Shuttle Fly Over

      During the early Spring, this year people in the New York/New Jersey were treated to a special event. All of us in that area were treated to the Shuttle flying over the Hudson River. Since this was such an historic event, I could not pass it up, so I drove to Liberty State Park and searched out for what I believed was the best spot and I found that right next to the docks for the ferries.

     While I was testing different spot I happened to be looking at the skyline of downtown Manhattan, and decided to get a nice Panoramic of it with the sun rising behind the new Freedom Tower (file is too big to upload but it is a nice photo). Well I also took some photos of Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, and the Freedom Towers

    

       Here is a photo of the lovely Lady Liberty during the morning. I couldn't go to this and not take her photo even if it is from of to the side. (on a sidenote there was a professional there that had a very nice lens that  got so close to the statue that you could see each rivet)


   Focus Length-->300mm
   Aperture--> F/5.6
   Shutter Speed-> 1/1600sec

    Here is the brand new Freedom Tower as it still is being built. I can not wait to go back and see the building is completed standing there in its glory telling the world that we can and will rebuild. Focus Length-116mm Aperture-F/10 Shutter Speed--1/200

    Of course here is Ellis Island. This building was the start of a new life for many people who came to this country. Of course when people take this photo is it usually in color but I wanted to go unique so I have a photo in Sepia tone to give it that old style look. But the one I'm using here is the Black and White style since I feel that this is a great style to use. It still gives that old style look

   Focus Length-170mm
  Aperture-F/5.6
  Shutter Speed-1/2000sec

 Then it was time for the shuttle to start its flyover of the Hudson River. The only problem was the shuttle couldn't be as low as it was planned due to the wind that was coming off the river. But I was still able to get a lot of good photos.

Focal Length-300mm
Aperture-F/11
Shutter Speed-1/500sec

   This shot was great since the Shuttle had almost fully leveled itself out to fly up the Hudson. Also the way the clouds are wispy.

 Focal length-300mm
Aperture-F/11
Shutter Speed-1/500sec

 The Final picture of day came as the shuttle was making its final run towards the airport to be unloaded and moved to the Intrepid Museum. I like this since you get some nice buildings in it which shows how low the ship was flying. Also this was a picture I sent into News12 and they showed it in their news broadcast from 7:30PM till 11:30PM. It was awesome to see that they liked the photo to use it on the broadcast.
 Focal Length-170mm Aperture- F/11 Shutter Speed--1/500sec