Lower Manhattan

It was an impossibly cold day, but I needed to get some fresh air and ran out at lunch time knowing I wouldn't go far.  Across the street from my office is the red cube sculpture plaza and as I crossed the street approaching it, for the first time, I noticed that from a low angle, the "Lower Manhattan" garbage box provided a well placed title for the area and looked nice next to the cube.  Getting the angle I wanted required that I stand just off the curb in the street.  

I stood there and waited for people to work their way through the shot.  I intended to just keep sucking in the characters who went by but was waiting for the perfect shot.  After shooting for about five minutes and grabbing the shots below (and many more), a large Poland Spring water truck came by and honked me.  He wanted to park exactly where I was standing.  My perfect angle was taken from me and I went back inside.

Here are the highlights of what I got presented with some post-production variations.  

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