Monuments

[ktixx]

I was thinking it would be nice to see all the places people have visited and to see their photographic representation of the places they have been. Any monuments (IE: Acropolis, Pantheon, Eiffel Tower, Pyramids, Ect..) that you have photographed, lets see them!

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. March, 26, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. March, 26, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. March, 26, 2005

[ktixx]

London - House Of Parliament
http://photobucket.com/albums/b255/Ktixx/DC%20Resource/London0901.jpg
Canon 20D --- ISO 200 --- f/4.5 --- 1/2000

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. Jun, 24, 2005

[ktixx]

England - Stonehenge
http://photobucket.com/albums/b255/Ktixx/DC%20Resource/G-StoneHenge-3.jpg
ISO 200 --- f/9 --- 1/250

[ktixx]

England - Stonehenge
http://photobucket.com/albums/b255/Ktixx/DC%20Resource/G-StoneHenge-1.jpg
ISO 200 --- f/9 --- 1/200

[Glenn Kennedy]

in Berlin, not much surprise there. A shell after WW2, this majestic building was rebuilt post war. The tower in the background is the TV tower, another landmark of the city.

What a change Berlin has seen in recent years. Potsdamer Platz is completely transformed and the scars of a once-great city begin to heal over under the effects of a sea of cranes on the skyline

[Glenn Kennedy]

A very unpopular monument to Victor Emmanuel II of Italy in Rome. Much hated by Romans it's popuarly known as the typewriter and sits a few meters away from the best sites of ancient Rome. It looks better at night...

[Glenn Kennedy]

It's not nealry as garish after dark

[ktixx]

Great picture! I loved that monument and just stumbled upon it when I was in Rome (stumble..I guess I have to use that term loosely considering it is HUGE!), Great shot though, especially the night one!

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. March, 31, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Fragment
Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. March, 31, 2005

[Esoterra]

Eiffle Tower

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/3016/thestrip0220dr.jpg

in Las Vegas

[Glenn Kennedy]

Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas

As I satrted to scroll down this very tall photo, I thought it didn't look quite right. Never knew there was a replica (smaller??) in Las Vegas. Is it over a casino or what??

[ktixx]

Yea the Eiffel tower in Las Vegas is a restaurant, never been to Vegas, but it look nice!.

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. Jan, 18, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Fragment
Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. Jan, 18, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Fragment
Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. Jan, 18, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Fragment
Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. Jan, 19, 2005

[Glenn Kennedy]

This is the Gedachtnis Kirche at the top of Kufurstendamm - the "main" street in what was once west Berlin. Left in a state of partial disrepair it is a memorial to WW2.

[ktixx]

London - Westminster Abby
http://photobucket.com/albums/b255/Ktixx/DC%20Resource/London0591-e.jpg
ISO 200 --- f/10.0 --- 1/125

[SilverTurtle]

in Berlin, not much surprise there. A shell after WW2, this majestic building was rebuilt post war. The tower in the background is the TV tower, another landmark of the city.

What a change Berlin has seen in recent years. Potsdamer Platz is completely transformed and the scars of a once-great city begin to heal over under the effects of a sea of cranes on the skyline

Hey I've been here (and have non-digital photos)! :)
When I was in High School I was in a Youth Wind Symphony that traveled to Europe. We played a piece of music called Smphony No. 1 (In Memoriam Dresden) (http://www.bukvichmusic.com/comp/symphonyno1/index.asp) by Daniel Bukvich. It is a really powerful piece about the bombing of Dresden. It was so moving to play it in the city.

[ktixx]

Athens Greece - The Erechtheion
http://photobucket.com/albums/b255/Ktixx/DC%20Resource/IMG_02861.jpg
Canon s200 iso 50 --- f/2.8 --- 1/400

[ktixx]

Figure I should get this thread going again (hopefully that is :-))
Here is a picture from Washington DC taken from the Lincoln Memorial.
http://photobucket.com/albums/b255/Ktixx/DC%20Resource/G-IMG_35251.jpg

[wall]

London - Westminster Abby
ISO 200 --- f/10.0 --- 1/125

Wow, nice lighting in this one.

