Why is it so hard to narrow down your photographs for the month to pick just one favorite? It’s like a mother picking her favorite child! lol.
After much deliberation, I picked the image below as my favorite for the month. Phriend and I went up to Liberty State Park on 9/11 to see the “Tribute in Lights” in NYC– every year on 9/11 they light these blue lights where the World Trade Center once stood. I got tons of great shots that night ( Click here to see them ), but for some reason, this one stands out as my favorite. For most of the night, I was using a wide angle lens to try to get the whole skyline in, but this one, zoomed all the way in to 300mm is a different shot that no one else got. It was also the first time I used HDR at night, and the first time I not only used manual settings, but I focused manually. Lots of firsts for me!
Snapshots of Time ~ 2011 ~ 365 Day Project 
Christina
October 2, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Great job! Beautiful shot.
tmoorephotography
October 3, 2012 at 1:50 am
perfect ~ you did a superb job
elizabeth
October 3, 2012 at 4:32 am
from NJ, i LOVE this!
BrazosMommy
October 3, 2012 at 5:20 am
Beautiful! Definitely a winner!
Simple Life at the Shore
October 3, 2012 at 10:56 am
Very special photo. Fun to try new settings with the camera. I guess we never stop learning, no matter how much experience we have. Good job Dana.
Mama Monkey
October 3, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Excellent capture!! My bucket list includes visiting the 9/11 Memorial!!! Great job with the HDR processing and for manual focusing, you were spot on!!!! 🙂
kate with a camera
October 3, 2012 at 2:48 pm
beautiful shot!
clickitupanotch (@clickitupanotch)
October 9, 2012 at 6:41 pm
I just love this!! Such a beautiful capture!