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Lights at Night in Times Square (enlarge photo)

On very short notice, I took my first trip to New York City. This was a city that I never planned to or even wanted to go to. I grew up only minutes from New York State, and was tired of 'I Love New York' t-shirts and bumper stickers long before I could drive. But, things change, and I went to New York with an open mind. I was impressed ... very impressed. Unfortunately I only had two days in the big city, but hope to go back again.

With my previous dislike for New York, I had never sought out photos of the city. Of course I had seen pictures of the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, etc, but I had only ever heard of Times Square.

I must admit that I really enjoyed traveling in such a big, famous city with no real knowledge of the place. It allowed me to see things with an open mind ... a mind now free of earlier prejudices. I found myself at Times Square in the early evening, and couldn't believe it. I've been in a lot of big cities, and seen a lot of lights, but this was something special.

Not knowing what else to do, I jay-walked my way into the middle of the road, took out my widest angle lens (20mm) and shot a series of long-exposure shots. This was my favourite of the series.

   

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