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portrait Bob Shindel
The Staten Island Ferry
Upper New York Bay, New York, New York, USA
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Copyright © 2006 Bob Shindel, Some Rights Reserved. Creative Commons License
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I lived some 20 years in New York City, almost all of them in the outer boroughs. The last nine years of my stay there was on Staten Island. I loved the Staten Island Ferry, which was only a 20 minute walk from our house. I could walk to or from the ferry in the same amount of time, as it would take if I rode the bus. When riding the ferry, I almost always rode outside, except in the most inclement weather. I would watch the Manhattan skyline materialize in the morning. Then in the evening I would unwind after work with the tourist on the stern deck drinking a beer while watching the Manhattan skyline recede into the evening sky. It is a wonderful place for watching the scenery or people watching or talking with friends. Though most of my neighbors only complained about the ferry; the ferry remains my favorite mode of mass transportation. I was happy to find a reason to ride it again.

Location Map Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 40° 40' 40" N
Longitude: 74° 2' 33" W
Elevation: 16
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Date/Time:
September 23, 2006; between 5:10pm and 5:20pm EDT

Equipment:
Hardware; Nikon 950 with Nikon Wide Converter WC-E63, Kaidan KiWi 900/950 Pan Head, Tiltall Tripod. Software; VR Worx for stitching, Photoshop 7 for Image editing.



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