Wow. What a photo of N.Y.C. (hi rez).

[henslee]

[SeattleGirl]

1. Breathtaking!!!!

:wow:

[In_The_Wind]

2. Great picture!

Did you take it?

[henslee]

5. Yes with a disposable camera... jus kidding. No, I didnt take it but

I came across it online.

[In_The_Wind]

17. I must buy one of those cameras.

It's amazing what you can find online.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. Wow!

Thanks for my new desktop pic! :D

[henslee]

6. Just spreading the love. I actually found it browsing at digg.com

I like that site. Really cool links.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. I'll be moving to NYC in a few months.

This picture is like a preview. :D

[Nicole]

4. That picture is stunning

That picture also makes me feel claustrophobic. I could never live in a place like that. :scared:

[SoCalDem]

7. Beautiful..but it gives me the heebie-jeebies

just thinking of all the people there.. I am not a "crowd" person

[henslee]

8. You are hard to please..... Here you go....

[SoCalDem]

9. That's a pretty place too

:) Thanks :)

[SoCalDem]

10. Here's a pic I actually took..of a place I liked very much

the rest of my Tahiti pics

password is marvin

[henslee]

12. Gorgeous. i'd take that over the city or the desert anyday. But

the password marvin did not work for me.

[SoCalDem]

15. hmmm I'll unlock it.. try again..

some freep asshole started emailing me because of my anti bush stuff and then complained to the webmaster about my "unwholesome pictures"..so I got pissed and passworded the whole place :)

marvin worked the other day..

anyway I've unpassworded it:)

[Hissyspit]

11. From the Empire State Building, looking north. I will never forget, though

the view from the observation floor of the World Trade Center. The glass went from ceiling to floor and you could get right up to it and get the sensation that you were floating. And it was a MUCH higher view than the one above.

[KitchenWitch]

14. I fervently wish I had been able to do that

That was on my list of things to do before I die (observation deck at WTC). So was fly on the Concorde...

Guess I had better add a couple of things to replace those.

[Hissyspit]

16. I almost did it a second time. Aug 11, 2001.

But my girlfriend was scared of heights and wouldn't take the elevator.

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Edited - yes, that IS from the Empire State Building.

Teach me to stop trying to be witty whilst falling asleep at the keyboard...

[Hissyspit]

20. The Chrysler Building is north and east of Empire State Building

as you see in the photo. The Empire State Building is surrounded by many of the shorter buildings of the garment district you see in the lower foreground of the photo, so I'm still going to call it as a shot from the Empire State Building observation deck.

[dr.strangelove]

22. I agree

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. No, you're right - I am far too tired to try to say anything smart.

That is NOT the Empire State Buildding in the photo because, as you say, the Chrysler building is nowhere near the ESB, which I know...

God, my mind is working for shit right now...

[dr.strangelove]

21. Isn't that from the Empire??

I used to work there and had a very similar view, though I was on the northwest corner and I think this is from the northeast corner. Thats a strange building with all these bends that make strange views. It was designed to create lots of windows and have the center offices be close to windows. I miss working there.

[madinmaryland]

26. The view from the Windows on the World

was just incredible. Been up there in the evening after sunset (and a couple of cocktails) and the view of the city is just stunning!

[Jazz2006]

18. That is stunning, indeed.

Thank you for sharing it!

:hi:

[bigwillq]

23. Wow. That's a great pic!

:hi:

[underpants]

25. And they all have to eat lunch everyday

Amazing.

[NYCGirl]

27. It's not really high res — but a process called HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR)

that uses 3 different exposures composited together. You can do it in Photoshop CS2 or a program called Photomatix

Link here:
http://www.hdrsoft.com/

Here's more about the process:
http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/04/24/photo_of_the_da_7.php

And lots more photos of NY done by the same artist:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/automatt/sets/72057594091674928/

[Misunderestimator]

28. When I lived in NY, I worked in an office that looked over this scene...

on the 72nd floor of the Empire State Building. All that's missing is the WTC. :(

That's a stunning picture. Looks almost like a painting.

[spindrifter]

29. that is so cool--it

would make a great huge poster to cover a wall--or a wall of a cubicle.

[Spacemom]

30. That's a beautiful Pic

and it reminds me that my life would be one constant panic attack if I tried to live there. ;)