lucky shot
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Luckily, there seems to be some effort underway to paint the Brooklyn Bridge. A sheathing of reflective metal scaffolding recently heralded a fortuitous confluence of solar azimuth and camera vantage point as evidenced above.
Luck, pure luck. Check out the larger sizes at flickr by clicking the image (as always).
The Newtown Pentacle 
i like that shot! good work . . . . mitch
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September 17, 2010 at 7:55 am
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September 24, 2010 at 1:30 pm
What a spectacular shot, Mitch. Luck or otherwise, it is just incredible.
Fred King
September 26, 2010 at 9:02 pm
[…] Although veteran photographers caution me against use of this term, I call the photo above my “shot of the year”. The steel structure attached to the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge was installed as part of a bridge painting and maintenance project, and I was luckily along on a Working Harbor trip just as the sun was setting. Right place, right time, it was a “Lucky Shot“. […]
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