Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same
~ Audrey Hepburn
Success, birthdays, change: I’ll take it all with a good dose of champagne, and an attitude that I’m forever young.
It took one look out of my window to notice the huge ball of orange fire that was setting behind the Williamsburg Bridge – camera in hand, I sprinted up to the rooftop to photograph the sunset. It was as if the fiery shades of red and gold were a nod to the Leo star sign.
Williamsburg Bridge is to the right, and downtown Manhattan with its 1 World Trade Centre – to the left.
Marina Chetner 
Can’t top nature!
True that Syders!
Beautiful Marina, If it was your birthday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, celebrate yourself with all your talents
Thank you so much Cornelia! You’re lovely. Today is the day in Australia, tomorrow – in the US. It’s an extended birthday with good excuse!
Love it!
Thanks Marcia! 🙂
Stunning sunset so beautifully captured. Birthday wishes to you from Oz! *Cheers*
Thank you so much Jenny, for your lovely comment! *Clink*!
So beautiful! Love the colors, glad you got to capture this moment!
Thank you! It am glad I did the sprint upstairs, to share the photos!
Great Shots Marina – I always love sunsets like that in the city. It makes for such a great contrast! Well captured.
Thanks Scott! Very spontaneous – thankfully I saw that orange ball of setting sun from the window to know what was happening over Manhattan!
Wow! Beautiful 😄
Thanks so much Sally!
These are absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks Gabriele 🙂 glad I sprinted to the rooftop!
Lovely shots Marina. I love it when a skyline is silhouetted against a sunset like this. 🙂
It was a treat to see this sunset. Thanks Adrian 🙂
Fabulous sky shots.
Thanks! They’re so vast and beautiful 🙂
Mother nature offered you a lovely birthday gift :). Happy Birthday!
Yes, it was beautiful 🙂 thank you!
These are great captures of the sunset! The first one is my favorite! I love the way the stark, fiery orange evolves into dark dramatic clouds, and then to the blue sky. Very striking!
Thanks so much fergiemoto! I am very lax in getting to the rooftop but seeing that bright orange from my window got me and my camera up!
Happy Birthday, Marina! 🙂 I hope it was wonderful.
Lovely cityscapes with a fabulous sunset.
thank you Karen, for your lovely comment 🙂 I’ve had a great birthday but maybe I will stop counting as the years seem to fly by!
Really beautiful!
Thank you Karen 🙂 one sunset I won’t forget!
Absolutely gorgeous! An amazing birthday gift for your birthday from nature 🙂
Thanks K! Absolutely right!
hi marina was my birthday last week and was supposed to be in NYC, but couldn’t go – so now i can enjoy the view anyway. thanks!
Happy Birthday Lilian. Are you a Leo? I am so happy to share the view with you – I hope it gives a sense of place and NYC will be here when you’re able to come again! Thanks!
Beautiful photos, Marina!
Thank you! I’m glad I captured the colours and could share!
Hope your day was special, Marina!
Thanks so much Tricia! It was filled with the bluest of skies, sun, and lovely sentiments. And a new 35mm lens 🙂
Yippee for a memorable day and a new camera accessory! 🙂 You’ll have to let me know its pros (and hopefully, no cons!)
Pros: sharper pics and fast shutter. Cons: forget wide shots. I need to carry the kit lens for that 🙂 will experiment and pull together a post that will hopefully make sense of my test shots soon 🙂 thanks Tricia 🙂
Good to know, Marina. I’m considering an external flash, but wondered if a lens might be more useful and practical. We shall see. Let’s stay in touch and swap shutterbug intel. 🙂
Tricia, I am loving the fixed lens. I would take it over an external flash 🙂 I am not a fan of flash anyway. I just posted a photo with the 35mm on my bikramyogamusings.com of a sunflower 🙂
Happy Birthday (rather late!)
Thank you so much! I appreciate it, late or not!