A Most Astonishing Sunset | 一個最驚人的日落
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The sunset to be seen over New York City’s harbour yesterday was — quite simply — stunning, and stunningly beautiful, too !

昨天看到了在紐約市港口的日落真是 — 很簡單地說 — 令人驚嘆的美麗!

- Graham Richard Cloke, Thursday, November 8, 2012.  Meanwhile, please do absolutely feel free to share any of my photographs, but I do ask that you also please acknowledge me as the photographer if you do so.  Thank you so very much, Graham !!!  :)


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The sun hung very low in the sky, flanked to its right by the Statue of Liberty, which itself was proudly observing a city slowly picking up all the pieces strewn all over by Hurricane Sandy.

太陽掛在天空中很低,以及太陽的右側可以找到的自由女神像,誰是很自豪地看著一個城市慢慢地修復所有颶風桑迪造成的傷害。


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Now I’ve lived in this city on-and-off for 12 years, and it must be said that sunsets like this one are truly uncommon !

現在,我已經在這個城市生活了12年,但是像這樣的日落是非常罕見的!


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Anyway, I decided to give this photo another try, and as you can see from this photo it does appear to be much better than before, showing yet another big jump in my photography skills in just one week's time !!! Yay !!! :)

無論如何,我決定嘗試拍照這張照片更多一次。正如你可以看到在這張照片,它似乎比上一次要好得多!此外,這張照片顯示在我的攝影技巧的又一大跳躍 !太棒了! :) 


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Though I dare say that this particular photo is a pretty decent shot as well.  After all, it does include not only three seagulls, but the Staten Island Ferry as well !!! :)

但我必須說,這張照片還是一個神話般的照片!因為它包括了三個海鷗以及史坦頓島渡輪!:)


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Bathed by this spectacular sunset, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was gorgeous !!!

從這個壯觀的日落照亮了起來,韋拉札諾海峽大橋是非常華麗的!


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The Lower Manhattan skyline was equally resplendent !

曼哈頓下城的天際線也同樣精美璀璨的!


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I then decided to take some photos of the seagulls flying overhead !

於是我決定拍一些照片從頭頂飛過的海鷗!


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Judging by its fat belly, not only does this seagull need to go on a diet, but it also needs to be less lazy by tucking in its dangling foot, too ! And for God's sake fella, cheer up while you're at it as well, won't you !!! ;)

看起來他的胖肚子這個海鷗不僅需要吃得更少以及節食,但看到他沒有掖在它的腳也需要少懶以及勤勞!但你能不能開心起來嗎?;)


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I then managed to capture in the same photo not only a flying seagull but also all three of Lower Manhattan’s bridges, too !  However, I managed to perform this feat three times !  Woohoo !!! :)

然後,我成功拍了幾張照片顯示一個飛行的海鷗以及所有曼哈頓下城的三大橋樑!和我做了這個令人難以置信的壯舉三次!太真棒! :)


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This is a photo showing the unbelievable skies over New York Harbour, with the Staten Island Ferry also captured within this photo as well.

這是一張照片顯示了令人難以置信在紐約港口的天空以上,以及顯示史泰登島渡輪在照片的中下部。


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Two slightly closer-up photos showing a sunset of just outstandingly breathtaking enormitude !

兩個稍微接近的照片,但總是顯示了一個優秀的日落!



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This is a photo taken at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and showing a reflection of the sunset in its windows.

這是一張富有創意的照片,但不但繼續顯示了昨天的日落是在麗思卡爾頓酒店的窗口前面拍攝的。


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Wow, any words of mine will not do this sunset any justice whatsoever ! Goodbye for now ! :) 

哇,我的任何話一定不會做這日落正義!再見了! :) 


- Graham Richard Cloke, Thursday, November 8, 2012.  Meanwhile, please do absolutely feel free to share any of my photographs, but I do ask that you also please acknowledge me as the photographer if you do so.  Thank you so very much, Graham !!!  :)



City Hall Subway Station | 市政廳地鐵站
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City Hall, also known as City Hall Loop, was the original southern terminal station of the first line of the New York City Subway, built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), named the “Manhattan Main Line”, and now part of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line.

市政廳,也被稱為市政廳循環,是紐約市地鐵的第一行的原南部終端站。這個地鐵站是構建了由跨區捷運公司(區際捷運公司,IRT),並命名為“曼哈頓主線”,現在是IRT列剋星敦大道線的一部分。


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Opened on October 27, 1904, this station underneath the public area in front of City Hall was designed to be the showpiece of the new subway.  City Hall subway station was designed by Rafael Guastavino.

市政廳地鐵站是1904年10月27日開業。 這個地鐵站,在市政廳前的公共區域下方 ,被設計成新的紐約市地鐵的樣板。 地鐵站的設計拉斐爾古斯塔維諾。



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The main consulting architects on the IRT stations were George Lewis Heins and Christopher Grant LaFarge for the company Heins & LaFarge.

區際捷運公司的主要建築顧問是喬治·劉易斯·海因斯和克里斯托弗·格蘭特爾沃基拉法奇, 代表公司是海因斯和爾沃基拉法奇。


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City Hall subway station is unusually elegant in its architectural style.  As a matter of fact, the subway station is unique amongst all of the original IRT stations in employing Romanesque Revival architecture.
市政廳地鐵站的建築風格是不同尋常的優雅。在所有區際捷運公司的其他原站,市政廳地鐵站是唯一的地鐵站建成使用羅馬復興建築風格。


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City Hall subway station’s platform and mezzanine feature Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tile work and brass chandeliers.