[ktixx]

Wow, nice lighting in this one.
It was a great time of day. Here is another one taken shortly after. A slightly different look because of where the sun was (fountain = facing the sun, westminster = away from the sun)
http://photobucket.com/albums/b255/Ktixx/DC%20Resource/London0991.jpg

[George Riehm]

Figure I should get this thread going again (hopefully that is :-))
Here is a picture from Washington DC taken from the Lincoln Memorial...


... Of the Washington Monument and reflecting pool.;)

[ktixx]

... Of the Washington Monument and reflecting pool.;)
Thanks George :)

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv. Ukraine. Olympus C-765UZ. Jun, 24, 2005
The English tank which has been captured in the First world war..

[American Nomad]

Don't know why but I like this view of the Washington Monument. Taken last week.

[American Nomad]

Just a small part of the WWII Memorial.

[ktixx]

nice pictures American Nomad..
I like how simple yet dramatic that stars photograph is.
Ken

[Glenn Kennedy]

Kushnirenko,

How did an English tank wind up in the Ukraine??

[Glenn Kennedy]

also in Prague. the astrnomical clock in Old Town Square

[deadman]

I think this is Lord Nelson taken in Greenwich Park,

[Glenn Kennedy]

Deadman.

It's not Nelson (he didn't wear a tricorn hat). There is a new statue of Nelson in Greenwich Park but it ain't your one. For Nelson see:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/image_galleries/nelson_statue_gallery.shtml?3

The statue in your picture is of General James Wolfe. He is famous for the attack on Quebec in 1759. Sorry French Canadians out there - but we won !

http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/wolfe.htm

[JTL]

The Watchtower at Desert View, Grand Canyon, AZ.

Caon S2, ISO 50, f/8, 1/320 sec., Hoya Pro 1 polarizer
http://JTL.smugmug.com/photos/45016799-L.jpg

[zdzislaw]

hi to you all,
williamstown, melbourne
fuji s 9500
zdzislaw

[cayugan]

a commander in eastern part anatolia lived (I guess) about a thousand years ago..

harput-elazig-turkey

olympus d-550z

[deadman]

Deadman.

It's not Nelson (he didn't wear a tricorn hat). There is a new statue of Nelson in Greenwich Park but it ain't your one. For Nelson see:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/image_galleries/nelson_statue_gallery.shtml?3

The statue in your picture is of General James Wolfe. He is famous for the attack on Quebec in 1759. Sorry French Canadians out there - but we won !

http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/wolfe.htm

Thanks for the correction. My photo is better than theirs ;)

[zdzislaw]

sir edward 'weary' dunlop,
world war the second hero,
regards
zdzislaw

[American Nomad]

Two views of the Monument at Bunker Hill in Boston.

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. 28, Nov, 2005

[Alina Borovikova]

Artem ......

[zdzislaw]

hi,

there was no name...:confused:

kind regards
zdzislaw:)
fuji s 9500

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Dec, 24, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Monument enamoured. View One. Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Dec, 24, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Monument enamoured. View 2. Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Dec, 24, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Sculpture near "Center of health the woman". Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Dec, 24, 2005

[zdzislaw]

hi all

HRH edward VII ,
melbourne,

kind regards
zdzislaw:)
fuji s 9500

[zdzislaw]

caulfield park, melbourne
fuji s 9500

kind regards
zdzislaw:)

[Kushnirenko]

Mechnikov in winter. Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Dec, 24, 2005

[Kushnirenko]

Alexey Alchevsky. Ukraine, Kharkiv. Fuji FinePix S9500. Jan, 6, 2006

[Drago Dundee]

peru,lima....

[zdzislaw]

i have seen it somewhere, probably when i was navigating my ship from one ocean to another...(good old days...);)
of course it is an oil rig !!!:D
on a second t.... yes definitly a light house...

kind regards
zdzislaw:)

[Prospero]

peru,lima....

