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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 03:47:16 JST Matt Blaze

   Queensborough (59th Street) Bridge, NYC, 2019.

   Slow down, don't move too fast, and make all the pixels last at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/48418025131

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 03:48:05 JST Matt Blaze

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     Officially the "Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge" but more generally simply the "59th Street Bridge", the view from Sutton Place at 58th Street on the Manhattan side is probably as flattering and uncluttered a perspective as you'll find for this piece of NYC infrastructure.

     Immortalized in song by Simon and Garfunkel, in literature by Fitzgerald, and in cinema by Woody Allen, something about this bridge exemplifies the glamor and bustle of 20th century New York in a way that still holds up.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 03:48:07 JST Matt Blaze

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     This was captured with the Phase One IQ3-100 back, Phase One XF DSLR camera, and the Schneider 80mm/2.8 "Blue Ring" lens. I had planned to use a technical camera and Rodenstock 70mm, providing movements, but a cable was missing from the kit I had with me in the city that night. Fortunately, the 80mm was just wide enough to not require movements, though the Schneider lens renders highlights (as prominent starbursts) a bit idiosyncratically for my taste.

     Kim Scheinberg repeated this.