This historic photograph of the Statue of Liberty was taken in 1988 after she was refurbished. The image was released as a series of 4 images of New York City after 9/11. The image was the front page of my website for about a year.
This lovely historic image of Lady Liberty (1988, 2 years after being refurbished) was taken on a beautiful cloudless afternoon. The simple composition is complimented by the basic 3 colors of the image, the blue of the sky, the copper green of the statue, and the pinkish granite statue base (the torch though is dark brown/black and gold). The Statue, in all her glory is just holding on the transparency and she "pops" against the sky through the use of a circular polarizing filter. As mentioned she was released as part of a series of 4 images of NYC after 9/11 and stands as a symbol in defiance of that day. This image was the front page of my website for over a year. The image stands up to enlargement to 20" x 30" and even larger; and the larger it prints, the greater the visual impact of the image. Rich
Nice color, super sharp for 35mm. Well done! Do any Pols or Pundits even remember that France gave us this statue as a gift? Freedom Fries... good lord.
Thanks for the kind words. This is one of those KISS (Keep it simple stupid) compositions. The image was taken with my extremely sharp Leica f2.0 90mm Summicron lens along with the polarizing filter. Under these conditions, everything worked with the light and the contrast so that the image "pops" and is extremely sharp. Rich