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Picture of the Month (January 2023)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I usually, that is about 99.8% of the time, do not modify the pictures I take to look differently from what I saw. I do not add lightning, or change the sky, or abuse the editing tools available in Lightroom or Photoshop. The idea is to represent what I see in a truthful manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said that, I had a \u201cwhat if\u201d moment when editing this cityscape from lower Manhattan. I decided to manipulate the color of the sky to make it a little more dramatic. I like the result very much. I just don\u2019t plan on doing this more often \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New York Skyline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had a \u201cwhat if\u201d moment when editing this cityscape from lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[8,24,5,14,19,20,21],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merged-panorama","category-potm","tag-financial-district","tag-freedom-tower","tag-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-skyline","tag-sunset","tag-urban"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48,"url":"https:\/\/javier.dominguez.photography\/blog\/2023\/02\/01\/cold-and-pretty\/","url_meta":{"origin":33,"position":0},"title":"Cold and Pretty","author":"Javier","date":"February 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"As you can see, Central Park is always a great place to spend an afternoon and take a picture or two.","rel":"","context":"In "Picture of the Month"","block_context":{"text":"Picture of the Month","link":"https:\/\/javier.dominguez.photography\/blog\/category\/potm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"City-Scape from Sheep Meadow","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/javier.dominguez.photography\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Central_Park_22020160.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/javier.dominguez.photography\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Central_Park_22020160.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/javier.dominguez.photography\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Central_Park_22020160.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/javier.dominguez.photography\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Central_Park_22020160.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/javier.dominguez.photography\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Central_Park_22020160.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":94,"url":"https:\/\/javier.dominguez.photography\/blog\/2024\/07\/01\/central-park-fireworks-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":33,"position":1},"title":"Central Park Fireworks Show","author":"Javier","date":"July 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Picture of the Month (July 2024) Happy 4th of July! 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