Another plaza, another cliché. That’s often the case in travel photography. I was able to beat the cliché here by doing three things, which hopefully might change the ordinary into the extraordinary for some viewers. First, I came to Old Town San Diego’s historic plaza at sunset, which offered rich color and warm light. Secondly, I treat the plaza as I would a landscape photograph. The essence of landscape photography is the creation of the illusion of depth to give the viewer a sense of spaciousness. I obtain this depth by using the wide-angle lens, which helps me to envelope the tree, people, and table beneath it within a field of glowing emerald grass. And third, I chose to shoot a table featuring people avidly listening to a portable radio, its antenna adorned with patriotic flags. Three “leading lines” on the grass carry the eye to the people at that table -- the long, rich shadows cast by the tree, the flags on the antenna, and the bike at lower right.