The climb was worth it ... so long as you don't injure yourself or the statue!
I love your night shots. You are so good at capturing ambient light, color, and detail in these difficult low-light situations to create always beautiful and amazing photographs.
You gotta do what you gotta do to get the shot. I like what you've captured here, the line of modern city lights contrasting with the foreground monuments(?), with just enough light on the foreground grass to give us an idea of the ground contours. I once stood on my tiptoes on a riverbed, with just my head, hands, and camera above the water, to capture a pair of birchbark canoes paddling by.
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I love your night shots. You are so good at capturing ambient light, color, and detail in these difficult low-light situations to create always beautiful and amazing photographs.
Great shot, Tomaz!