Stock Shot Project

When I saw this scene I was struck by the simplicity of the panoramic lineup of New York buildings against the stark, blue sky -- the  Empire State Building on the left, followed by the very modern One Madison Park apartment building, the Met Life tower, and on the far right an older building to the north of Union Square.  I positioned myself to place the flag between two buildings, and waited for it to unfurl in the breeze before taking this photo with a 120mm focal length on the Nikon D800.  The extremely high resolution 36mp images from the D800 allow for cropping without much quality loss.  Here I cropped the top and bottom to achieve more of a panoramic composition.