Your picture reminded me of this one :)

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/pisa.jpg

[zdzislaw]

naaaah mate that must be a copie,;)
poor tradesmanship clearly visible,cheap labor,
i wonder if they got paid...
regards
zdzislaw:)

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Jan, 6, 2006

[Kushnirenko]

Giving water. Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Feb, 4, 2006

[Kushnirenko]

Giving water. Fragment. Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Feb, 4, 2006

[Prospero]

It seems to me he's giving you nothing but snow ;). Nice picture, though.

Here's another picture of a monument giving water; the fountain on Piazza di Popollo in Rome:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/givingwater.jpg

[AaronBBrown]

The site of the beginning of the US Revolutionary War ("the shot heard around the world")

[AaronBBrown]

The shot heard around the world:

[Prospero]

Here's a monument inside the European Parlement in Brussels. It symbolises the unity in Europe.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/unity.jpg

[Phill D]

AaronBBrown I was there recently too - here's my take on the same monuments. First a snapshot...

[Phill D]

And now something a bit more arty......possibly:rolleyes:

[AaronBBrown]

AaronBBrown I was there recently too - here's my take on the same monuments. First a snapshot...

Nice shots!

I live about 15 minutes from Concord, so it's easy for me to get over there any time I feel like it.

[Kushnirenko]

First was coffee... Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Feb, 10, 2006

[Prospero]

Here's a picture of a monument for Saint Paul in front of the San Paolo in Rome:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/sanpaolo.jpg

[zdzislaw]

shrine of remembrance, melbourne,
zdzislaw

[JTL]

S2, ISO 50, f/5, 1/500, 49mm
http://JTL.smugmug.com/photos/55988267-L.jpg

[jasm]

http://www.pbase.com/jascm/start

[Prospero]

Nice picture, Jasm.

Here's a picture of the Baslica San Fransisco di Assisi. A giant monument in remembrance to Saint Franciscus of Assisi.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/sanfransico.jpg

[Phill D]

Thanks Aaron. Unfortunately my visit was very short only about 15 a minute quick stop on the way back to the airport. Maybe I'll get back sometime & spend a bit more time looking around the area.

[Kushnirenko]

We name it - Monument of IE v.3. ;) Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Feb, 14, 2006

[Kushnirenko]

Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Feb, 14, 2006

[Glenn Kennedy]

Do you still have many monumnets like that last one ? Good old-fashioned "socialist-realism". When I visited USSR in 1983 or 1984, they were all over the place. I thought that nearly all of them had been removed in the 90s.

[Kushnirenko]

Do you still have many monumnets like that last one ? Good old-fashioned "socialist-realism". When I visited USSR in 1983 or 1984, they were all over the place. I thought that nearly all of them had been removed in the 90s.
Glenn, really we should will assimilate to communists? And how they to destroy all what was in the past? I think let these monuments will be caution to the future generations.

[Prospero]

Glenn, really we should will assimilate to communists? And how they to destroy all what was in the past? I think let these monuments will be caution to the future generations.

You're right Kushnirenko. These monuments are indeed a good caution for future generations. They reminded me of monuments I saw in Rome in the newest neighbourhood called EUR. Like those communist monuments they are least to say controversial. They have been build by Musolini, the Italian National Socialistleader during the Second World War. These monuments try to demonstrate what Musolini believed to be the superiority of the Italian race.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/monument.jpg

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/monument2.jpg

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/monument3.jpg

[Kushnirenko]

You're right Kushnirenko. These monuments are indeed a good caution for future generations. They reminded me of monuments I saw in Rome in the newest neighbourhood called EUR. Like those communist monuments they are least to say controversial. They have been build by Musolini, the Italian National Socialistleader during the Second World War. These monuments try to demonstrate what Musolini believed to be the superiority of the Italian race.

Thank Prospero.
I think not we should judge a history. But she of us.

[Prospero]

Thank Prospero.
I think not we should judge a history. But she of us.

I partially agree with you there. We should indeed not spend to much time looking at history, but instead spend that time making sure that history will look favourably on us by doing something good whenever possible.

However, having a clear judgement of history may prevent us from making mistakes that have been made in the past. Also, if there's no one who looks back and judges there would be no history.

