Stalagmites

New York City is about as man made as they come. There is nothing natural about the city. Even the wide expanse of green in the middle of the city is man made. Well, planned out to look that way.

One time though, when I was visiting a cave with some friends, I suddenly thought — wow, these cave formations kind of look like the skyline in New York. Don’t you agree?:

Always at the last moment

Saturday was a fun day out for me and a friend in the city. We went to the top of the Empire State Building, where I haven’t been for a while. Of course there are tons of sweeping shots of the city, looking beautiful and all of that, but I wanted to start off a little less predictably.

I wanted some shots of the people up there looking at the view. I looked and looked and looked around and then I saw this and I knew it was my shot of the day:

I loved the curve of the way the guy was standing in these next few shots: