Manhattanhenge- equipment is critical

So here are my photos from Manhattanhenge. There were many people there, from the photographers who arrived early and set up their tripods up front, to the passers by, to the people 8 deep trying to photograph the sun by holding the camera above their heads. While I may not have been the tallest person or had the best camera or lens or tallest tripod, I did have a 2 foot step stool. That elevated me about a foot to two feet above everyone else, and gave me a clear view of manhattanhenge.




Here is one of the pictures.

If you look at this there is very little glare off of the building because of the polarizer filter. Some of the shots did have glare on the buildings, so it is important to remember that as the light changes, you need to rotate your polarizer filter to match up with that.

Here are my two best photos, with a little post production magic added on.



Both photos were taken handheld with my Pentax k-10D and the kit 18-55mm lens while standing on a two foot step stool that was less than stable in the crowd of people. A circular polarizer was used to remove as much of the glare as possible, though it was impossible to remove all of it. The noise was removed out the photos in post production, and gives an almost cartoon quality to the photograph. Still, I am quite pleased with the results.