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#project365 [day 52] Rockefeller Center Atlas

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The largest sculpture in the Art Deco haven that is the Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, NYC, depicts the Ancient Greek Titan Atlas. Weighing in at 7 tonnes, this bronze statue is 14m tall, that's about as high as a four-story building. It was created by sculptor Lee Lawrie and was installed in 1937 to some strange controversy, it apparently resembled the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who as in power at the time. The statue is located on the Fifth Avenue, just in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral. It's gothic facade is clearly visible on the reflections in the glass, although somewhat more deconstructed that what it is in reality.
I decided to crop this down to a 6 by 7 format, not only because it reminds me of my trusted old Mamiya RB67, but it also makes for a more formal view giving more weight to the statue in the frame

-- Gear
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
-- Post
Lightroom : Initial tone, final crop and vignette
Photoshop: Minor clean up and sharpening.
NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction