don't remember their station being as impressive as GCT. I'm glad it was saved from the scrap heap.
Thanks for sharing.
SunnylandWe came in by Pennsy and I don't remember their station being as impressive as GCT.
Are you referring to the late great Pennsy Station that was demolished back in the early 60's {or current below grade one}.......In it's hay day, it certainly was an awesome place....!
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