NYC Skyline pano from far away!

Jularc · #1 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 2:27 PM**

Wow this has to be the best NYC skyline pano I have seen from far away! It doesn't get much denser than that.

(I wish the pano photo was bigger though

)

pj3000 · #2 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 3:42 PM**

Very nice. It is amazing to look at, especially considering that downtown isn't even pictured!

spyguy · #3 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 3:48 PM**

Wow

BroncoCSU05 · #4 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 5:19 PM**

is manhattan a beast or what?

Ninjatune · #5 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 5:46 PM**

good word..

Wooster · #6 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 6:14 PM**

manhattan is so far ahead of any other place in NA, it isn't even funny.

UrbanImpact · #7 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 6:18 PM**

That's hot

SunMonTueWedThuFriSa · #8 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 9:34 PM**

Where was this pic taken from?

Arriviste · #9 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 9:35 PM**

Dang, that is unreal.
Bow down HK to the real grand daddy.

Joey D · #10 Posted **Dec 24, 2006, 11:53 PM**

WOW!!!!!

I would love to have a balcony/deck facing that.

Is that from the fringes of Nassau County/ Hempsteadish?

excel · #11 Posted **Dec 25, 2006, 4:41 AM**

breathtaking.

kznyc2k · #12 Posted **Dec 25, 2006, 5:48 AM**

Midtown's best side is DEFINITELY when viewed from the east. And the picture was taken from somewhere in Jamaica, near the train station. That white building in the sort-of foreground under the ESB is a structure in St. John's Cemetary, and the trees in the near foreground are those in Forest Park. That puts the shot at taken from about 9 miles out of the urban jungle.

EDIT: here's the white foreground building:

Wheelingman04 · #13 Posted **Dec 25, 2006, 5:20 PM**

The photo blew me away.

Jularc · #14 Posted **Dec 25, 2006, 6:07 PM**

Here is an old pic of Downtown and Midtown. As you can see Midtown plus Upper Manahttan tends to dominate the NYC skyline.

Also notice all the 'newer' towers (if you can!) in Midtown after looking at the old pic and the 'recent' pic...

Jonas · #15 Posted **Dec 25, 2006, 6:28 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arriviste

Dang, that is unreal.
Bow down HK to the real grand daddy.

Seems like the picture was taken from a very far distance with powerful tele lenses what creates a rather impressive optical illusion relating to the optically distorted size of the main object (skyscrapers) and objects in the foreground. We have never seen HK skyline from such a far distance which, I'm sure, would look no less impressive (perhaps even more impressive

). NYC has got a great skyline nonetheless