Liberty and Ellis Island
Jun 23, 2019 15:35:02 #
Right place and I might add right angle. A new look for Lady Liberty. Certainly a thinking outside the box for a shot of the lovely lady. 
Really enjoyed this unique view.
Really enjoyed this unique view.Jun 24, 2019 12:13:01 #
ebrunner wrote:
This is not a composite. If you are in exactly the right spot with a long lens, you can get some interesting perspectives. Ellis Island (foreground) is not Where Miss Liberty lives. She is actually on another island which is completely obscured by the foreground. Because the Statue is on a rather tall pedestal, it looks like she is on Ellis Island. All comments are always welcome. Shot with a 300mm prime.
Erich
Erich
I'm sorry to disagree with everyone, but I don't get it.
The Statue of Liberty is usually depicted in a bright, optimistic fashion. Do you want to convey that the immigrants were facing, not freedom and opportunity, but more inhumanity, since there's not a single person in the photo and the main focus of the image is an overwhelmingly large metal water tank and smoke stack? Also, the light is dark with only a sliver brightening her back and details of I-can't-tell-what.
I don't think the goal of the photo was to take three vertical images.
Maybe because I come from an immigrant family that I have special feelings for Lady Liberty. Certainly the U.S. wasn't and isn't the most wonderful and ideal place for immigrants. But Lady Liberty stands for ideals...a more perfect union, at least to me, a work in progress, and a work that has progressed.
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