2008 May Photo Thread

Ken

Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté), was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886. It stands at Liberty Island (part of New York but physically on the New Jersey side of the New York Harbor) as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper patina-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship from France to the U.S. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sculpted the statue and obtained a U.S. patent useful for raising construction funds through the sale of miniatures. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the repoussé technique.

美國的自由神像（Statue of Liberty，Statue de la liberté），又稱「自由照耀世界」（英語：Liberty Enlightening the World，法語：Liberté éclairant le monde），是法國在1876年贈送給美國的獨立100週年禮物。美國的自由神像位於美國新澤西州澤西市哈德遜河口附近，是雕像所在的美國自由島的重要觀光景點。

Ken

The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first steel-wire suspension bridge. 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. In 1964 it was designated a National Historic Landmark.

布魯克林大橋（英語：Brooklyn Bridge），原稱為紐約與布魯克林大橋（英語：New York and Brooklyn Bridge），是美國最老的懸索橋之一，其1,825公尺（5,988 英尺）長的橋面橫跨東河連接美國紐約州紐約市的曼哈頓與布魯克林。在1883年完工時是世界上最長的懸索橋以及第一座使用由鋼鐵製成的懸索的橋樑。自從布魯克林大橋的啟用日，它已經成為紐約市天際線不可或缺的一部分。

Catpiano

wah .. Ken .. how long u stay in NY ??  took so many pic from diff place wor ..  and so hard to take those pic .. without people in them ..  

Ken

not long enough... lol
it's just me and my cheap crappy camera... scared all the people away

Mr.JPG

Did you see Niko in NY

Ken

niko??

Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. Located in Flushing Meadows Park in the Borough of Queens, New York City, the Unisphere is one of the Borough's most iconic and enduring symbols.

The Unisphere, commissioned to celebrate the beginning of the space age, was conceived and constructed as the Theme Symbol of the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. The Theme of the World's Fair was "Peace Through Understanding" and the Unisphere represented the theme of global interdependence. It was dedicated to "Man's Achievements on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe."

Designed by landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke, the Unisphere was donated by the United States Steel Corporation and constructed by that company's American Bridge Division. It is the world's largest global structure, rising 140 feet and weighing 700,000 pounds. Some sources say the Unisphere weighs 900,000 pounds, a figure which includes the additional weight of its 100-ton inverted tripod base. The diameter of the sphere itself is 120 feet, or 36.57 meters. It is constructed of Type 304L Stainless Steel.

Mr.JPG

Niko from GTA haha

Ken

nope...

I Love New York

"I Love New York" logo, by Milton Glaser. The logo for the I Love New York advertising many campaigns is a rebus created by Milton Glaser consisting of the capital letter I, followed by a red heart symbol (♥), below which are the capital letters N and Y, set in a rounded slab serif typeface called American Typewriter. The logo and advertising campaign have been used for decades to promote tourism in New York State — not just New York City, as many believe. The trademarked logo appears in souvenir shops and brochures throughout the state, some licensed, many not.

Ken

i'm not going to bored u guys with more NYC photos...

but here's some panorama betas

BiscottiGelato

Been a while since I did anything... Something from my 1st ever home studio shoot...