This awe-inspiring statue in Rio de Janeiro has always fascinated me. Wanting to shoot it from the air, I booked a helicopter with doors off, for an afternoon flight. As our pilot was preparing the chopper, he told us he had heard that the statue was obscured by cloud and we might not see anything. I responded, You re here; I m here; let s go. So off we went. There was a lot of cloud, but as we hovered trying for a glimpse of the icon, the clouds began to part. And suddenly, Christ the Redeemer was ascending out of the clouds. This is a 4-image stitch, as I wanted a panoramic shot to enlarge for printing. Later, as I was preparing the image, a friend told me it was taken on Ascension Day. Some would call this coincidence. But for me, it definitely gives this image the 4the dimension.
This awe-inspiring statue in Rio de Janeiro has always fascinated me. Wanting to shoot it from the air, I booked a helicopter with doors off, for an afternoon flight. As our pilot was preparing the chopper, he told us he had heard that the statue was obscured by cloud and we might not see anything. I responded, You re here; I m here; let s go. So off we went. There was a lot of cloud, but as we hovered trying for a glimpse of the icon, the clouds began to part. And suddenly, Christ the Redeemer was ascending out of the clouds. This is a 4-image stitch, as I wanted a panoramic shot to enlarge for printing. Later, as I was preparing the image, a friend told me it was taken on Ascension Day. Some would call this coincidence. But for me, it definitely gives this image the 4the dimension.