I'm back after 3 loooong days without internet (and much rain instead...) thanks to my ISP :(

Do you see the same as i do in that cloud? ;)

EDIT: Most of you saw the same as me :) I noticed a flying pig too - thanks for all the other interpretations. It's great to see the variety of perception

If you see a strange gradient in the sky (with steps) it may be your display. At home on my Eizo it looks great, but here at work on a normal TN-Panel Display i can see color steps :(


Appeared on Explore Front Page 15/09/2008. Thanks everyone!

I'm really curious why this is only my 197th most interesting photo being the one with most faves and comments...

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02/09/09: Hit 50.000 views. Thanks!

09/09/09: 1000+ faves. Thanks!

25/11/09: My most faved with 1864 faves now. + this photo is contained in 100+ galleries

11/12/09: Hit 2000 Faves. Thanks!

29/12/2009: 100.000 views. Thanks!

31/01/2010: 2.500 faves.

23/03/2010: 3.000 faves

24/08/2010: 4.000 faves

17/04/2011: 5.000 faves and 235.000 views

03/04/2012: 6.000 faves and 277.000 views


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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretching 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River, connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Upon completion in 1883, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, the first steel-wire suspension bridge, and the first bridge to connect to Long Island.

Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in an 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since its opening, it has become an iconic part of the New York skyline. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.

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I signed up with zenfolio yesterday. You can see more of my New York photos there (Still many more to come):

explore #1 - thanks!

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Composed image from different photos (clouds, field and tree were photographed separately).

I went for a 'plastic' look here - meaning, that you can see, that it ain't really real - I think it works very nicely with the lines of the field.

Looks best on black

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05/12/2009: Hit 1.000 Faves. Thanks so much!

New York is such an amazing city! I've never seen anything like the Times Square at night before. Really stunning!

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New York City (officially The City of New York) is the largest city in the United States, with a metropolitan area that is among the largest urban areas in the world. The city serves as one of the world's primary global cities, exerting a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, and entertainment.
The city is also an important center for international affairs, hosting the headquarters of the United Nations.
Founded as a commercial trading post by the Dutch in 1624, it served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the nation's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange. Today, the city has many renowned landmarks and neighborhoods that are world famous. The city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.

New York is the birthplace of many cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism (also known as the New York School) in painting, and hip hop, punk, salsa, disco and Tin Pan Alley in music. It is also the home of Broadway theater.

New York City is located in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston

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West Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical's plot is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Set in New York in the mid-1950s, the musical explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The young protagonist, Tony, who belongs to the Anglo gang (Jets), falls in love with Maria, the sister of the rival Puerto Rican gang's (Sharks) leader. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. Bernstein's score for the musical has become extremely popular; it includes "Something's Coming," "Maria," "America," "Somewhere," "Tonight," "Jet Song," "I Feel Pretty," "One Hand, One Heart," and "Cool."

The original 1957 Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince, marked Stephen Sondheim's Broadway debut. It ran for 732 performances (a successful run for the time), before going on tour. The production garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical in 1957, but the award went to Meredith Willson's The Music Man. It won a Tony Award in 1957 for Robbins' choreography. The show had an even longer-running London production, a number of revivals and international success, and spawned an innovative, award-winning 1961 musical film of the same name. West Side Story is produced frequently by schools, regional theaters, and occasionally by opera companies.

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Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York (plus one theatre in Lincoln Center) in Manhattan, New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.

The Broadway theatre district is a popular tourist attraction in New York City, New York. According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately $937 million worth of tickets in the 2007-08 season.

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Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, a borough of New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. The Times Square area consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan.

Formerly named Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed after the Times Building (now One Times Square) in April 1904. Times Square, sometimes known as the "Crossroads of the World," has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has become a symbol of New York City. Times Square is principally defined by its spectaculars, animated, digital advertisements.

The intersection of Broadway and 42nd Street, at the south-east corner of Times Square, is the Eastern Terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States of America.

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New York at night is really incredible - especially the Times Square...

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7 exposures blended using my ADRI method in Photoshop (Smart Objects), overlayed with a tonemapped version done in Photomatix and finally manual blending for the parts Photomatix couldn't get right.

#1 on explore 18/07/2009 - thanks!

26/07/08:

This has become my most interesting photo and the most interesting for New York and the USA

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...well i risked it - and i live :) Just as i stepped out of the door, the sun peeked through for a short moment - that's the only shot i got, before it disappeared again.

Only one shot (Singh Ray 3 Stop Hard Grad ND Filter used to create the contrast between sky and field).

Looks way better on Black

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