Well, that's enough philosophical stuff for one day ;). Here's another picture of a monument. Well, the remains of a monument would be more appropriate :).

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/ex-monument.jpg

[Kushnirenko]

I partially agree with you there. We should indeed not spend to much time looking at history, but instead spend that time making sure that history will look favourably on us by doing something good whenever possible.

However, having a clear judgement of history may prevent us from making mistakes that have been made in the past. Also, if there's no one who looks back and judges there would be no history.

Well, that's enough philosophical stuff for one day ;). Here's another picture of a monument. Well, the remains of a monument would be more appropriate :).

Still slightly philosophies:
Time to break monuments. And time to collect monuments ;)
Your shot has superb brought feature under this debate.

[Glenn Kennedy]

It struck me as I looked at that last picture, Prospero, that there could worse bits of an Italian statue left over than an arm, part of a face and one hand !! If those other bits had been left over, I wonder if they would have put them on display??

[Prospero]

It struck me as I looked at that last picture, Prospero, that there could worse bits of an Italian statue left over than an arm, part of a face and one hand !! If those other bits had been left over, I wonder if they would have put them on display??

I think I see your point. I don't know if they would put it on display. I think it would depend on the size (of the statue) :D. If this statue ever broke down, I don't think they would bother too much keeping the part you seem to be refering to :D.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/david.jpg

Isn't it strange how quickly the mood can change from philosophical to humorous :).

By the way, I like the philosophical expression "Time to break monuments. And time to collect monuments" you added to my picture Kushnirenko.

[Glenn Kennedy]

What a filthy mind you have....

Oddly, I had exactly the same statue in mind - it's the copy of David by Michaelangelo that sits on the square outside the Uffizzi in Florence - isn't it ??

[Prospero]

What a filthy mind you have....

Oddly, I had exactly the same statue in mind - it's the copy of David by Michaelangelo that sits on the square outside the Uffizzi in Florence - isn't it ??

You're right, it indeed is the copy of David ;).

[Prospero]

A monument in the park close to where I live. It is a sun dial. Most of the time it's a useless one here in the Netherlands. Especially in the winter. Sunny days seem to become a rarity. It's time that it finaly gets spring again, that is, after the wintersports holidays next week :).

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/sundial.jpg

[JTL]

The "Vijay Stambh" (Victory Tower) in Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan, India...ordered built by Rana Kumbha in 1440 to commemorate his victory over the kingdoms of Malwa and Gujarat...

Canon S2, ISO 50, f/5.0, 1/50, 43mm
http://JTL.smugmug.com/photos/58685941-L.jpg

[jasm]

Not as grand as previous posts but shows the scots are brits really.
jasm

[Prospero]

The Arch of Janus in Rome. This Arch used to have doors in it. Only at times of peace the Romans used to close these doors. As a result, the doors have almost never been closed... :)

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dolkens/pictures/portaianus.jpg

[ktixx]

The "Vijay Stambh" (Victory Tower) in Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan, India...ordered built by Rana Kumbha in 1440 to commemorate his victory over the kingdoms of Malwa and Gujarat...

Canon S2, ISO 50, f/5.0, 1/50, 43mm
http://JTL.smugmug.com/photos/58685941-L.jpg
Great Image JTL...I love the exposure/lighting..
Ken

[Phill D]

Not really a monument but a small gargoyle at Ludlow castle. Bad hair day or just the natural look ;)

[American Nomad]

The Washington Monument last week.

[American Nomad]

Another view.

[Kushnirenko]

In memory of victims in Afghanistan.
Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Apr, 15, 2006

[Kushnirenko]

Wars for the sake of war... (Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq...)
Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Apr, 15, 2006

[Kushnirenko]

On the Afghani tracks
Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Apr, 15, 2006

[Kushnirenko]

I at school shared the same desk with him....
Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Apr, 15, 2006

[Kushnirenko]

They were so are young.
Kremenchuk, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Apr, 15, 2006

[maksla]

Monument of succession of metallurgists.

[Phill D]

I'm really not sure what this is but I've driven past it loads of times & thought one day I'll have a camera & get some shots. Well yesterday was that day & the sun came out too!

