HOW I GOT THE SHOT: I am often asked to work
early in the morning in the Old City of Jerusalem. I enjoy these assignments
because I arrive as the day is just awakening and take an opportunity to pray
by the Kotel before my clients show up. Parking near the old city is limited so
I usually walk from Mount Zion down to the Kotel, taking a different route each
time in the hope of discovering something new.
I have written many times how the Old City never lacks for charm
and beauty and good photographic subjects abound all year long. On this
particular July morning, as soon as I drew near to Zion Gate, a powerful burst
of color grabbed my attention. This shot works well because all three of the
main color tones work very well together. There is just a tad of early morning
light kissing the tops of the olive trees and skimming across the foreground to
set the red flowers alight. It’s impossible to tell from this composition, but
this section of wall stood between a messy archaeological dig and the parking
lot, but with some clear thinking and creative cropping, I was able to unearth
my own relic while en route to document another family’s memorable moments.
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TECHNICAL
DATA: Camera:
Nikon D300, handheld, manual exposure, center-weighted metering mode, f9 at
1/200th sec., ISO 400. Raw file converted to Jpeg. Lens: Nikon 28-105
zoom at 28 mm. Date:
July 23, 2009, 6:45 a.m. Location:
Mt. Zion, Jerusalem.
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This is cool!
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