Yule Remember This Image

Star Light, Star Bright

This is probably the most appropriate time to post a picture like this one, as we remember the Yuletide story of the three wise men and how they followed a star.
Actually, I took this shot in Melbourne, not Bethlehem, but it's just a handy Christmas image, I reckon. The glow in the sky is not a star; it is the mid-afternoon sun. And the spires at the bottom of the frame are the Cathedral on Flinders Street.
The wires and down-lights that criss-cross the frame provide a handy pattern for the photograph, but they are simply the overhead lights at Federation Square, built to commemorate the centenary of Australian Federation in 1901.
In a way, I guess they add to the attraction of the photograph, rather than detracting from it.
This picture has not been enhanced or digitally modified in any way. Nor did I use any special-effects setting on the camera. It was simply taken in ``landscape'' mode. No tricks. No gadgets. No gizmos.
What you see here is simply what I shot. Remember when we were kids and people told us never to point a camera at any bright light? I guess this frame shows you can do it - and use it to good effect.