So here is a bunch more photos i took in New York. They are all more facial based photos and I thought I would bunch them all together in one group. I will try and put it all in some sort of order with a little info on each.
Believe it or not we start with this gentleman. Getting up in the (what feels like) sub zero temperatures we made our way to see Lady Liberty. This was the first character to greet us. A good mannered busker with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of American towns. Manly from decades of experience I think over a miss-spent childhood.
We are then brought to Lady
Liberty herself, staring out looking for the freedom from those English tyrants. The tour guide joked with the French tourists thanking them for her. I joked back that he can thank me for his freedom from our tyranny.
My Jokes never go down too well all the time.
We now actually get to the Met. (Metropolitan museum of art). There Egypt exhibit was
fascinating. More or less their entire exhibit is a gift from Egypt for helping
preserve many
archaeological sites.
That is a much more commendable act than how we populated the British Natural History Museum. I guess when you are an Empire, its not technically looting. Still, not the best thing the British had ever done. Definitely not the worst!
Having left the Egyptian section we randomly chanced upon the most random of parts of the museum. A
hotch-
potch collection of sculptures, paintings and artifacts. It also included this lady who reminded me of the girl from
Goldfinger. She seems more at peace though.
My
favourite part of the exhibits as the modern art section. Here we have a self portrait within an untitled piece by
Anish Kapoor from 2007. It certainly made you feel happy that you were not a fly.
Of course my
fiancee had to look meaner than Chairman Mao. I guess
Warhol was a bit too kind or I'm in for a tough marriage!
Oh yes. After leaving the Met we saw this creepy mime / ballet dancer. She looks happy but crazy. At least she is happy though.....
Having fun with the photos you took can be slightly daunting. The idea of irreparably damaging a photo you though was good trying to make it better can be tough.
Luckily, google has given us Picasa that allows us to tweak to our hearts extent without damaging the original. If you like the "improvements" you've made. Well you can go ahead and save them as new files
Isn't technology fun?
One of the things I noticed the most about Manhattan is the amount of skyscrapers and glass in the city. Buildings almost blend together and you loose your self in the sea of glass. You may be even forgiven if you loose track where one building starts and the other ends
We are then brought to Lady Liberty herself, staring out looking for the freedom from those English tyrants. The tour guide joked with the French tourists thanking them for her. I joked back that he can thank me for his freedom from our tyranny.
OK, so this is a bit of a bold statement. However there are several clues that may bring a logically minded person to this conclusion.
So it seems that my declaration of spring is a tad preemptive. With 12 inches of snow at the beginning of April last year it seems I may be counting my chicks before they are hatched. Before I had come to the US I had never heard the term "Indian Summer". Apparently it refers to a time in November / December when after a cold spell, the temperature climbs almost to T-shirt/shorts weather. I guess it refers to some Native American (First Nation) thing. I will have to ask a Yank! I hope this is no Indian Spring!
Either way point 2 was easily to be seen today. In Overbrook ravine the buttercups are all out for everyone to see. Full knowing that more cold weather is on the way I thought I would snap a few pics.
It was only last week that I discovered Overbrook and it is fast becoming one of my favourite ravines.
By the way, this was the moon tonight. As you can see it is almost full. I think I like it the most when it is half or a crescent. You can the craters a lot more!
270mm (effective 405mm), f6.3, 1/160 sec, ISO 200
