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17th April 2012
The Wonder Wheel at Coney Island - NYC by michaelelliott

The Wonder Wheel at Coney Island - NYC

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Just a few minutes drive from where I took yesterday's pic of the Verrazano Bridge Sunset, (for which I thank everyone and am so appreciative for all the wonderful comments and Favs!), is the Coney Island Amusement Park. Here is one of the most famous attractions and pure Americana - The Wonder Wheel. Built in 1920, this eccentric ferris wheel stands 150 feet and has some cars that slide in and out on rails as the wheel turns.

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Comments
I LOVE THIS! fav!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Great shot of a landmark place in NYC. You are good, guy!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Wonder-ful! Now that is an awesome ferris wheel! Great shot MBA!
posted April 17th, 2012  
So nostalgic! A favorite in every way!
posted April 17th, 2012  
@jsw0109 @anazad511 - Thanks very much guys!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Seattle waterfront is building one of these which will lend to some fun shots like this one. Like the color on the night sky.
posted April 17th, 2012  
@lorihiro - You are so funny Lori you always crack me up :-D
posted April 17th, 2012  
@heidimatter365 - Thx very much Heidi. Yeah amusement parks make for great photos.
posted April 17th, 2012  
@olivetreeann - Thx again very much Ann!
posted April 17th, 2012  
wonderful shot, i love how blue the sky is!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Wonderful nighttime shot.
posted April 17th, 2012  
Love the intricate detail. Fav.
posted April 17th, 2012  
Lovely photo...so detailed.
posted April 17th, 2012  
Such a fantastic looking thing! Your shots make me want to visit your city. I would also want to take a ride on the ferris wheel especially in a moving capsule!
posted April 17th, 2012  
what an awesome shot and ferris wheel :)
posted April 17th, 2012  
I like it. I took a similar picture at the State Fair of Texas last year that isn't nearly as good. There isn't any good vantage point to get it. I'll post it for my today's picture.
posted April 17th, 2012  
What a great shot Michael. Have you been on this before?
posted April 17th, 2012  
wow what a messy tangle of poles! imagine maintaining that! great shot!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Awesome detail!
posted April 17th, 2012  
wonderful Ferris Wheel shot, nice to see all these amazing details
posted April 17th, 2012  
Awesome pov. Hoping to take a capture at the wheel in Wildwood NJ this summer.
posted April 17th, 2012  
great shot...Hot dogs on the wonder-wheel at Coney island ..its like a bucket list achievement.
posted April 17th, 2012  
Great shot! There are so many bits to that wheel it's a wonder it got built at all! :)
posted April 17th, 2012  
Terrific capture.
posted April 17th, 2012  
Awesome capture Michael!.....I would just love to go on that! : )
posted April 17th, 2012  
great shot
posted April 17th, 2012  
awesome and so colorful !
posted April 17th, 2012  
Very aptly named ...the Wonder Wheel ...great shot!!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Ooh, that's a great-looking wheel. Looks like it'd be fun to ride! Cool capture!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Awesome shot!
posted April 17th, 2012  
This is an amazing shot! Fav'd
posted April 17th, 2012  
I have heard so much about Coney Island, hopefully my family and I will be able to visit one day. That is one very impressive ferris wheel.
posted April 17th, 2012  
Such a sense of yesterday
posted April 17th, 2012  
Great ferris wheel shot - makes me think of summer!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Rob
Love the lines! Nice shot.
posted April 17th, 2012  
What a great shot of a ferris wheel!
posted April 17th, 2012  
nice shot ,rode this as a child ,scarry too !!
posted April 17th, 2012  
loving the wonder wheel. Hope you are well..
posted April 17th, 2012  
@robinwarner - Hey Robin how r u my friend? Im doing ok, just exhausted lately with work, family and photography. I must get back to exercise but allergies killing me. Thx for checking out my pics :)
posted April 17th, 2012  
Eccentric is the word for this! So much to look at in this shot!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Great landmark shot. Beautiful!
posted April 17th, 2012  
great shot! nice composition
posted April 17th, 2012  
Beautiful shot, Michael! Could not get me up in one today! LOL!
posted April 17th, 2012  
Fab shot
posted April 17th, 2012  
Great night shot, you still wouldn't get me up in this.
posted April 17th, 2012  
as howard said, one of those life-time want to do things. have seen this in so many scenes and thought, ooohhhh wow, so close and yet so far. . .
posted April 17th, 2012  
Great shot. Looks like its from a different era.
posted April 17th, 2012  
Very neat shot. One thing I haven't done in NY yet. Someday...
posted April 17th, 2012  
I Love this. It looks like a cat's cradle. Do you know what that it. Colors are exceptional as usual.
posted April 17th, 2012  
@ptowncook - thx and yes the cat's cradle is that thing you do with string between the fingers. Yes youre right it does.
posted April 17th, 2012  
You can pay my all the money in the world I woudn't go on it but to have a look at it is ok..nice picture by evening light.
posted April 17th, 2012  
Beautiful as always :D
posted April 17th, 2012  
What a great shot! I love the colors & detail!
posted April 17th, 2012  
A wonder wheel indeed and I love it!
posted April 18th, 2012  
Love it!!
posted April 18th, 2012  
Wow, can you say iconic?
posted April 18th, 2012  
Gosh, this is amazing!!
posted April 18th, 2012  
Such a pretty night scene!
posted April 18th, 2012  
What an amazing wheel and gorgeous shot of it. I always wanted to get there when I lived in NYC, but never did. Maybe someday.
posted April 18th, 2012  
thats such a cool shot
posted April 18th, 2012  
Love this photo, Michael. So much color and detail. FAV
posted April 18th, 2012  
Wow, great detail in the wheel! so cool!
posted April 18th, 2012  
Oh! This is WAY too cool! FAV.
posted April 18th, 2012  
Great shot!
posted April 18th, 2012  
love it!
posted April 18th, 2012  
Great lines and light. Very cool shot
posted April 19th, 2012  
wow - what a structure - love the lines in this
posted April 20th, 2012  
Fantastic shot. a fav for me.
posted April 20th, 2012  
Awesomeness, would be heaps of fun, you should get on there and take some pics for us Michael:)
posted April 20th, 2012  
Rode it once back in the early 1990s. Lots of fun :-)
posted April 20th, 2012  
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