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Street Performances are something that we are used to from our childhood. This one fascinated me a lot. The guy was performing some magic tricks outside Central Park and you can see that he must be very good at it as all the audience (young and the not-so-young) were all spell-bound. I thought of adding the effect to the picture to bring forth the "magical effect". The show went on for around 30 minutes and the only one moving was the magician; as everyone else was just rooted there.

Just in case you happen to be in NYC and want to see the street performances; check out this link (not an official link).

Enjoy the Magic!

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Wheels

This time I thought that I will make an exception and do some cropping, PP (Post Processing), bordering, etc. to enhance the usual capture.

This was a typical scene outside Central Park in New York as I came out to catch the metro back to my abode. More than anything that stuckme were the variety of wheels - from a inline roller skate, to a bicycle, to tricycles and to 4 wheelers - you could see them all in a single view. The avenue down the road leads to the NJ side of NYC.

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Birds Eye View...

Sometimes a picture suddently changes it own meaning. This was supposed to be a downtown shot from top of Empire State Building. The pigeon suddently decided to sit in between my subject and my equipment and i must say that i do not regret that he did that. I was amazed to see how this guy sprang up so high and found a perch...maybe for him - no sky so high! and i tried to capture this bird's eye view with he himself being in the picture as well....what a view?
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My Lego Blocks Playground

Standing at the top of Rockefeller Center and looking at downtown Manhattan; the first thought that crossed my mind was "Lego Blocks". I have been fascinated by them since my childhood (and not that this is not true today ). It looked like i am standing in the middle of a large playground with a Lego City called NYC in front of me and the child in me felt very excited about it. Have a thought similar to this ever crossed your mind - when you felt like a child again...

Remembering 9/11

Each country has its own share of happiness and sorrow. This time on 9/11, i happened to be in New York on business and had a chance to capture this view from New Jersey side (just outside PATH station). The two vertical beams of light that were lit-up were at the location where the twin towers originally stood. An eerie reminder and even the night wept as it rained heavily... kind of posted this to share my thoughts and the sheer agony that mankind has to face due to mankind.

The Foggy Day

Thats a shot across the Hudson River of New York City. This was at 10am in the morning and there was thick fog over the city. You will not believe but by the time we were in the city, this fog just disappeared and it was a beautiful day. Amazing weather variations!