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"Approaching New York"
Image Title:  "Approaching New York"
 
 By: Jim McNitt  
  Copyright ©2003



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Photographer Jim McNitt {K:11246}
Project N/A Camera Model Canon D60
Categories Cityscape
Film Format
Portfolio Lens 70-200mm f/4L
Uploaded 9/3/2003 Film / Memory Type Lexar FC
    ISO / Film Speed 0
Views 373 Shutter
Favorites Aperture f/0
Critiques 27 Rating
5.85
/ 20 Ratings
Location City - 
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About Lower Manhattan in the vicinity of the Woolworth Building composited with fluted Greek columns and filtered for an overall "Cubist/Squarist" effect. (OK, it wasn't quite that simple, but that's the gist.) The idea behind the photo is that pretty much all of it -- the culture, art, architecture, science -- rests on a foundation that began in Athens some 2000 years ago. Comments appreciated.
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There are 27 Comments in 1 Pages
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lisa .   {K:9370} 9/3/2003
hey jim mcnitt!! this is very cool, i love the way the old columns are over towering the new buildings ghost like! yey


Kovacs Tamas   {K:1473} 9/3/2003
Very creative work! Regards


Diana Wiersma   {K:26404} 9/3/2003
Hello Jim,
You really have made this photo into a piece of art. I like the way the straight lines of the buildings are repeated in the back-ground. Maybe the composition is a little bit too busy for me, but that is very personal of course. Anyway, the colours are great! I like it! My best regards,
Diana.


Kostas Tzanetos   {K:22012} 9/3/2003
I don't think I'd ever try something like this,but I really want to congratulate you,Jim,both for the idea behind this image and the impressive technique you used. I like it very much! Regards,Kostas


Anna    {K:2994} 9/3/2003
W O W !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Incredible, what a Jim McNitt is able to do when inspired.....
This is simply stunning, Jim! Thank you so much for sharing


José Eduardo Cruz   {K:13180} 9/3/2003
Wonderfull work!!!!


Bob Whorton   {K:2740} 9/3/2003
Cool piece of work Jim, and a compelling wall hanging no doubt $$$$$!

Cheers, Bob


Gregory Fiedler   {K:15439} 9/3/2003
Damm Jim! This is too cool! Great work! Love the color and the "cubes". NYC buildings and the pillars are fabulous! Going to have to try this! Really great work Jim!


lowell whipple girbes   {K:13181} 9/3/2003
me like it !!!!!!
so cool !!!!


Hugo Pierre   {K:15692} 9/3/2003
This is an original image; your work is fantastic, I like the way you did it. Bravo!


G C   {K:12204} 9/3/2003
Effing Amazing!


André Bermak   {K:14443} 9/3/2003
Excelente "mosaico" lindo trabalho!!!!!


Fabio Keiner   {K:49356} 9/3/2003
it's art, did you ever realize?
:)
watch them growing (and falling after a while)
city-scrapers in motion
:)
very firstclass & highly recommendable, your work!


B:)liana    {K:30945} 9/4/2003
Oh, JIm. I just love your illusions. bravo. great creative mind and great combination of colors. autumn colors. ;-) thank you so much for your nice words. YOu have a great colorful heart. Kiss. Biliana


Ronny Van Eeckhoutte   {K:12734} 9/4/2003
Love this series. So colorful and unique.


ADAM ORZECHOWSKI   {K:7957} 9/4/2003
My favorit composition.Nice colours and idea.Top ART PICTURE.CONGRATS.


peta jones   {K:12615} 9/4/2003
Your idea behind the composition is wonderful Jim, very beautifully worked out. Love the warmth of the colours used.


Craig Garland   {K:27077} 9/4/2003
Jim; I really really like the last 2 photos you've uploaded. The cubist-squarest style you're working on, the subject materials, and of course the warm colors. This one is as good as your recent music theme photo art piece, although I must admit a preference for the stringed instruments one. The greek columns surrealistically juxtaposed with the modern NYC buildings is great. I hope you continue to develop this technique. Cheers. Craig


Chris Spracklen   {K:32552} 9/4/2003
Hi Jim,
Another great image from the McNitt stable!! How on earth do you do it?!!
Wonderful blend of images and effects.
Regards, Chris.

P.S. Thank you so much for your PS tip ~ I'm trying it and it seems to be working.


Elizabeth Miller   {K:2761} 9/4/2003
Wonderful Jim; So creative and eye catching.
A lot to look at. Some day I'll figure out
how to do some of this creative stuff.

Elizabeth


Ana Vianna   {K:15270} 9/4/2003
ohhhhhhh very beautiful and interesting work! Original! My best regards!


Dave M   {K:9043} 9/4/2003
Jim, another wonderful treatment in your cubist series. I find this to be just ever so slightly less powerful, if only because it is so very busy, especially where the buildings meet the sky. A jumbled nightmare. Maybe I need to second guess myself, tho, because the more I look, the more I am drawn into it.........


luisa vassallo   {K:28240} 9/5/2003
Bellissima idea e ottima composizione con splendidi colori!


Mari Mar   {K:11417} 9/5/2003
I love this one! Bravo, maestro!


Gerhard Busch   {K:14730} 9/6/2003
Erinnert mich sehr an das fotografische Experiment des Andreas Feininger. Er hatte damals die Skyline von NY in Color, Langzeitbelichtung und nach oben gezogener Kamera fotografiert. Dadurch entstand ein verwischter Effekt, den die aufsteigende Meropole symbolisierte.
Deine Arbeit gefaellt mir sehr gut.
Gruss Gerhard


Robin McAulay   {K:8908} 9/10/2003
GC nailed it on the head - bejabbers!!!


Lou Verruto   {K:1375} 9/13/2003
Seriously cool..perhaps TERMINALLY cool, which would seem to suggest the end of coolness...meaning no one else would ever be able to post/shoot a cool shot! Which is fine with with me. I have seen sublime coolness and it is you! Anyone else's attempt at cool is now relegated to the realm of lukewarm..or lukecool. OH VERY COOL, I just made up a new word.. *LUKECOOL*>>> quickly now... summon Merriam-Webster!

I LLLLOOOOVVVVEEEE this shot man. I do. Goddamnit. I love this shot. I'm stealing it. Flopping it, converting it to mono, and telling everyone I did it! No..wait..that's not right. That's what some asshole did to me...so I'll just stand back..admire it..and WISH I shot it. How's that?!!


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