CONCEPT
No, I didn’t post yesterday and I’m barely posting today.
But I’ll explain all that tomorrow.
Anyway, the Oculine material is posted. All of the images this month share the fact that they were taken from either the roof or the windows of my humble apartment. Essentially, the view from the apartment is four stories, and the roof, six. Looking to the west, one sees the Walt Whitman homes and the Brooklyn skyline. The south and east are less remarkable; South Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Bedstuy are interesting on the ground, but the most one can see from up and far away are streets, trees, and brownstones. The eye catcher is to the north. Half a block north races the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. One block beyond that, the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Half-a-mile further, the East river, and another half-mile, Manhattan.
Because Manhattan is angle from the southeast to the northwest, you’re not actually looking perpendicular to a grid; because of this angle, looking to the northeast from my apartment, you see the downtown skyline, punctuated by the Manhattan bridge, and looking to the northwest, you see midtown, punctuated by the Empire State Building.
The pictures, then, are as follows:
The background is looking toward Downtown Manhattan.
The square box at left is looking toward Midtown.
The three rectangular boxes are each views of the Empire State Building.
If you’re interested in a more detailed shot, check this out.
I won’t explain what’s cool this month… the links should speak for themselves.
I will however, leave you with a Question of the Day.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
What’s out your window?
END OF POST.