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A few weeks ago I was waiting for guests to arrive at an event and the heavens opened up delaying thier arrival. I was lucky as I was already at the venue long before the rain started and their delay gave me a moment to focus my lens on creating a personal image.  As I looked out the window I marveled at how nothing stops New Yorker’s from getting places, not even a torrential downpour.  I upped my ISO to 5000 and focused on one of the cyclists, hoping to capture the essence of the city I love in one frame.  In post I heightened the clarity and vibrancy as well as some old fashioned dodging and burning. I wanted to make sure the viewer would see my vision of a rainy NY night filled with chaos but still vibrant and exciting.