January 15th, 2010

This is a shot at the western gateway to the Bryant Park. There is a pink granite fountain called the Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain, dedicated in 1912. This was the city's first public memorial dedicated to a woman. Lowell (1843-1905) was a social worker and founder of the Charity Organization Society. Charles Adams Platt designed the fountain. As beautiful as the fountain is - Mother Natures addition of icicles surrounding the still flowing water made for a spectacular show.

Captured with the 70-200mm VR at 1/5000th of a second at f2.8 with an ISO of 100.