Bull Statue

 

A nearby plaque says this statue was put here because the bull is a symbol of Sokcho. Apparently, the city borders form the shape of a bull lying on its side. I had a look at an online map and maybe it looks like a bull if you squint really, really, hard. And then close your eyes and imagine it.

I found this composition after walking around the statue a bit and I made a test photo. Not bad. Then this woman walked past and the picture became very good instead of not bad. It was the difference between the photograph being forgotten on my hard drive and going into a portfolio folder.

The 'crack in the jade' is the bright sidewalk light on the right. I darkened it a bit in Lightroom but it's still too bright. I could crop, but then the woman's legs are too close to the edge of the frame. Tempting to use Object Removal in Lightroom but I wouldn't feel right about doing it.