This photo was taken at Grand Central Station with my Canon 5D Mark II and my Canon 200mm 2L IS II lens. This is possibly my favorite lens. I say possibly because everyday I learn more and more about myself, my camera, my lenses and my environments. Yes I love this lens. If I could only have one lens, I think it would be this one. Why? Because it's incredibly crisp, I can shoot without getting into your face and I've yet to take a horrible pic with it. If there's a fault it's mine. Other than that, I can't recommend this lend any higher.

There was a challenge, (as there always is when using a 200mm lens) when I was shooting at Grand Central. The lighting changes simply by rotating your body 15 degrees. I could capture a scene with an aperture of 5.6 and a speed of 1/125 then turn and must have an aperture of 2.8 and a speed of 1/50. This was the case with this photo.

My ISO was 640. I dared not rise above it for this photo. Why? I didn't want a lot of grain. This was the challenge. I didn't have a tripod with me. This photo was taken completely freehand. So I took a firm stance, held my breath and clinched my entire body down from my lungs to my jaw and took the photo.

This photo was not touched up at all!

As I look upon it now, I think to myself perhaps I'll venture out to that old iconic building and take photos of this bare bulbed chandelier (Bare bulbs were considered to be be opulence at the time of these chandeliers' creation.) with my tripod. All I know is that was the moment to take that photo... and I did. I hope you enjoy.