Sculpted by Anna Hyatt Huntington, this statue was presented to Gloucester by the French government. It stands on a traffic island in downtown Gloucester, surrounded by parked cars and utility poles. I used a 400mm telephoto focal length to zoom in on the upper portion of the statue, using a mass of trees as a natural background, and revealing the sheet of rain that was falling at the moment. Joan of Arc, her sword raised over her head, seems to be looking into the curtain of rain, as if to dare it to fight. The wet bronze adds surface texture that enhances her armor and the muscles in the head and neck of her horse.