grand central - MARK MILLEN




I was walking through Grand Central Station last year and I just liked this view. It was one of those rare occasions when I had my tripod. When editing this image I had to make several changes. The image was rotated slightly and I had to pull the corners a bit to square it up. It's so hard to get the rangefinders to line up perfectly. It's also been cropped and, I removed a dark rectangle at the edge of the top center. I think there was some scaffolding or something in the way. I had to build that last light bulb at the very top of the image from sampling pieces of the others. I could have cropped it out but, I wanted the entire chandelier in the frame. I took an image of the main hall that day and, its' ok but, I like this one better.

Camera:   Contax G1
Lens:   28mm Biogon
Film:   Konica Impresa
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Posted:   26-Jan-2002

Rating: 7.60 (5 ratings)

Comments

Attention to detail...

Nice image, and your attention to detail I think was worth it. I've also had a bit of trouble getting the rangefinder to "line up"... I've seen this view many times, as I often go to New York via train. And you've captured it.

Karl Winkler     26-Jan-2002 at 08:45

Nice atmosphere ...

I like the lamps in a row in perspective.
The image is somewhat skewed to the left, I think it's a result of your manipulations. I think a more careful approach in perspective correction would improve it.
And again, I think it would benefit from some sharpening. DOF is excellent, of course, thanks to the tripod :-)

Wilfred van der Vegte     26-Jan-2002 at 11:22

Constructive . . .

Mark, not only do you exhibit a fine sense for details, but you also put theory to practice in your image work. I like also that you provide us with exquisite, constructive [ in the builder sense of the word] details about the image's development--which is invaluable. The gigantic scale of the hall is wonderfully accentuated by the minuscule human figures at the foot of the image.

Jerome Belthrop     04-Mar-2002 at 22:45

Superb

Mark, I dunno why I missed this one, it is really superb. Can you remember the f/and speed ?

Jan Brouckaert     01-Jun-2002 at 14:49

Exposure

I think the exposure was something like f/2.8 @ 1/4.

MARK MILLEN     10-Jun-2003 at 16:29