Posts Tagged “Brooklyn”

A penguin contemplates diving in at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn, NY. Aperture: ƒ/4 Camera: Canon EOS 7D Focal length: 105mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/400s

A homeless man taking a nap in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Aperture: ƒ/9 Camera: Canon EOS 20D Focal length: 24mm ISO: 200 Shutter speed: 1/60s

Some pumpkins staked on a fence in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. This is a house in Carroll Gardens that has delighted the neighborhood with their pumpkin display for many years. Every year, on the evening before Halloween, the owners of the house carve about a hundred of these guys overnight. Then on the afternoon of Halloween Eve, they…

On September 11, 2001, four commercial passenger planes were used as missiles to kill nearly 3,000 people. I took this particular photo in 2006 at the five year anniversary of one of the most horrific tragedies in American history, and my life. As a lifelong New Yorker, with a family history here going back more than five…

The Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn, NY. I was riding my bike near the waterfront when I came upon the Department of Transportation’s bridge repair office building. Amazingly, even though the gate was usually closed and locked, it was wide open. Even more surprising, I actually had my camera with me. I quickly ran inside the…