This is another attempt to photograph the cop cot. The first one was beautiful, snow and everything, so I was hoping to recreate some of the magic, but I guess this scene is really difficult with out snow, so I will give it another try in winter, given that we will ever see snow again in NYC.
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Alice in Central Park (II)
This is another attempt to capture the sculpture in an interesting panoramic way, I am not completely happy yet, and will have to wait for some night to try it again.
Here is the previous attempt: newyorkpanorama.com/2008/08/20/alice-in-central-park
Alice in Central Park
Hans Christian Anderson revisited
I visited the Hans Christian Anderson statue in Central Park in Winter 2007 (snow pano), but I was never happy with the result. The snow was nice, but there were tons of foot prints, the composition had to real weight, and the lens I was using back then was producing way too many flares. It took me a while to control flares, and I thought that it was a great night yesterday to go back to the statue.
Central Park: Sheep Meadow
Central Park: The Pond
Central Park complete
I took another Central Park panorama, similar to “Moon over Central Park,” only with higher resolution, and only 180 degree, instead of 270 degree view and 4 blocks north of the previous park panorama. I think one can see a couple of more things in the park. Let me know which one you prefer, this or “Moon over Central Park” (this one has also a moon).
Moon over Central Park
Central Park at night is spectacular, especially when you can have the complete park in one picture. Right in the middle is not a corner of the park, but it is Central Park West, the 280 degree view just let it look like a corner. It would had been great if the YMCA had their sign on, but I guess it’s broken or they have to save on their electricity bill, or the neighbors complained… I will get a digital c-print at 96×40 inch done of this.
Digital, about 400 megapixel.

’round midnight
The lake in Central Park is simply called The Lake. Going to the Hearnshead at midnight was a bit scary, whoever you meet at that time is either scared of you, or you should be scared of them. Shooting on the streets of New York at night is no issue for me, but the Park is another story. I asked Peter, a good friend from Germany visiting NY that week, to join me, just in case. He was totally excited to go to the Park at night, saying that this is exactly what every tourist guide tells you not to do.
The Rock
I shot this panorama the same night as I shot “Hearnshead.” It was really cold, and Peter was already a bit complaining about the cold. We found one of the many strange rock formations that are very common in Central Park. Looking at this Panorrama, i think i could have choosen a slightly different location, “the rock” occupies a bit too much of the foreground. But at least we had snow.
Digital, about 25700x8000px.














