Photo by Brandon Sapp | View Hi-Res Photo
Here’s a rooftop picture I took of Hurricane Irene exiting the New York area. It’s comprised of 6 shots taken on a rooftop (at an undisclosed location in Brooklyn). I took all of the shots freehand, which is very difficult to do when you’re battling 40-50mph wind gusts over 10 stories high, but the rush was absolutely awesome! I love the various concepts of contract that are in this shot, comparing the orange sunset against the bluish storm cover. I would have loved to post the original composite of the image, but it would’ve taken too long as it was about 23,111px wide by 3456px in height at full resolution (about 321in x 48in). This picture was 0.25GB (225.8MB) with all of the layers flattened in Photoshop so it’s a VERY big image. (More or likely, this will end up hanging on my wall as a super panoramic. I love DIY projects, so making a frame for this shot should be lots of fun. I’ll post a picture of the final hang-up.
Here’s the link to a smaller version of the image (4012px x 600px) (1.9MB).
