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Friday 21 May 2010

Round Robin Photo Challenge - Statues




This month's Round Robin Photo Challenge was Statues.

The first picture was taken in Paris at the Sacre Coeur. I have a real thing about gargoyles and was really gutted to have missed out on climbing to the top of Notre Dame to get up close to them all, but unfortunately we had all of our baggage with us that day - not good for climbing up 200 odd narrow steps!

The next two pictures were taken in Rome, the first is taken outside of St Peters in the Vatican and the second is a beautiful fountain outside the church which holds the famous 'mouth of truth' from the film Roman Holiday starring one of my idols Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck.

The last picture was taken at a museum in Istanbul and is of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. My husband is an avid historian and especially loves the Roman period and having seen this statue in many books was overjoyed at seeing it in person. I love the effect that the lighting has on the statute in this one.

I look forward to hearing your comments!

12 comments:

  1. Hi Dawn, you have some great shots here, really digging the b&W approach, which shows off the light, shadows and texture in these shots. The sidelighitng really makes the last shot pop, you could try tidying up the background in post processing but removing the slightly distrating shadows on the left hand edge? all in-all a great set well done!

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  2. Beautiful b&w so loving it. Happy weekend!

    Round Robin~Statue

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  3. Oh these are all fabulous! How exciting it must be to see these great pieces in person.

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  4. Beautiful! I knew I recognized that first one...:) As was said before, the black and white really make these pop.

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  5. Hi!
    Beautiful Statues! The second one if I'm not mistaken, was in the recent movie of persius and the Olympians. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Sherrie's Stuff
    http://sherrie-plummer.blogspot.com/2010/05/round-robin-photo-challenge.html

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  6. The choices are endless for statues to photograph in Europe. What a place to be for this theme! Your photography is very nice on these...nice choices!

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  7. Hi Dawn :)

    What an impressive series of statues! I love the gargoyel, they always capture my imagination! All your pictures are a pleasure to view, honestly I could sit here all day! The fountain is magnificent! Nicely done!

    -Carly

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  8. Beautiful photos. I'm rather jealous of your travel to Rome and Paris, as I,ve not made it to either place yet.

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  9. How nice that you were able to get pictures of these statues. I like them all. Great captures!

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  10. Wow! Awesome photos! I so love gargoyles myself! Well done!

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  11. How cool and cosmopolitan! My favorites are the gargoyle and the fountain. Excellent photos!

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  12. these are all gorgeous darling i like the gargoyle best, you know you cant bet a good gargoyle xxxx

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