Light snow is falling already as a prelude to the upcoming storm. The city is just a hazy, faded backdrop. The wind is swirling, and it is bitter cold. The seagulls don’t seem to mind. Just another early morning.
Archives for January 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015 (Day 25)
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite like what I witnessed this morning.
Sunday mornings are usually the most difficult to get up early. It was completely overcast when I woke up, and I almost opted to take today’s sunrise photo from my window rather than go outside for what looked like it would be a mediocre sunrise. But after a few minutes I saw a thin band of pink light glowing near the horizon, so I decided to head out and make the most of it.
You could imagine my amazement upon stepping outside just moments later to see the entire sky and river exploding with color. I literally ran at full speed from my doorstep down to the waterfront. A few people gave me funny looks, as if maybe they thought I had just stolen all this camera equipment and was trying to make a getaway. A police car drove past a few minutes later.
But it was all worth it. I had to act quickly because moments like this don’t stick around for long. I captured a few photos from a couple of different spots, and this one was my favorite because I feel it most accurately depicts what the scene actually looked like. I hope you like it.
Saturday, January 24, 2015 (Day 24)
It’s a snowy morning, and that was all the more reason to go out and capture the sunrise. No sun to speak of today, because it’s hiding behind those clouds in the background.
Today I headed over to the Stevens Institute of Technology campus, because I thought it would be a good place to show both the snow and the sunrise.
Friday, January 23, 2015 (Day 23)
One of the great things about being out on the waterfront in the early morning is the way that, on certain mornings, you will see dozens of seagulls flying north up the Hudson River. They all fly in the same direction, and I’m not sure where they are going, but it gives me a feeling of connectedness with nature to be standing there with a constant stream of them flying overhead. This mini-migration seems to last for at least 30 minutes.
Looking out across the river at the sunrise, it was more challenging than you might think to capture a seagull in just the right spot of my photo frame, because most of them were either directly overhead or too far off in the distance.
Thursday, January 22, 2015 (Day 22)
It was cloudy this morning, with an occasional falling snowflake, but as the sun rose it created a soft glow from behind the clouds.
For the third day in a row, someone saw me taking pictures and stopped to take their own picture. I may be on to something here.