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For our seventh day in New York City we decided to start at the nearby Guggenheim museum – one of the many galleries and museums along the so called Museum Mile along fifth avenue

Unmistakably Guggenheim

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/40 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

Actually before we headed into the Guggenheim I made a quick stop in the Church of Heavenly Rest next door to warm up the fisheye in preparation for the architectural wonder of the Guggenheim

Well Rested

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/3.2, ISO 2000

Heavenly Light

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/3.2, ISO 450

Like most attractions in New York we had to queue for a while to get in to then queue for our tickets – this line moved pretty quickly however and we were soon inside

Up

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/3.2, ISO 110

I’m sure everyone must be familiar with this buildings iconic curves and I’m sure like our Opera House it’s near impossible to take anything new – still the architecture was mesmerising

Guggen Swirl

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/25 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Unfortunately the Guggenheim only allows photos to be taken on the ground floor (and I guess I have to be thankful they even allow that). You also have to check all your bags before heading up the spiral walkway through the heart of the building. You don’t actually have to check your camera but there are security people everywhere on every level stopping people from taking photos (presumably to protect the art) – I managed a few surreptitious no look shots from the waist with the fisheye but alas I must have bumped the focus somewhere along the way and the majority of them were way out of focus

Top Down

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/4, ISO 110

I could have spent ages trying different angles and combinations in this place (preferably without it being packed with people :)) but alas with family time is limited – still I processed about a dozen different shots that I was happy with and I’ll share just a few here

Concentric

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/50 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Floral

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/60 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Running up one side of the museum is this funky minimal triangular staircase where the girls and I tried some funky portraits (the fisheye was all I had at this stage)

Two of Three

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/4, ISO 1800

Tripple Threat

NIKON D600 + 15.0 mm f/2.8 @ 15 mm, 1/15 sec at f/4, ISO 2200

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