Last night the city was covered in part by a very thin haze that soaked up some of the early evening lights. Because it was Sunday only a few forgotten lights here and there burned in building windows. The city had an old Film Noir look about it.
I was on Fifth Avenue walking home near the Flatiron Building and had my Fuji X-T1 with and 18-135mm lens with me. With the camera set to an ISO of 1600, black & white, and my favorite 1:1 crop mode, I began recording some of the scenes I passed. I relied on the 5-stop OIS to hand-hold camera for all of these slow exposures. I don't like using the Fuji beyond an ISO of 1600 so I let the shutter speed drop instead and took several bursts of each scene to guarantee that at least one exposure would be sharp.
I am not sure what process I will use to print these images, but I am thinking they might look good as gum bichromate prints.
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| One lone office light burned in window on top of the Flatiron Building. It and the lights from the tower of the Met Life Building bled into the misty sky. |
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| Rather than avoid the flare from street lamps, I incorporated it into many of the photos to enhance the "Film Noir" effect. |
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| Three lights burned in offices of the Flatiron Building. |
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| The top of the Empire State Building was almost fully covered by the mist and the steeple from Marble Collegiate Church stood out in a stark silhouette next to it. |
Love these - especially the second one down and the one with The Hand.
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