Pauline Jaffe
October 2025 - NOAA Hand
About the Image(s)
Here is an image I took maybe a month ago outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The work signifies NOAA's mission of recording and protecting the environment.
I chose to make this image in monochrome and I love the light and tones.
Technical. I used my Nikon 6Z ii and 24-70 lens. After turning this into B&W in LR, I made some slight adjustments in B&W mix.
Please feel free to provide any critical feedback.
2 comments posted
(Group 32)
My wife and I live in Bethesda, Maryland, and we have often passed that statue on East-West Hwy. It is a great subject and I particularly like that you shot this from an angle that emphasized the length of the digits. You chose an angle and a time of day with good lighting.
I looked up shots of it on the Internet, and they all rendered the hand as stocky, which is very incompatible with a hand open to the sky and birds.
On the other hand (I could not resist), it would have been great if you could have included all five digits and not have that clutter of trees behind the birds. Demanding everything, could you also get a fuller view of all four birds? How about shooting from a lower angle? Posted: 10/05/2025 05:16:39
I looked up shots of it on the Internet, and they all rendered the hand as stocky, which is very incompatible with a hand open to the sky and birds.
On the other hand (I could not resist), it would have been great if you could have included all five digits and not have that clutter of trees behind the birds. Demanding everything, could you also get a fuller view of all four birds? How about shooting from a lower angle? Posted: 10/05/2025 05:16:39
Here is another image that I took of the hand. Posted: 10/09/2025 03:45:02