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in photography •  7 years ago  (edited)

I thought it was a nice day to go and find some easy access rooftops and take some sunset photos of the city. I tried to sneak in to a few hotel roofs in Times Square in 42nd Street. I tried one place masquerading as a guest, got to the top floor and there were cameras facing the roof entrance. Went to the hotel adjacent and I got followed by a security guard as I was making my ascent to the top floor. I aborted the mission mid-way my elevator trip to the top floor.

I thought my goal of getting sunset cityscape shots was not going to happen, until I remembered that there was a hotel with a very good rooftop bar that is on the 54th floor. The only problem was that it was 6 pm, prime happy hour time. I get to the hotel and I get into the elevator with the anxiety looming around me that it is going to packed.

I was already coming up with strategies to maneuver through the crowd of intoxicated, selfie taking happy hour goers. When the doors opened, I was welcomed to a semi empty rooftop bar! Here are the shots that I was rewarded with.

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Sunset shot!

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Good Over head city shot!

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Day turning to night

Today was a great success! Please tell me what you think about the photos in the comments! If you're from NYC or you're going to visit, the bar where I took these at is Bar 54 in the Hyatt Times Square.

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Totally enjoyed your rooftop adventures, thanks for posting.

thanks @voder! I'll keep posting my photo adventured here!