On the canopy above the entrance to the Grand Central Station near the corner of 43rd St and Lexington Avenue are three cast metal rats just below the rat guards on the support rods. Evidently the architects (Sloan and Robertson) of the building had done prior buildings with a nautical theme; but I couldn’t find any explanation for their presence in this building.

A wonderful and enigmatic detail that most commuters, and tourists, pass under daily without noticing.

One of the great advantages of carrying a long zoom lens, 18-135mm [27-203] in my case, is that it allows me to capture small details that a standard zoom wouldn’t isolate. This has become my default lens when travelling and in most walkabouts around town, since these days the f5.6 max aperture doesn’t really hinder me that much.

-- Gear
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
-- Post
Lightroom : Initial toning and final crop
Photoshop: Sharpening and clean up
NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction