Arches

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It doesn’t sound like a must-do tourist attraction but going to the New York Public Library is worthwhile.

The building has the atmosphere of a church or a temple. There are exhibitions. Tourist traffic is minimal.

Hence a photo-opportunity. The architecture is classical, there are shafts of light and pools of darkness, people murmur as they move leisurely down corridors.

A good place to wait is near an arch filled with light from behind. The subjects are framed by the arch and backlit.

New York, 090808, Canon 5DII, 17-40mm, f4, 1/40