在市政廳地鐵站的平台和夾層水平,你可以找到古斯塔維諾瓷磚,天窗,彩色玻璃磚的工作和黃銅吊燈。


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Passenger service at City Hall subway station was discontinued on December 31, 1945, making it a ghost station.  Access to City Hall subway station is now restricted.  However, the station is still used as a turning loop for 6 and <6> trains, as can be seen in this photo.

在1945年12月31日,市政廳地鐵站的客運服務被中斷了。它現在是一個鬼站。同時,進入市政廳地鐵站是嚴格限制。但是,該站採用的依然是作為轉向迴路和<6>列車,其中你可以看到在這張照片。


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According to the travel magazine “Travel and Leisure,” City Hall subway station was ranked 12th in its list of “the most beautiful subway stations in the world” in November 2009.  In the meantime, I wish you all a fantastic week !

在2009年11月,也根據旅遊雜誌“旅遊與休閒”,市政廳地鐵站排第12位在這本雜誌的“世界最美麗的地鐵站”。 我希望您們有一個偉大的一週!


Come join me on a photographic adventure ! | 我邀請你跟我來一次攝影冒險!
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Come join me on: 1) "an adventure of photographic enlightenment;" and, 2) certainly as I seek to travel to every country and territory on Planet Earth, what can only be most adequately described as "an adventure of unmitigated wanderlust," too !  Rather excitingly, I'm now up to 124.  In addition, I intend to use "Live Journal" to showcase some of the best of my photography, aka "my most-newly, as well as most-recently, discovered passion."  Now bear in mind that a mere 19 months ago, I barely knew how a camera was switched on, let alone knew what photography meant, and ultimately will mean, to me !  Anyway, I sincerely do hope that you will enjoy my photographs, and the accompanying stories, too.  Last, but definitely not least, I'm seeking absolute and total global hegemony, in the process allowing me to become Planet Earth's very first "Global Dictator !" ;)

我邀請你跟我來參加一個令人難以置信的攝影冒險! 另外,我再次邀請你跟我來,因為我繼續試圖參觀地球上每一個國家和地區。 目前我已經多達了124個! 因為攝影是我最新 -- 和最近 -- 發現的熱情,我打算用我的「Live Journal」來顯示一些我最佳的攝影。 但是,請你必須不忘記甚至沒有19個月前我關於攝影或攝影器材真的什麼都不知道。 另外,我真的不知道,並且我真的沒有任何的想法,很快會來的那一天攝影對我的生活會有 -- 以及在可預見的未來繼續會有 -- 這麼大的影響! 不過,以及真是一個情況完全不在我的控制,我會讓你決定我的攝影技能是否好的還是不好的 !  最後,我打算稱霸整個地球,從而讓我變成在所有人類的歷史: 全世界第一位「全球獨裁者」!  ;)


My first set of photographs showcases two young, but nevertheless highly ambitious, friends -- Ren, the juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron, and Stimpy, the juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron -- as they head off one recent evening on an incredible adventure to catch some fish for dinner ! :)

我的第一套照片顯示了兩個雖然年輕的,但非常有雄心的,朋友。 他們的名字是「羅納德」,少年黃冠夜鷺和「斯圖爾特」,少年黑冠夜鷺。 今晚,兩個好朋友試一試釣幾條魚的晚餐! :)

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Off go Ren and Stimpy on the fishing adventure of a lifetime ! | 兩個好朋友就開始他們的捕魚之旅!

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Oh dear, it looks like -- on this particular fishing adventure anyway -- Ren isn't too sure of whether he should be coming or should be going !  |  哎呀!看起來,很像羅納德不太清楚他應該走哪個方向.
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Oh no !  This time instead, it looks like something slightly mysterious has left our two -- magnanimously brave, chromatically differing, but speciationally distinctive -- pair of buddies momentarily shocked, as well as quite literally taken aback ! |  哎呀!當我看著我們的兩個勇敢的好朋友再一次,一定有什麼看不見的,未知的東西,令我們的兩個朋友嚇了一跳。


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Well, now it seems that on Ren and Stimpy's incredible fishing quest of a lifetime, they must both stick their necks deep into the gooey mud in order to find their delightfully hoped-for fishy supper !  |  那麼,現在看起來,也在這段時間內,我們兩個好朋友去尋找一個令人難以置信的魚類晚餐。 但是,為了讓他們這樣尋找一餐,他們兩個的脖子也必須深入泥漿!


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But wait up just a minute !  It appears that Ren may have finally found a fish !  |  但等一下!看來,羅納德終於找到了一條魚 !


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So let's all take a deep breath, and see what will happen !  |  讓我們每個人都做深呼吸,並看看會發生什麼?


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Bah !  It's only a branch !  So it appears that there'll be no incredible fish supper for either Ren or Stimpy tonight, but that rather our two intrepid explorers will be going hungry instead ! ;)  |  呸! 它只是一個樹枝! 今晚,我們兩個好朋友羅納德和斯圖爾特不會吃一個令人難以置信的魚類晚餐,但會餓一晚  !


Goodbye ! :)  |  再見!:)

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