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Two American icons, the Statue of Liberty and the Star Spangled Banner, New York

Two American icons, the Statue of Liberty and the Star Spangled Banner, New York
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NIKON D750

settings

Aperture f/18 ISO 100 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 120/1

upload_date

May, 2017

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Awards

People's Choice in Object(s) Blowing In The Wind Photo Challenge

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Love the composition on this shot

Real American iconography eh. Thanks

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Watching TV these days... Wish everything remains the way you photographed it! An excellent shot.

Yes, very troubled times. I hope some unity will come in the next presidential term.

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I hope you and me both (as well as the rest of the World) live to see some unity, and some 1000 years of peace. Maybe our Earth would then have some chance... Best Wishes!

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Behind The Lens

Location

In April, New York.

Time

Late morning.

Lighting

Bright morning sunlight with a completely clear sky, almost like a natural ‘green screen’ to backdrop these two American icons.

Equipment

A Nikon D750, settings F18, 160/sec, ISO100, lens at 120mm.

Inspiration

As a tourist to American, seeing these two together seemed like the ultimate American signature.

Editing

Camera RAW and Photoshop CS6 enhancements.

In my camera bag

I love the mountains, so as little as possible - at present a Nikon D750 camera body, a 24-120 small zoom and the 55-300 bigger zoom, a spare battery and beaten up lightweight tripod - good for hiking. If I'm going for a summit then it's even less - a compact Lumix TZ 220 with mirrorless through the lens digital view finder, full manual operation and RAW file capture - absolutely great when you still want to control your photography but need to keep moving and can't afford to have stuff hanging off you.

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I might have said travel to interesting places, but in these covid times that is useless advice.

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Two American icons, the Statue of Liberty and the Star Spangled Banner, New York

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