For my NYC snapshot I took a picture of the city as I was leaving for the day to return to Staten Island.  Every time I take the ferry to come to Manhattan I watch as the buildings grow out of the ground, and poke deep into the sky.  It is an experience that can never get old.  I wish the day we had to take the pictures had better weather to better depict the feelings created by the sight of the skyscrapers.  The way the background influences the overall mood of a photograph is astounding.  The grey sky and dull colors in this particular one establish a sense of dread that I never experience on my travel across the water.  Instead, I usually feel empowered, ready to take action and accomplish great things.  That’s the power the city can have on people.  It can fill them with dreams and hopes for the future, but maybe the grayness of this background and the exiting of the city could represent the dismissal of those same dreams and their crumbling to dust.