At the Same Moment, Lower Manhattan Panorama from Governor’s Island, New York City


Image by andrew mace—
The ferries to Governor’s Island started running yesterday. Governor’s Island is a small island near Manhattan that once served as Army and Coast Guard stations. It’s now maintained by the National Park Service. We went over today to poke around. It was far less crowded than I was expecting. After a really intense rainstorm blew through, we were left with some nice light reflecting off the city with some less menacing cumulus ambling over. The only problem with Governor’s Island is that it opens at 11am and closes at 7pm—so nice twilight shots from here are not (legally) possible.

This is a hand-held 19-shot panorama at 70mm with my Nikkor 70-300mm and stitched with Hugin. This one is far more detailed than my pano from the Staten Island ferry. I think the field of view was about 24mm, so there should be around 10x more data in this than a single shot. The original was around 12000 pixels wide after some cropping. I’m really jealous of the large format work here on Flickr (e.g. Thomas Birke), so I’m trying to figure out how to achieve something like that with the gear I have.

The title of this photo is somewhere in the image. Can you find it?

19-shots single exposure / f/7.1 / 70mm (105mm=) / ISO 200 / no filters

Large on white.
4000-pixels-wide original. (worth a look)

Question by eightdotthree: What Hawaiian islands should we rent a Jeep on?
My finance and I are going to the islands of Maui, Kuai, and the big island on our honeymoon. We are planning on renting a car on all three and upgrading to a Jeep on the big island.

Can we get away with not renting a car on any of the islands? What about the Jeep, should we consider a Jeep on the other islands?

Best answer:

Answer by apleyden
It depends on where you stay but I think you’re going to want a car on all of the islands. The big island is a must, by the way.

Whether you get a jeep or not is really just a preference thing. I had a jeep on Maui and we had the top off which made for interesting viewing looking up at the sky. On the Big Island there are some roads you might think a jeep would be needed, but if you read the fine print of the maps / rental agreement they basically say ‘even if you have rented a Jeep, there are certain roads you are not allowed to take a rental car on’.

If you just plan on staying in the hotel you might not need one on Kauai and / or Maui, but I think having one on each is probably worth it (they’re pretty cheap out there).

Add your own answer in the comments!

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Street Fashion BLVD

by Lady Zarobi

Question by filo_blond: kids fashion craze…how do you dress your kids?
I was wondering how parent/s (especially mothers) would dress their kids from babies to school age… do you keep up with the latest fashion craze???

Best answer:

Answer by rajkoni
no I don’t. I have same stile for many years and my son love it! WE ARE COOL!!!
LOL

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At the Same Moment, Lower Manhattan Panorama from Governor’s Island, New York City


Image by andrew mace—
The ferries to Governor’s Island started running yesterday. Governor’s Island is a small island near Manhattan that once served as Army and Coast Guard stations. It’s now maintained by the National Park Service. We went over today to poke around. It was far less crowded than I was expecting. After a really intense rainstorm blew through, we were left with some nice light reflecting off the city with some less menacing cumulus ambling over. The only problem with Governor’s Island is that it opens at 11am and closes at 7pm—so nice twilight shots from here are not (legally) possible.

This is a hand-held 19-shot panorama at 70mm with my Nikkor 70-300mm and stitched with Hugin. This one is far more detailed than my pano from the Staten Island ferry. I think the field of view was about 24mm, so there should be around 10x more data in this than a single shot. The original was around 12000 pixels wide after some cropping. I’m really jealous of the large format work here on Flickr (e.g. Thomas Birke), so I’m trying to figure out how to achieve something like that with the gear I have.

The title of this photo is somewhere in the image. Can you find it?

19-shots single exposure / f/7.1 / 70mm (105mm=) / ISO 200 / no filters

Large on white.
4000-pixels-wide original. (worth a look)

Question by eightdotthree: What Hawaiian islands should we rent a Jeep on?
My finance and I are going to the islands of Maui, Kuai, and the big island on our honeymoon. We are planning on renting a car on all three and upgrading to a Jeep on the big island.

Can we get away with not renting a car on any of the islands? What about the Jeep, should we consider a Jeep on the other islands?

Best answer:

Answer by apleyden
It depends on where you stay but I think you’re going to want a car on all of the islands. The big island is a must, by the way.

Whether you get a jeep or not is really just a preference thing. I had a jeep on Maui and we had the top off which made for interesting viewing looking up at the sky. On the Big Island there are some roads you might think a jeep would be needed, but if you read the fine print of the maps / rental agreement they basically say ‘even if you have rented a Jeep, there are certain roads you are not allowed to take a rental car on’.

If you just plan on staying in the hotel you might not need one on Kauai and / or Maui, but I think having one on each is probably worth it (they’re pretty cheap out there).

Add your own answer in the comments!

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RIVER ISLAND LADIES YELLOW ANGORA MIX SHORT CARDI SZ 14    US $ 1.55

RIVER ISLAND TUNIC BLACK WITH BUTTON DETAIL ON BACK S 8    US $ 4.68

River Island Knee Length Skirt size 10    US $ 1.55

MENS BOYS RIVER ISLAND T SHIRT PINK SIZE MEDIUM    US $ 1.55

ISLAND TROOPS baby boy hawaiian collar shirt sz 5T    US $ 13.99

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Street Fashion BLVD

Some cool new york street style images:

New York Style


Image by phogel
cross the street

Joe’s Pizza Patio Umbrella, West Hollywood


Image by Muy Yum
This is one of two locations in Los Angeles. Located on Sunset, just west of La Cienega in a mini-mall. One of a few places that offer New York style pizza in Los Angeles. I tried it because it was recommended by a friend. Seems more New York than other places in the the crust is thin and they re-heat your slice when you order which gives it a really nice crispiness.