After leaving the scene of the emergency crew trying to revive that woman who fell off the ferry, I rushed southward to the scenic location I really came to Battery Park City to photograph this evening, but the extra time I spent recording that life and death scene meant not getting there in time to capture the lighting I wanted for my scenic shot. So it would not be a total loss of effort, I did take a few test shots of that interesting spot, upon which I decided I should try again, but instead, probably during late day under cloudy conditions.
After that I packed up my gear certain that the acute shortage of available light would allow my camera to take the rest of the night off. But deciding to walk to the ferry instead of catching the bus on this beautiful evening led me to come upon this interesting scene. This time of night is really beyond my camera's abilities to produce quality images under available light, none the less, I pulled my D300 out of it's premature slumber and immediately pushed it to limits I've never tried to before hoping to capture this unique scene. But forced to use ISO 5000 meant not doing this image justice. Oh what I could have done with this scene if I owned a D3...
