New York's High Line Park

A beautiful fall afternoon, a day off, and a walk through New York City's High Line Park. I've written before about my fangirl obsession love of this slice of the city, and while it can be a bit of a crowded tourist mess on weekends, a weekday jaunt is all I need to get me out of whatever urban slump I seem to be in at the moment. The sky was blue, the grass was green, the trees were all sorts of glorious colors, and there was an entire newly built section of the park I had yet to trod.

All photos were taken with my Cannon EOS Rebel T3i and edited with the A Beautiful Mess actions Ava and Mara.

week of awesomeness - day 03

I decided to spend today making up for yesterday's lack of color. I started by going to the Macy's flower show, but quickly realized that everyone else in New York had the same idea, and then left the Macy's flower show. So where else in New York has an abundance of living things? Oo! I know! The Highline!

Unfortunately, 24 hours does not make for a significant change in the life cycle of a flower (or does it? Again, not a botanist), and I was met with a whole lot of the same brownness I saw yesterday. So, ok, fine. Lemons, lemonade. There were still a ton of interesting things to photograph on the Highline, and I was able to focus on using a small aperture on my camera (no pun intended), one of the features I'm most excited to use now that I own a DSLR. Even though I was bummed about today's weather, I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the pictures I got - taking the extra minute to find the hidden beauty in an otherwise cold and cloudy day definitely paid off!