A blimp passes overhead, reflected in the Hearst Tower in New York City. The tower was designed by Norman Foster and is nearly 600 ft tall…
The framing pattern (similar to the Swiss Re Tower / The Gherkin in London) saves about 20% less steel compared to a building with a conventional steel frame design.
I was watching the progress of the blimp around the skies of Manhattan as I was trekking up to the Hearst Corporation Building in New York, thinking that there was no way it would still be there when I got there. Surprisingly though, the blimp dutifully did a full circle around the lower end of the island, and came back around. I stood there for a few rounds before I got the shot that I liked. It’s amazing how slowly blimps move…
In this case, the bullet shape of the blimp / airship, whatever you want to call it, disappearing off the edge of the frame, with the reflection visible in the windows of the Hearst tower.
Again taken with my 45mm ts-e Tilt Shift lens…
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
1/8000 sec at f/3.5
ISO 200
45mm (Tilt shift)
Related Posts:
Frank Gehry’s IAC Building in New York
Clock Tower (Big Ben) – London
