The sun goes down over Coney Island, and a quiet settles over this chaotic icon of New York.
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I love it!!! The burnt orange of sunset. The silhouettes everwhere like a pencil drawing create a surreal environment, and then we see the three lights shining back off a lamp post, bringing us back into the real world. This one is way up there in my “Ellen Goodman favorite photos” book (and there are so many!).
Beautiful. I love the balance and the juxtaposition … nature’s own spotlight on the left and the bright, white lighting of the lamp post on the far right against the darkening sky.
This one is my favorite too! (I am one of the lucky few who got to see them all.) I especially love the tiny people on the coaster – look closely. Beautifully done.
What perfect timing! The objects have been transformed from field lights into personified witnesses of the most mysterious part of the day. Not to mention the stellar nod to Coney Island in the silhouette of the roller coaster. Awesome work 🙂
This is real surreal, i.e., it looks unreal – like silhouette cutouts against an orange backdrop – except for the moonlight and lamplight. What an extraordinary moment you’ve captured, and what an extraordinary composition!
What a great photo – I am reminded of the pivotal shapes of the 1939 World’s Fair by which it is always identified – the Trilon and Perisphere. There was such a fascinating contrast between the 600-foot tall Trilon and the 200-foot-diameter Perisphere, that I also see in your image. 1939 was largely in B/W – and you have a color pallette that gives it a whole new texture.
Incredible shot! A time of day that comes and goes so quickly when everyone can be still, with the tones capturing the transition from bright day to dark night. The industrial and the fun, work and play, day and night, magnificent image.
Thanks everyone for your insightful comments. I so appreciate it, and am awed that you each find different things to see in one image. Did anyone notice that the Verrazano Bridge (one of my personal favorites, that I have shot over and over again, from every angle possible) is in the image on the far right, just behind the lightpost?
Is that Evan at the helm of the Cyclone?
Awesome shot, Ellen!
I love it!!! The burnt orange of sunset. The silhouettes everwhere like a pencil drawing create a surreal environment, and then we see the three lights shining back off a lamp post, bringing us back into the real world. This one is way up there in my “Ellen Goodman favorite photos” book (and there are so many!).
I love this shot!! It should be on next year’s calendar!
The photo is a compilation of industrial looking objects and then there is the roller coaster, also industrial, but a symbol of FUN!
Beautiful. I love the balance and the juxtaposition … nature’s own spotlight on the left and the bright, white lighting of the lamp post on the far right against the darkening sky.
This one is my favorite too! (I am one of the lucky few who got to see them all.) I especially love the tiny people on the coaster – look closely. Beautifully done.
What perfect timing! The objects have been transformed from field lights into personified witnesses of the most mysterious part of the day. Not to mention the stellar nod to Coney Island in the silhouette of the roller coaster. Awesome work 🙂
This is real surreal, i.e., it looks unreal – like silhouette cutouts against an orange backdrop – except for the moonlight and lamplight. What an extraordinary moment you’ve captured, and what an extraordinary composition!
I love this shot! Amazing that you captured it, while I was running around like a chicken without a head! Well done!
Captured two of my favorite things…baseball and rollercoasters. Nice shot.
What a great photo – I am reminded of the pivotal shapes of the 1939 World’s Fair by which it is always identified – the Trilon and Perisphere. There was such a fascinating contrast between the 600-foot tall Trilon and the 200-foot-diameter Perisphere, that I also see in your image. 1939 was largely in B/W – and you have a color pallette that gives it a whole new texture.
Incredible shot! A time of day that comes and goes so quickly when everyone can be still, with the tones capturing the transition from bright day to dark night. The industrial and the fun, work and play, day and night, magnificent image.
Thanks everyone for your insightful comments. I so appreciate it, and am awed that you each find different things to see in one image. Did anyone notice that the Verrazano Bridge (one of my personal favorites, that I have shot over and over again, from every angle possible) is in the image on the far right, just behind the lightpost?
Who is that on the Cyclone? Great shot at a perfect moment. Another one I think you should enter into a contest to highlight New York!