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Reviewing the images from Memorial Park in NYC

Reviewing the images from Memorial Park in NYC

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Reviewing the images from Memorial Park in NYC

- All right. Okay. So, we made our way toward the Ground Zero area of New York City, and it was getting later in the day, and it was quitting time for a lot of people. So, there was a rush of humanity to try and get out the door and make your way to the subway, to the trains, et cetera, to get home. The first thing I noticed was this poster, which is kind of-- It almost looks like a real scene, but you can actually see behind it. So, I thought that might make an interesting backdrop, so I spent a little time there, just focusing on the poster and letting the humanity go by. It wasn't really working all that well for me. So then, I decided I was going to try a slow shutter speed. So, I made sure my ISO was down low. I went to F11, F16, got my shutter speed down, and I experimented at different shutter speeds. If I went too slow, nothing records in the frame. So, you've got to sort of find that balance. This is the kind of thing that normally I would like to have a tripod for, but…

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