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Position:Home>Visual Arts> Photographing New York City Skyline?Question: Photographing New York City Skyline!? I will be traveling to New York City in September and would like to do some sunset and night photography of the cityscape skyline from a distance!.
I've never been to NYC before and don't know where to go!. Can anyone point me to some specific areas that I can go to to photograph the city skyline that aren't too dangerous to be in at night!? Thank YouWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hi!. If you want the sunset in the image, then I suggest Brooklyn because then you'll be facing west looking at the city!. The Fulton Ferry Landing is a safe beautiful spot; it's just south of the Brooklyn Bridge!. Here's a panoramic photo/video thingy of it: http://360vr!.com/fultonlanding/ How to get there!? Well, this link is for a place right at the ferry landing called Bargemusic!. They had the best directions: http://www!.bargemusic!.org/directions!.htm!.!.!. There is also a water taxi that goes directly to the ferry landing from Manhattan!. Their website is not the easier to understand -- having trouble myself and I live in NY! Looks like they have a commuter schedule: http://www!.nywatertaxi!.com/commuters/eas!.!.!. so, in the afternoon/evening they only go TO Brooklyn, so you'd have to find another way back!. But there's also a weekend tourist schedule that would take you both ways: http://www!.nywatertaxi!.com/schedule-popu!.!.!. It's definitely worth figuring out how to get there (you can always just take a taxi!)!. I live a mile from the Ferry Landing and it is one of my favorite spots anywhere!. It's magic!. EDIT: Oh, also: My favorite ice cream in the world is right there literally on the ferry landing -- The Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory!. And some of the best pizza in NY is steps away on Fulton St!. And the famous ritzy River Cafe is just a few feet north of the ferry landing!. Hope this isn't too much information!. It's just that this is pretty much my neighborhood and I've spent many many hours there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Can't help you with "safe" places to go!. Can definitely help with the settings for the city skyline in the distance though!. You will definitely need a tripod and a cable release!. Referring to my FotoSharp (http://www!.fotosharp!.com) Day & Night Exposure Guide we see, for "City skyline in distance" ISO 100 f4 @ 8 sec!. f5!.6 @ 15 sec!. f8 @ 30 sec!. f11 @ 60 sec!. ISO 200 f4 @ 4 sec!. f5!.6 @ 8 sec!. f8 @ 15 sec!. f11 @ 30 sec!. Floodlit buildings, fountains ISO 100 f4 @ 1 sec!. f5!.6 @ 2 sec!. f8 @ 4 sec!. f11 @ 8 sec!. ISO 200 f4 @ 1/2 sec!. f5!.6 @ 1 sec!. f8 @ 2 sec!. f11 @ 4 sec!. As you can easily see there is no need for very high ISO settings or to shoot wide-open or to mess around with several different shutter speeds!. I recommend buying the Day & Night Exposure Guide!.Www@QuestionHome@Com if you go to the hudson river you get great lights to photograph and you get a really nice reflection on the river another place is Weehawken,New Jersey you get a panoramic skyline of midtown manhattanWww@QuestionHome@Com |