Sometimes I feel foolish all the times I admit that I notice a photographic element only when I review the image at home, and had no sense of it when composing in the field. This is another example. I carefully composed to get the tree in the image, obviously, but also I specifically remember that I crouched down and angled up to get the entirety of 30 Rockefeller Center in there behind it. It was only this morning that I noticed the trumpet looming in the foreground and perfectly intersecting with the building.
But here is why I find it interesting, and don’t feel so foolish. At some level, unconsciously, I must have noticed, because the horn perfectly intersects the building, which would not have happened had I not simply lined up in perfect center. had I done that, both the left trumpet and right trumpet would act as bookends on either side of the building. If I paid no attention to being centered, then the odds of having the trumpet placed just so are minimal. That I moved a bit to the left and placed the trumpet exactly as it is indicates that I did so intentionally, even though I did not realize it and do not remember it.
Continued Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2012 everyone.
Jimi Jones
29 Dec 2011This is a real beauty, man. Very nice!
Dave DiCello
29 Dec 2011I really like the trumpet man, really adds to the composition! A classic shot!
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Rick Louie
29 Dec 2011Fantastic Image! I so wanted to go here during the holldays this year, but it just didn’t work out. Thanks for sharing one of my favorite places during the Christmas season.
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Edith Levy
29 Dec 2011This is a great shot Mark. I love it and the first thing I noticed was how perfectly the trumpet intersected with the tree. Funny I have that happen to me all the time, sometimes on a conscious level I’m oblivious to an element in my shot until I get home and see it on the computer. In any case this is one of my favorites of yours. Happy New Year.
Mark Neal
29 Dec 2011The trumpet at left was what caught my eye first. To me, it makes the shot. Great work Mark.
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Alaina
30 Dec 2011Nice photograph!!! I like the photo you share..Hope you can post again next year..
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Terence Chang
31 Dec 2011Nice shot! Beautiful view.
The trumpet doesn’t bother me at all.
Happy new year!
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Mark
3 Jan 2012Thanks Terence. Happy New Year to you also.