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Challenge: Wide Angle (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon
Location: Berlin
Date: Oct 16, 2005
Galleries: Urban, Political
Date Uploaded: Oct 16, 2005

 This is the Monument to the Victims of Tyranny and War, on Unter den Linden in Berlin. The town seems to be full of monuments one way or another - Liebeskind's Jewish Life museum, the Holocaust Memorial, Checkpoint Charlie (for all the crass touristicness, most of Hildebrandt's work remains impressive and valuable), the Topoggraphy of Terror site with the only remaining part of the Wall ...

For me the city remains central to the process of growing up. I was 21 when the wall came down, and it and what it symbolised was the overriding concern of all our political lives as I grew up. To meet, and live for a very short while amonst the East Berlin/German people has been a wonderful thing.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 253
Avg (all users): 7.0308
Avg (commenters): 8.2857
Avg (participants): 6.6522
Avg (non-participants): 7.4196
Views since voting: 5332
Views during voting: 485
Votes: 227
Comments: 47
Favorites: 33 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/03/2008 07:22:13 PM
This one is like a story. I wish there was a button to add an image as a 'super favorite'... I would have added this one:-)

Message edited by author 2008-10-03 19:28:24.
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 10/11/2006 01:43:35 PM
Never saw this image before, I must say this is a awesome and strong photo here. The best I have seen...This should have been number one
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 10/24/2005 10:50:53 PM
bye bye richard harris. no couldn't be, it isn't a bar.

E301, I find you to be my favorite photographer, and appreciate your entry here. I wish you would enter more often....
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 10/24/2005 10:20:58 PM
Did not vote, nor even look at the entries. This is sublime, subtle and stylish and so wins my S-S-Special Hindsight Blue Ribbon (a very rare & quite worthless award). Surely the man in the overcoat is Richard Harris?
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 10/24/2005 06:03:41 PM
Simple and wonderfully interesting...refreshing approach..love your processing.
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 10/24/2005 05:20:02 PM
Great image! Congrats on a top ten, outstanding work!
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 10/24/2005 09:41:01 AM
Lovley rich shot Ed - which one is the statue?
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 10/24/2005 06:57:22 AM
One of the best of the Challenge in my opinion. Brilliant perspective and an original take on the Challenge. Congratulations on the great finish.
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 10/24/2005 06:44:58 AM
WTG for top 10. This was a favourite of mine.
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 10/24/2005 12:49:48 AM
congrats on top 10!
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 10/24/2005 12:44:44 AM
This was so all kinds of good!!
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 10/24/2005 12:22:59 AM
this is an outstanding shot, ed...congrats on Top 10. should have placed higher, though.
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 10/24/2005 12:11:58 AM
You were robbed... Congrats on top 10 anyway! :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/23/2005 08:14:16 PM
I love the light in this, great capture.
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 10/23/2005 07:14:51 PM
I love this scene, I love this photo. I love the stark contrast between the sculpture, the room, and the people. I love the triple play on wods, here I am contemplating a picture of people contemplating a sculpture of someone contemplating.

I've got to say it again, I love the whole set up, the coloring in the people's clothes vs. the greys of the surroundings. This is a personal fave of this contest. Exceptionally well done.
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 10/23/2005 02:44:37 PM
Amazing image, I love it
reminds me of the film Baraka
10
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 10/23/2005 12:44:39 PM
Excellent. Great use of space and very nice composition
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 10/22/2005 10:37:13 PM
excellent work and processing. we're watching the ones who are watching.

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 10/22/2005 06:45:30 PM
The way this fellow is leaning on to the side of the person next to him makes you almost hear them whispering their comments about the figure of their admiration. Wonderful composition really. Good work.
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 10/22/2005 05:19:09 PM
Neat shot! Very nice and razor sharp. 10
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 10/22/2005 03:16:45 PM
very nice composition..
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 10/21/2005 01:06:26 AM
Awesome WA capture of this place as you can really feel the largenss of its dimensions. Tones are very nice and I like the dramatic lighting. However, I find the people to be distracting because you seem to have captured them at a random moment. The man has his back to us and is talking to another person.
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 10/20/2005 11:26:15 PM
Very nice. One of my favourites of the contest. Nice to have something that's not just anther landscape.
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 10/20/2005 11:11:07 PM
Interesting picture. Love the lighting and simplicity of it.
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 10/20/2005 09:04:15 PM
excellent desaturation and image in general
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 10/20/2005 06:24:02 PM
Nice. I like the scale as well as the simplicity.
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 10/20/2005 08:41:10 AM
unique subject, great sense of space around the people/statue, use of color fits the minimal theme, one of my ribbon picks
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 10/19/2005 05:18:06 PM
Original. Excellent use of tonality with impeccable lighting. 9 for now, maybe a 10 later.
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 10/19/2005 04:39:43 AM
this is a great use of space - looks like a still life - as if the people are statuesque too ... 7
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 10/19/2005 01:11:35 AM
I would really like to have seen this without the lady/dude in the blue... great picture!
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 10/18/2005 10:30:26 PM
Great photo here! Interesting subjects and contrasts in the colours. I wonder if it wouldn’t have been more effective with one person say sitting in front of the statue in a similar pose. Anyway, just a thought. Good job! :>)
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 10/18/2005 09:02:42 PM
Nice one. I like that you left so much space around the figures. Good light, too. Congrats.
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 10/18/2005 06:13:41 PM
favorite in the challenge. 10
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 10/18/2005 01:03:20 PM
This image almost slipped past me. Very strong technically but not really striking visually until you look at it for a moment. I really am glad I slowed down enough to pay attention to this one. Its superb. A 10 from me.

Good Luck! =)
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 10/18/2005 12:50:52 PM
Beautiful!
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 10/18/2005 09:59:43 AM
EXCELLENT light and shadow play in this image...this is so nice in so many ways...you have really captured the essence of what is going on...I can almost hear the echo of their quiet whispers and foot steps...well done.
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 10/18/2005 07:30:38 AM
OO soo cool i made some pictures of this war monument in berlin, this one rocks ho'
The place was soo impressive, and the way the light came down on the figure was awesome
10
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 10/18/2005 02:20:53 AM
This would be really interesting without the people in there! But I love it just the same - nice shot. The hidden person is a little distracting.
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 10/18/2005 01:44:23 AM
I like the shadows and the whole feel of this one. Great shot.
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 10/17/2005 11:12:31 PM
Awesome....Great job..!!!
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 10/17/2005 10:07:17 PM
Simplisic beauty. I like the balance and the the vast elook of the space the wide angle view gives this shot. The rom has depth with this view. Excellent work!
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 10/17/2005 07:35:09 PM
Wow! This is very nice and really fits the challenge. It is one of my top picks.
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 10/17/2005 01:00:16 PM
Such a strong image, really. Nice desaturated tones.
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 10/17/2005 11:48:48 AM
Stunning... Absolutely beautiful. 10
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 10/17/2005 08:43:32 AM
Very well done. I like the single sat of the people. Great light. This has an impactful sense even though it is quite minimalistic. I like this very much.
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 10/17/2005 05:43:43 AM
Very good, was about to say "too centered" but I think it works. A bit ambivalent on the selective coloring, maybe all b/w would work well too. NIce picture!
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 10/17/2005 05:18:03 AM
I like this very much. I might like it more if the blue coat were desatted a bit more, but all in all it's an intrigiuning image that keeps me looking. I liek that no faces are visible.
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