I wasn't thrilled with my photos the last time I visited the Top of the Rock, the observatory deck atop Rockefeller center that reopened last year, so I gave it another shot Friday evening under clear skies.
This time the results are better. Again, there are three main views (those of the Empire State Building, Central Park and MetLife Building), which might seem a little repetitive after awhile, but the first six pics in this new Top of the Rock photo album are nice.
As always, click inside each pic to navigate to the next shot.
A couple of the things I worked on:
• Using the Burn tool in Photoshop, as advised last time by my friend Clay Enos, to darken too-light skies and washed-out details.
• Overcoming (as much as possible) slanted buildings that occur when the camera is tilted by cropping with the Perspective option checked.
