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View of a canopy connecting the Museum of Fairground Art and the Théâtre du Merveilleux at Bercy.

I went for the first time at Tour Montparnasse observation floors. It is the highest skyscraper in France but it will be exceeded by First Tower (formerly known as Axa Tower) in 2011.

I returned to New York more than one year afterward. I find that New York is still the best place for photography; there is an opportunity at every corner. The New York 2010 album is here.

Time for a “tourist” picture…

A classical view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak:

I managed to get a picture of my room before throwing all my stuff around. It was taken with the 16mm fisheye and “defished” with Fisheye Hemi.

Columbus Circle is usually full of traffic and crowds, but I managed to find it empty during this cold evening. The second picture is a view on Midtown business district from Helena building on west side.

Rockefeller Center (just near my workplace) is a major tourist attraction especially during holidays when hordes of people wander in the area. The holiday decorations never change here: the twelve herald angels (since 1954) and the 70-80 feet tall Norwegian spruce.

After 4 years I have finally noticed the frieze above the main entrance of the GE Building done by Lee Lawrie. Half a block west we can see the huge Christmas tree decorations on 6th Avenue.

Seven years after 9/11, the construction at WTC site has really started, but people still remember that day:

As a continuation to the previous post, I added six pictures taken in Hong Kong. Three of them are views of Victoria Harbour from Kowloon at night, a panorama of three stiched pictures (below) and the last one just before the sunset.

During the last day there was a typhoon hoist no. 8, which basically means almost everything shuts down, the insurance does not cover you and … anyway here is a HDR is from Pacific Place on HK Island.

Eight pictures of Tokyo during a business trip to Asia. Check out the “Flamme d’Or” by Philippe Stark.