{"id":3326,"date":"2015-01-05T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T12:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2015-01-04T14:58:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T19:58:40","slug":"signs-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/signs-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In all the craziness of the holiday season I was only able to photograph in Manhattan one evening.  What I was trying to portray were some images of icons that were taken from a different vantage point.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 466px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/signs-of-the-season\/empiresb_0001-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EMPIRESB_0001-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Empire State Building w\/Christmas Colors\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EMPIRESB_0001-copy.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EMPIRESB_0001-copy-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empire State Building w\/Christmas Colors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately I don&#8217;t think my attempts were that good.  But thats one of the reasons we keep trying ad coming back for more.  I&#8217;m never happy with what images I make, I always want to do better.  Its a character flaw!  Its easy to say I will just &#8220;visit here again&#8221; but what you see now might be different on many levels when you return, even to the exact same spot.  I was not well prepared on this evening for making great images and it shows.  I have to do better next time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 466px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/signs-of-the-season\/empiresb_0002-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3334\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EMPIRESB_0002-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Empire State Building at Christmas with Flags\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EMPIRESB_0002-copy.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EMPIRESB_0002-copy-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empire State Building at Christmas with Flags<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 700px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/signs-of-the-season\/christmaslights-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3330\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CHRISTMASLIGHTS-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Lights Rockefeller Center\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CHRISTMASLIGHTS-copy.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/CHRISTMASLIGHTS-copy-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas Lights Rockefeller Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The holidays wouldn&#8217;t be the same without the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 466px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/signs-of-the-season\/rockcentertree-0001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3336\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ROCKCENTERTREE-0001.jpg\" alt=\"Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ROCKCENTERTREE-0001.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ROCKCENTERTREE-0001-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Images captured with Nikon D4s and 70-300 f\/4.5-5.6 on Lexar digital film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In all the craziness of the holiday season I was only able to photograph in Manhattan one evening. 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