That's Why It's Called the Empire State

The best part of New York has to be the architecture. The empire state building was one of those photos that you MUST get on any visit to NYC. I shot this at HighLine Park, a cool railroad turned nature park bridge across a part of the city. It was a rainy day, not ideal for photography, but I wasn't going to miss this opportunity. I think the relative darkness really shows the mood of the day, and the mood created in the city. The park was so clean but looking out at the city made me realize how dirty the entire place is. The darkness in the image shows this dark and dingy feeling. I chose to keep buildings on either side of the photograph, both are slightly included to create the "V" shape in which rests the Empire State building. This created the emphasis I needed for the focal point (ESB) and showed part of NYC's culture as well. The buildings are close together, with just one building in a photograph, it misses the point of the collectiveness felt in the city and therefore I believe creates a false sense of separateness.