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Across The Start LineTaken with the Tamron 28-75. By unlucky co-incidence, there was an MS Sponsored Walk thing kicking off from exactly the same place as we had agreed to meet. Luckily, we didn't get caught up in the thousands of people again on our wanders until the Brooklyn Bridge...
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TerryGeeTaken with the Tamron 28-75. Terry, waiting around for people to turn up.
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PawdrixTaken with the Tamron 28-75. As requested, a shot with his shades on :o)
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Cellphone AddictsTaken with the Tamron 28-75. CeeDeez and TLL061, both picking up their voicemail at the same time...
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Little & LargeTaken with the Tamron 28-75. Terry and TLL061.
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Tall ShipsTaken with the Tamron 28-75. This was the landmark for where to meet... If it hadn't been right next to downtown Manhattan's skyscrapers, they'd be visible from a distance :o)
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Water TowerTaken with the Tamron 28-75.
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EncroachingTaken with the Tamron 28-75.
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Pirate Ahoy!Taken with the Tamron 28-75. This guy (from the MS Walk horde, I presumded) was "looking for maidens on Maiden Lane", or something equally as mad :o)
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Parking?Taken with the Tamron 28-75. Parking ... or no parking?
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From Nowhere, A CameraTaken with the Tamron 28-75. TLL061, just poking out around the Shiny Thing (a random sculpture off Wall St).
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ReflectionsTaken with the Tamron 28-75. Digitalpins, taking a shot of the Shiny Thing.
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Too Many Photographers!Taken with the Tamron 28-75. Everyone lining up on one edge of the shiny thing, trying to get the silliest group shot - taking a shot of them doing so was much more fun ;o) L-R kdkaboom, Nikolai1024, a little bit of CeeDeez, TLL061, oksamit, pawdrix, and Digitalpins kneeling.
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NYSETaken with the Tamron 28-75. Pity about that big flah obscuring an interesting frontage ;o)
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Hand Of ... ?Taken with the Tamron 28-75. The right hand of a George Washington statue outside the National Memorial Hall (I think).
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Critical EyeTaken with the Canon 70-200 and Canon 1.4x Extender II. Pawdrix, evaluating the tourist's camerawork... maybe :o)
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Shooting Terry's HeadTaken with the Canon 70-200 and Canon 1.4x Extender II. Oksamit, taking a shot of the back of Terry's head, from the looks of things ;o)
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Tourists & CamerasTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A bull statue, covered in tourists, with people with cameras all over the place... and they weren't all GTG ppl either!
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Taking A BreakTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A candid shot of a couple sitting on the benches in one of the small parks.
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GuardianTaken with the Canon 70-200 and Canon 1.4x Extender II. A simple shot of the top of one of the ornamental streetlamps in the small park.
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Hard Day's LunchTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A candid shot in Battery Park.
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WTC RemainsTaken with the Tamron 28-75. This sculpture was outside the WTC before it came down, and now resides in Battery Park, along with a flame of rememberance.
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Have-A-Go LibertiesTaken with the Tamron 28-75. There were a number of Statue of Liberty actors (?) around, all willing to have their photo taken with suitably posed tourists.
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oksamit jnrTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A Candid shot of oksamit's son, whose name I've managed to forget (I only remembered usernames for some reason).

Edit: I've now been reminded that his name is Ross. Sorry about that :o)
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Mobile StatueTaken with the Tamron 28-75. One of the "Statues" came past on a buggy while we were waiting for the others to catch up, and I managed to grab this shot of it going past. A really surreal moment!
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Group PhotosTaken with the Tamron 28-75. CeeDeez, taking a random shot of some of the group.
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Shady GroupTaken with the Tamron 28-75. The reflection off digitalpins' sunglasses was too good to miss.
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Want Any Watches?Taken with the Tamron 28-75. Street hawkers in Battery Park were everywhere, but thankfully not too persistant.
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Steel SoldierTaken with the Tamron 28-75. The Korean War memorial in Battery Park.
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Traffic CopTaken with the Canon 70-200 and Canon 1.4x Extender II. One of the many traffic cops, directing traffic around some roadworks.
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Wheels Off, Shoes OnTaken with the Canon 70-200 and Canon 1.4x Extender II. A candid shot of two guys changing over from their rollerblades.
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Hoop Shot?Taken with the Canon 70-200 and Canon 1.4x Extender II. A candid shot of a father and son in the park.
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