Unfinished Brooklyn Bridge Park

reply Since it looks like you guys might get brushed by Hurricane Earl, will you take pictures and post them?

reply Indeed, with sections of the Eastern Seaboard under a Hurricane Warning, we're keeping an eye on Earl - which has just downgraded to a Cat. 3, with hurricane force winds extending to 70 miles and tropical storm force winds to 200 miles outward of the eye (now at 947 MB.) It's expected to weaken some more overnight and everything now depends on that forecast turn to the NE. The current track puts Earl tomorrow afternoon at a little less than 200 miles offshore, so we could get 40 to 60 mph easterly or northeasterly winds, enough to threaten the farm on the roof... If and when everything is secured, yes, I'd like to go shoot some waves. Haven't thought of the perfect spot yet, though...

reply How many pictures do you have to take on average to make such a stunning panorama? Not that I'm going to attempt to do it :)

reply Oh but you should. 3 or 4 images stitched together should do the trick, and you try and keep the camera level with the horizon near the middle of the frame... Me, I just overdo it. The 360 panos take most work. This one, however, was simple: 4 shots x 3 bracketed exposures each.

reply Stunning. I've never tried night-photography. But since last week I'm the proud owner of a tripod, and I'm feeling all inspired now :-) Came over from Karen's blog. She posted a link to your place. Hope Earl hasn't affected you too much.

reply Hi Carolina, Thanks for your visit and glad to have inspired you. Congratulations on getting a tripod, too. They open so many fantastic doors. Go out and play! In case you are wondering where to start and feel like so more light reading, I wrote this about tripods a while back, [[Ticks and tricks: 5 reasons to use a photo tripod]]. Have fun!