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Oculus is the name of the World Trade Center station in New York City completed in 2016. Today I went there for the first time to take photographs from different angles of the wonderfully striking building. However, I forgot to bring a spare battery for my camera, which cut drastically short that plan. In the end I was only able to take the following shots.
Oculus, outside.
Oculus.
Oculus.
Oculus, inside.
Oculus.
Oculus.
One of these days, I will have to make another trip to the city to take other photos of the rest of Oculus and the World Trade Center, with at least one spare battery.
Stunning and interesting images. ๐
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You will need to travel back here and go see it in person!
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Good idea. ๐
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Definitely you need to go back with more battery power….amazing structure. Would be fun to see it in different lights like early day and late day with pretty colors.
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I will go back and also use a tripod, if possible. Thanks Judy!
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It’s a wonderful subject and you did great work with it, even with that limited amount of time. That must have been frustrating!
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I will just have to go back there one of these days. ๐
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Yes….me too! ๐ I used to work next to that site, and watched some of the construction in earlier phases. But it was a very stressful location to work in – there were always reminders of 9/11 – you could never get away from it.
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I like all the lines something I should do now and then. Great photos!
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Thank you John! So many lines there, and so artfully put together.
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That building is amazing! Super perspective … oh I bet you were disappointed about the battery
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You are right, the battery gave out too soon. Usually I carry a spare in my backpack, but that day I had moved the camera to a shoulder bag. ๐ฆ
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Great pictures of this place that I also visited earlier this year…but not the Oculus. Thanks!
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If you ever go back there, Oculus should be on your list!
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Great images of the interesting architecture of the Oculus, it’s too bad that your battery died before you finished all the images that you had hoped to shoot.
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Spare battery, don’t leave home without it … Thanks Jerry!
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Love the different perspectives of the Oculus in the photos!
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Thank you!
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Wow! I can see why you want to go back for more shots. Amazing architecture captured beautifully. โค๏ธ
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Thank you Irene! I will definitely go back for more photos.
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Well, all I can say is Wow!!
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Thank you!
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Quite a testimony to the stark, steel girders that were exposed when the original buildings fell. Beautiful (and quite moving) photos, thank you.
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Oculus has the effect of most people that the architect, Santiago Calatrava, intended. It takes you in and evokes strong emotions within you.
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Wow!! What a stunning building. Looks like the inside of a giant whale!
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It is a stunning building and your eyes are drawn to it immediately when you emerge from the lower parts of the train station.
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I do like big train stations because of the space and light is quite exciting – like the Victorian ones on London.
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So beautiful! I want to go there! What kind of lens did you use?
Good night.
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Helen, I used a 16-35 mm f/4 lens. It is very good for this kind of photography.
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Thanks, Hien.
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Reblogged this on retireediary and commented:
Really like the interior of the Oculus as captured by Neihtn2012. Make me wanting to go there to have a close look . . . . . . . . .
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Thank you Michael! If you ever some to New York City, let me know.
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Great pictures of a wonderful building!
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Glad you like them!
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