Subtle Light – Week 01/24-01/30 – Ashtonesia Pictures

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SUBTLE LIGHT

Blizzard Of The Night

Essence Of Life:

W eek in frames brought to you by Ashtonesia, it is one of the runs that I will never forget being here, one of the most fun times of my life. Thanks to the little I have, and I am grateful for, I have lived in this city and never saw it the way I do as of the last five years. Now I face the events of time and of a fast-changing life in front of me. Sometimes I am scared to look through my viewfinder as I forget where I am standing, it is in the actual place of what is going on in front of my camera. This week as bin a huge ride walking and going through the times that passes us by.

I can now look back into the past and see what I have come close to, these are some of the images that voiced to me their existence of showing itself not only to me but also to the world. Some have died this week in the blizzard, I haven’t gotten the images of those, but they are out there along with many more, to many times on occasion people take images that portray a facade, I know that we all want to feel happy and things to be the way the masters have us bleed into a false reality. But life itself is not so, it is real, and things do change, sometimes faster than you can say a word or two, I am not here to judge anyone only to share my love for life and make people aware, every day is a gift it’s not a chance or anything that you should take for granted at all.
Shine On.

A big boom that shuck my area I headed outside to find a gas leak along with electrical sparks blow out 3 manhole covers this being only one of them. (#)

As fire fighters reached on the seen they tried to get cars away from the flame from drives nearby. (#)

As a few people that was in the streets were asking some questions as to what was going on. (#)

This could be one of the boxes underground that houses the wires that power the buildings on the street, January 24th, 2015. (#)

The streets were filled with smoke, while all the lights in the buildings were blinking. (#)

The block was closed down, as they waited for the ConEdison company to come in this emergency. (#)

It was a very long wait, until some assistance arrived, and it took several hours to fix the problem, from what I saw later that evening things are setup in a way that the problem can be detected and fixed they do have the system for these kind of accidents, I witnessed firsthand on the blue print of the streets that let me know there is allot of thing people really will never know if they do not work for a company as huge as these. (#)

A warm up of the blizzard that came through New York on January 26, 2015. (#)

As the time got closer and closer some people just wanted to make it home in one peace. (#)

Some people rode their bikes while some decided that it was a good idea for a run. (#)

Kid got there sleds ready looking for some smooth surfaces to go down from January 26, 2015. (#)

Some put on the skis and took it across the parks, this one looks to me like a workout more than having fun in this blizzard. (#)

A man was having some fun with his kid, and he also join in the sled rides, a beautiful way to share the fun with the family. (#)

On the streets there has to be a code of conduct of keeping the sidewalks clean, however this only apply is areas in the city where residents are paying high rents, more like the big shots that give tips and so forth to these guys which some are door men and building porters. Unfortunately, this is not so in most of New York where everyday people live, even days after the snow many people pavements are still covered in ice that is slick to the touch that will make you fall. (#)

These are the scrapers that I have in one of my other posts, seeing it in action is one thing, they use it to push the snow to the sides of the streets, this can cover your cars in deep snow. (#)

Looking at the top and sides of the cross on the church, you can tell just how high the snow has reached and it is still early in the evening when it has began. (#)

People on their way home, some heading for a hot drink, but most are trying to get out, since there was a shut down in the works of all transportation from the MTA. (#)

On my way back out to the blizard a young lady is waiting on the train, and you can tel that she in freezing cold, the system was 3hrs away from a shut down, even if it does, I would take it on foot to my destination. (#)

Looking through some of the branches into Central Park light still shine where I could see footprints in the snow, and I did hear voices far in the distance. There were fines giving out since the mayor issued police to give to anyone caught on the streets after 11.pm and in the parks, but I do understand why since about 2 weeks before there had to be a rescue around the very same area. (#)

Looks like this guy is in a hurry to get where he is going, and I don’t blame him. (#)

The front gates of Central Park on 5th ave all locked up, it looks more like gates to home of some kind. (#)

A sign of park closed, many times people are killed or hurt from falling branches but it still goes on noticed, this is a major reason why people should not be out in the parks in these conditions, not only will it be hard for the emergency personnel to get to you, it will make it more difficult for you to live under these conditions of freezing temperatures. (#)

A favorite views of mine, the Charles A Dana Discovery Center covered in blankets of snow. (#)

In-front of the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, this statue covered in snow. (#)

A man walks through a under pass and got blasted by high winds with a gust of snow. (#)

This guy ran and made a jump do this hill on a busted old leather seat that looked like it was from a car, but it worked just fine. (#)

Some cool guys I met the morning after, this morning the service was restored faster than you would think, one thing I can say about New York is that it recovers very quickly, however the guy in shorts really wanted to show that no matter what New Yorkers dress how they like no matter the time of year or what happens. (#)

At this time in the morning people were still looking to head to work no matter what, and many of them walked like I did, there were not many cars on the road. (#)

The MTA was not running at this time, and this guy would let you know that if you were to head down there, there was a cleark in the boot to the far right that I didn’t capture. (#)

One person heading south of Manhattan as there was nothing in sight. (#)

Cleaning up began just as fast as the snow gave some breaks, machines were out and already moving snow from the streets and paths that people had to walk, and business were also being cleared out. (#)

I have no idea if the dog was with these guys or not, the winds were wild and the cold lights and fog on my lens was giving me images like this, it was kind of cool, but these are as is no editing involve. (#)

Latter in the day buried cars with their wipers up as more snow was blowing around and still very cold my camera has cooled down and much more clear images. (#)

You can get a sence of just how much snow was on the ground from the seats, the sidewalks were still messy. (#)

As I headed north, I notice a woman and a child in a car sleeping, the car hasn’t been moved at all, it looks like they were in there for the night, they had on their jackets but that is all I can say about it, from the looks at the wheels of the vehicle. (#)

When the streets and sidewalks are cleared this is what happens to cars. (#)

MTA busses take out to park until service are restored and ready to roll rare view. (#)

These buses are in-front of their main base and would be moved out in a few hrs. (#)

A hoody hangs in front of a building way above covered in snow; a piece of clothing that is needed to keep you warm in these conditions no telling why anyone would leave it hanging around like this. (#)

Sanitation trucks equip with shovels clean the street at it gets more into the working time of Manhattan. (#)

Fire escape loaded with snow is a straight give away of the intensity of the blizzard overnight, the details are really far out to me. (#)

At the end I headed home from a heck of a walk passing through grand army plaza on my way home, I haven’t been here in a long time, I really like how the sheet of snow and the background just melts away. (#)

Blizzard Of The Night

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