[Phill D]

Here's another angle. I was pleased the TZ1 managed to catch the foreground slab with the blue grit on it as well. Still don't know what ithe subject is though.

[Benjamin2007]

Some very different monuments:

The first shot is of a temporary monument to summer and surf-lifesaving in Martin Place, Sydney, Australia
(the red & yellow flags in the flower bed are a symbol of the surf-lifesaving movement)
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The second is of the Cenotaph, Martin Place, a memorial to Australian servicemen and women who've died in war, particularly WWI & WWII.
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Third, a statue of Prince Albert, Prince-Consort/Husband of Queen Victoria.
(Albert's features were a little obscured in darkness in this high-contrast shot originally, so I raised the brightness and colour saturation levels a little and lowered the contrast a little to increase the visible details in the statue, in addition to resizing for posting).
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Finally, Queen Victoria. (The light was beginning to fail as dusk approached, so Victoria was also obscured in darkness especially against the dark background of the trees from Hyde Park North, so I applied the same post capture image processing as I did to Albert above).
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I hope the results were reasonably pleasing. :)

[Benjamin2007]

Some photos of Federation Pavilion, which commemorates the Federation of Australian States and Territories in 1901 to form the Commonwealth of Australia.

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[Spookonthe8ball]

Benjamin, Thanks for the tour around Sydney. Very nice :)

[500mL]

My contribution to this thread and addition to the Washington Monument shots :D Great amazing shots btw!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2098/1767924698_4b1d38007f.jpg

[SpecialK]

Monument enamoured. View 2. Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Dec, 24, 2005

With the grafitti and MacDonalds, it could be here (California) except for the snow.

[Benjamin2007]

Obelisk erect:
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Obelisk detail, erected by George Thornton, Mayor of Sydney, in 1857,
(I like the two sphinx' at the base of the pillar):
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cheers,

[Benjamin2007]

Below a few shots from the Australian War Memorial, Hyde Park, commemorating the sacrifice of Australian servicemen & women in all theatres of war in which the Australian Defence Forces have served:

Daylight exterior detail:
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Interior monument to the fallen:
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4" deck-gun from the German raider "Emden", sunk off the Cocos Islands in November 1914, by HMAS Sydney:
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Inscription panels from the above monument:
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cheers,

[SpecialK]

Although this marker says "Stovepipe Wells", and it is outside of the community of Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley, there is only one well. A stovepipe was stuck into the well to aid locating it when shifting sand began to cover it.
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[Benjamin2007]

A monument to Australian and Allied Jewish soldiers, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney:

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[toriaj]

Ok given all the significant monuments you showcased here, this comment may be shallow ... but great sky on #1! Was that with your polarizer? :D
great shots by the way

[Benjamin2007]

Ok given all the significant monuments you showcased here, this comment may be shallow ... but great sky on #1! Was that with your polarizer? :D
great shots by the way

Hi Tori,

Shallow comment? Not at all, I expect the main interest in any photo's posted to the Forums will be in their photographic merit, or otherwise, regardless of subject matter. :)

I have mixed feelings about the monuments I've photographed, on the one hand they're simply subjects I've photographed, on the other I'm fascinated by their power to communicate at all levels, especially emotional and symbolic, and how their imagery impacts those who view them...

If you mean the first post on this page, i.e. post# 111, actually no, I didn't use the polariser on that one. I took the photo before the posting date of 12FEB08 and I only bought the polariser on 17MAR08, a month later. :)

Glad you like the photo's though, most were taken within the first six months of my foray into digital photography, so it was still very early days.:p:o It is now some seven months since I started shooting digital and I'm beginning to see some improvement! :) Since Oct07, I realise now that I should've considered this a completely fresh and new start (any film shooting experience I had was so long ago as to be meaningless now and my childhood photography wasn't that good nor did I have that much film experience anyway). It was only my pride and arrogance that prevented me from accepting that I was starting from scratch all over again, thankfully I'm over that and can actually relax and really enjoy the learning process! :):D

cheers,