Butler Basketball at the Atlantic 10 Championships

I recently purchased a new camera that can shoot up to 11 frames per second (depending on the camera's shutter speed, of course).  Today while I was shooting Butler's game against LaSalle, I was able to take advantage of this feature and shot a great sequence of 10 photos of a dunk by Butler's Khyle Marshall.  To say that Khyle was pumped-up about the dunk would be an understatement.  (I also love the expression of the LaSalle player [#25] towards the end of the sequence.)

 

Tuesday's Time Lapse - New York Night and Day

This is one of the most imaginative films I've seen in a long time.  It combines both night and day scenes in the the same scene.  More about this film here.

A Day in NYC in Photos

In a taxi on the way in to Manhattan.

My hotel was on 28th Street which is right in the middle of the wholesale district.  As the pictures below would indicate, my street specialized in plants.

There was a story about the NYC wholesale district (and particularly about stores on 29th street) on NPR a day or two ago.  If it's still included with the story, I would really like to find the rubber duck that's pictured (and I looked in the stores along 29th!).

A "guard cat" in one of the plant shop windows.

I thought I would try something new, so I had lunch at Franchia which is a vegan restaurant.

I had sweet corn cilantro pancakes and vermicelli spring rolls with mango citron sauce.  Needles to say, I really enjoyed my lunch.  (I guess I should have taken a picture of my food before I ate it.)

 Stopped by Baked by Melissa for a little dessert.

And I stopped by Nat Sherman's for a cigar (which I didn't get a chance to smoke).

And it wouldn't be a trip to NYC without a trip to at least one (or two or maybe three) bookstore(s).

Current parking rates in NYC.

Don't know if I'd rather have my car parked on the top or lowest level in one of these things.

 Interesting building detail.

The ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center without any ice.

Some shots of and from the High Line:

 Don't worry, it's just a poster.

 I was in NYC for the Affordable Art Fair.

Unfortunately, I didn't find anything because most of the stuff looked like this.

I thought this picture of the Lone Ranger was pretty original.

I'm not sure if you can tell from this detail picture from the Lone Ranger, but the art work was put together with paint color cards like you get from the hardware/paint store.

Wasn't able to make it to my favorite place for dinner (Hale & Hearty), so I ended up at another vegan restaurant, Loving Hut.

By the way, did you see me in the reflection of the Baked by Melissa photo?

Wall Street's Charging Bull - Part 2

Before the fencing and the police guard was in place, it was almost impossible to take a picture of the bull without having people in the picture.

So one morning I got up just after sunrise to get a photo of the bull...

...and another evening I stayed up very late to get the bull at night.

Wall Street's Charging Bull - Part 1

The Charging Bull is a sculpture by Auturo Di Modica.  He originally "installed" his sculpture in front of the New York Stock Exchange without anyone knowing about it and without any approval. The police initially impounded the bull, but after a public outcry, the bull found a home in a plaza in lower Manhattan.

As the picture above shows, the bull was a very popular tourist destination in the financial district of New York.  Unfortunately, that all changed with Occupy Wall Street.

Fearing for the safety of the sculpture, the bull (as well as other landmarks in lower Manhattan) is now surrounded by fencing and has a police guard.  You can view the bull on this webcam.

Tuesday's Time Lapse - New York City

This is probably the best NYC time lapse I've seen to date.

Keith Haring - Part 3

Here a few more pictures I took at the Keith Haring exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum:

I included a photo of this piece in my first Haring post.  This photo gives you a better perspective of the actual size of the piece.

If you're a Keith Haring fan, you might want to check out this Haring blog.