Part of the project by the New York Times’ Lens blog… “A Timely Global Mosaic, Created by All of Us”. The idea is that all the participants take a photo at 15:00 hours GMT (UTC) on 2nd May, 2010…
People around the world would then submit the photos taken at that ‘moment in time’, to the New York Times Lens blog. NYT then create a mosaic of all the different photos they collect – I think it will be interesting to see how they manage to present so many photos.
The photo above was taken in Grand Central Terminal, at 11am local time, with the aim of capturing the hustle and bustle of moving people, as well as the isolated clock in the centre of the station, showing exactly 11am. I took the photo using a tilt-shift lens (45mm ts-e) which allowed me to create an artificial depth of focus. In this case I wanted the clock to be perfectly in focus, while throwing most of the surroundings out of focus.
As they don’t let people set up tripods without prior permission (I’m not even sure if that’s an easy process or not?), I opted for the balcony which has a thick wall with a slightly curved surface – perfect for angling the camera, with the help of my metro-card holder to wedge one side.
I also added a 3-stop neutral density filter which meant that I could open the shutter for a lot longer – and get the exaggerated blur of everyone moving around. The added bonus was capturing the person in the foreground who just happened to take a photo with her flash!
Check out the link over at the New York Times Lens blog for more about ‘A Moment in Time’ project.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
3.2 seconds at f/4.5
ISO 100
45mm (tilt shift)
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