New York City from a mountaintop 35 miles away

[theonew]

Doesn't look so important, does it

 

[jnich67]

Where is that taken from?

Jordan

 

[x39]

What kind of lens did you have on the camera?

 

[Ebbtide]

Oh poor unfortunate me.

ETA:
I was laughing so hard I forgot to hazard my guess at the location.
The top of Black Mountain in Harriman State Park?

 

[theonew]

It's taken from the southern tip of West Mountain in Bear Mountain State Park. No fancy lens, just a 75mm on a Nikon D70. From my experience Elizabeth, N.J. stinks worse than Secaucus, at least when you're driving down the turnpike.

 

[Joben]

A buddy of mine who lives in New York was back in town today and brought some friends.

As the afternoon went on and we did various thing, they began to notice that I had a neck knife, leatherman, flashlight(s) and lord knows what else on me. I could tell they weren't quite sure what to think.

Hehe when I pulled out my PSK, prepared kindling with my Izula, and lit it with a ferro rod to start our bonfire they went gaga.

They stood around in a circle and went 'oooh, ahhhh'

I swear, they're gonna go back home and tell people about the Mountain Man they met in the wilds of Connecticut.

 

[x39]

When you look beyond the highways and buildings, that region has some of the most beautiful real estate in the US. Imagine what it must have been like 300 years ago. Just about heaven on earth.

 

[gnius]

That view looks really familiar... is that from Ramapo?

 

[rt014]

Speaking of Secaucus....here's a 'canoe-eye' view of the city from there:

 

[GregY]

It's taken from the southern tip of West Mountain in Bear Mountain State Park. No fancy lens, just a 75mm on a Nikon D70. From my experience Elizabeth, N.J. stinks worse than Secaucus, at least when you're driving down the turnpike.

I would have thought the picture was taken from farther south. Anyway, that's a nice pic.

A bit south of 15W it smells like bad fart gas mixed with rotting feet. It comes on sudden, and it's STRONG. For a while farther south there are some nasty chemical smells, but I don't know that stretch as well.

You get away from the swamps and the petro-chemical nasties, and Jersey really is gorgeous.

 

[theonew]

You get away from the swamps and the petro-chemical nasties, and Jersey really is gorgeous.

Agreed, most of Jersey is quite appealing, "The Garden State" after all

 

[ejes]

Great photo theonew! Puts into perspective just how big a place the earth is, and also just how small the "world" has become. I believe there is such a thing as "urban survival" that can parallel wilderness survival at times. The biggest point of which is probably being aware of your surroundings.

I've live out in the "county" north of a city of about 130,000. It is the biggest city I've ever lived in or around after growing up in a small town of about 1500 in the most rural parts of Kansas. I have also traveled to NYC numerous times for work as well as Tokyo and London. I can tell you I am more wary of walking around my current city at anytime than the three large ones. No, I would not like living in NYC because I need to be able to see where the sky meets the horizon frequently in order to feel comfortable for long. People were almost always friendly and interesting in these big cities. They are miraculous places to me just for this one fact: it is completely remarkable to me that so many people can live in such a small area and still get along reasonably well. I have been in all parts of NYC and you know what? People smiled back at me when I smiled at them and said hello back when I said hello. There is a bad element no matter where you go, but there are way, way more of us good folk than bad no matter where you go, too. I firmly believe that, even after being a cynical cop of 20 years, brothers!

 

[John G]

Well, speaking from just outside of Rochester (the murder capital of New York State), let me say: Nice Picture! :thumbup:

I don't get downstate too often, but have some friends living there who love it. Personally, I love the record shops, the many, many, bars, and The Strand Bookstore. "18 miles of books!"

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Off-topic city-bashing posts have been consolidated in a new thread in Whine & Cheese at Who hates New York?

 

[tholiver]

Cool pic!
Methinks a night-time pic from that location would be kinda cool as well.

 

[theonew]

Cool pic!
Methinks a night-time pic from that location would be kinda cool as well.

That would be cool, especially on a nice clear night. I think I know where my next overnighter will be

 

[elkins45]

Doesn't look so important, does it

I see your D70 has a big speck of dust on the sensor just like mine does. Mine ends up in the sky in a lot of my pix as well.

One day I'll open the shutter and blow it off (or make things worse).