I was in New York City yesterday for a meeting, and brought along my D300 to take some photos afterward.

Well, my initial photowalk turned up absolutely nothing. So I had some sushi -- it started to rain just as I got there -- and came out again just after the rain stopped. I love shooting after a rain, as the wet surfaces create great reflections. Add sundown to that and you have a recipe for some nice images.

I was quite pleased with what I got. I put a slideshow with all my images from the set on Flickr. Enjoy.

It's not easy taking pictures of the moon, particularly when it's in a full lunar eclipse. Normally a bright object lit by the sun's reflection, an eclipsed moon is really a challenge.

I used ISO 800 on my Nikon D300 and a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens for this shot. Really, I needed a longer lens.

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I spent some time in New York City today and took a bunch of exposures for HDR. Here's the first finished image Here are the first two finished images.

I used my new Sigma 10-20mm lens for this. It's a superwide zoom and my first Sigma glass. A great lens so far. Sharp, nice color and fine build quality.

Here's an image I took on a cold night five days before Christmas but only just got around to processing.

I recently learned some Photoshop techniques to address perspective problems that allowed me to fix this image and turn it into something special. Shot with my Nikon 18-200mm VR lens at a focal length of 20mm and looking up at the sky, I ended up with all the building tops converging in the center due to the upward tilt of the lens.

However, using the lens correction filter in Photoshop CS3, I was able to change the perspective to straighten the buildings out and render them as they really appeared. Then, a little processing fun with color and texture and I was done. Hope you enjoy it!

I was in New York City's Bryant Park last week after an evening event and saw they had built a new skating rink. People were enjoying themselves and I decided to make some images.

Feeling artistic, I shot at a slow shutter speed and panned along with the skaters. I figured the motion, reflections and post-processing together could create some interesting photographs. Hope you like them.

Happy Thanksgiving!