Rockefeller – Day 5…
by Rodney Campbell on May.05, 2014, under Life, Photography
Day 5 in New York city saw us head to the Rockefeller Center for an epic view of the city
Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.
On the way there however I stopped in some fantastic church buildings along the way for some more indoor architectural fun with the 15mm fisheye. With so many fantastic architectural buildings in Manhattan alone I could easily have spent weeks just going around photographing buildings… First stop Saint Bartholomews Church in midtown Manhattan
The Lords Light
NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/3.2, ISO 720
St Barts
NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/3.2, ISO 720
We also paid a visit to St. Patrick’s Cathedral which is over the road from the Rockefeller Center. Unfortunately the building is under extensive internal renovations but it looked epic both in it’s internal proportions and what might have been if I was able to take some photographs in there 🙁
Then we queued to purchase our tickets to visit The Top of the Rock – the observation deck at the top three levels (67, 69 and 70th floors) of The Rockefeller Center
Waiting in the Rock
NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/30 sec at f/3.5, ISO 100
You have to purchase tickets for access at a specific window of time – the earliest we could get in was about two hours away (1:30PM) so we killed some time checking out the buildings and shops that form Rockefeller Plaza and having lunch
Rock Lobby
NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/3.5, ISO 400
Rocky Pillars
NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/3.5, ISO 250
Then we headed up to the top for the magnificent view of the city
Empire City
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm, 1/160 sec at f/5, ISO 100
The Park
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8, ISO 100
Looking Down on NY City
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm, 1/250 sec at f/8, ISO 320
Finally a handheld panorama I took on the Central Park side of the topmost viewing deck (70th floor) composed of 11 frames taken at 38mm
Central View
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 38 mm, 1/200 sec at f/8, ISO 100
After that we headed back towards our apartment but not before visiting Dylans Candy Bar where the kids were quite literally like children in a candy store – only MASSIVE! 🙂
NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 45 mm, 1/100 sec at f/4, ISO 400
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