I found this photo in my rejected images while cleaning up my Lightroom travel photography archives. I took it during a sunset cruise along the East River on my trip to New York about 3 years earlier. The fireboat was spraying the water for the tourists’ amusement, and I was taking photographs against the sun through the water.
Loc: 40.71165, -73.97082
I remember I saw the potential in this urban landscape but was never happy with the composition, and after a few attempts to change the framing by applying different crops in Lightroom I gave up and marked it as rejected.
When I saw this photo again 3 years later, right away I knew exactly what to do; I changed the aspect ratio from 3×2 to panoramic and the composition was dramatically improved. It was ready to be posted. I guess sometimes it takes 5 minutes to process an image, but other times, 3 years.
Deconstructing Featured Photo
- Camera: Canon 60D
- Lens: Sigma 17-70mm
- Focal Length: 19mm
- ISO: 100
- Aperture: F8
- Shutter Speed: 1/160
- Bracketing: single shot
- Tripod: handheld
