Hang around Grand Central for a few hours and you bear witness to a never ending ballet of hustling commuters (actually I think that is two different dances). I tried to capture it in my time lapse video, but also wanted to show it in a single image.

The beautiful golden walls of Grand Central can dominate an image. Not a bad thing, of course. However, I went with black and white for this to keep the focus on that ballet. Or hustle. Whatever.

In this case, the BW processing was done using onOne Software’s PhotoTools. I also added a tilt shift effect using onOne’s FocalPoint in order to anchor the focus to the floor of the terminal.

On another note, If you are just stopping in after the long weekend, you may have noticed the new look to my Blog. It is mostly superficial. I was partly motivated out of boredom with the old look. While none of the core functionality has changed, I do plan to make some improvements to my own personal best practices. My tagging and categorizing leaves a lot to be desired and any integration with my SmugMug account is … well … minimal, at best.

So more changes coming. Some visual, some behind the scenes.

Comments on the new look are welcomed.