Atlas, Rockefeller Center

Atlas, Rockefeller Center – New York, New York Directly across Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick’s Cathedral is this wonderful statue of Atlas. And while the statue is heroic enough, I love pointing the camera upward to include one of Rockefeller Center’s towers as a backdrop. I also like how this scene is almost like a temple to commerce directly across the street from a “temple” to religion. It’s almost as if they are competing to see which can upstage the other. Atlas is another tourist favorite. I’ve also photographed it before and featured it on the blog three-and-a-half years ago. I shot that previous version on the Fujifilm GFX50S II at a 28mm equivalent focal length. This one is with the much more modest Leica D-Lux 8 compact, but at a wider 24mm equivalent. I like the wider perspective because it makes the background tower appear even taller. The light is also better in this scene, so while I used a more modest camera, the overall picture is better. It goes to show that the…