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Russian Empress-Dowager to be reburied this September
Russian Empress-Dowager to be reburied this September
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Challenge: Photojournalism II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DL Aspherical IF Hyperzoom for Nikon
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: Apr 28, 2006
Aperture: f10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Architecture, History
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

 Danish Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar, daughter of Danish king Christian IX, left Denmark in September in 1866 when she was 18 years old. She moved to Russia and was married to prins Alexander, 21 years old at the time. He later became zsar Alexander III and Dagmar Empress-Dowager of Russia. Alexander died in 1894.
In 1919, two years after the Russian revolution, she fled to Copenhagen and died in Denmark on October 13th. 1928. She was buried in Roskilde where almost all Danish Kings and Queens lay buried. In September 2006, 140 years after she went to Russia for the first time, she will be laid to rest beside her beloved husband in St. Petersburg in Russia.
Her Russian name was Maria Fyodorovna. She was the mother of the last Russian zsar Nicolai II.
Her father, Christian IX is sometimes called Europe's father in law. His daughter Alexandra was Married to King Edward VII. Thus Dagmar/Maria Fyodorova was George V's aunt.
This is a photograph of The Russian Church in Copenhagen, built in her honour.

Statistics
Place: 80 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.7401
Avg (commenters): 6.6364
Avg (participants): 5.5417
Avg (non-participants): 5.8762
Views since voting: 1658
Views during voting: 318
Votes: 177
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 05/16/2006 10:31:05 AM
this is great! love the processing
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 05/09/2006 12:57:41 PM
Not knowing the story behind this, it was hard for me to see a story in it. After reading YOUR comments it makes a lot of sense to me. And, it's not uncommon to run a photo like this with a story like that. So, now, I have to say well-done on it. I wish the story could have run with the photo. That would have been neat, huh?

Technically, this photo is really good and despite probably getting a few DMNC votes scored somewhat well.

Is it photojournalism? Yes, I'd have to say. Does it stand alone? No, especially not to us not in the know. I'm actually ashamed I'm wasn't in the know on this, as I usually like to keep up on world events.

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 05/08/2006 01:37:17 AM
Fantastic shot,just love the strong tones and the gilded towers. Þessi er alveg frábær..það er nú meiri hraðferðin á þér :) og svo bara í borðana!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2006 09:56:41 PM
This is a nice photo but I guesss I'd need to know what building it is to make the connection to the theme...Sorry...
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 05/07/2006 07:14:50 PM
Lovely...great work
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 05/07/2006 08:49:40 AM
Very good composition and lovely colours.
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 05/05/2006 04:48:49 PM
Great color and great tone. And it made me google the title - can't ask for much more from a front page photo.
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 05/05/2006 11:35:39 AM
beautiful photograph, but its relationship to the challenge is not at all clear - the only thing carrying it is the title
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 05/04/2006 09:37:43 PM
This looks like a good idea but it looks processed to hell. It has a fake look to it.
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 05/03/2006 11:48:41 PM
Love the shot, but the title suggests a scene of a grave or graveyard.
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 05/03/2006 08:35:59 PM
Excellent shot.....
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 05/02/2006 04:33:16 AM
nice ... the colors are very cool ! but the russian emperess should be also on the photo :-) ... for news magazine sake, :)
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 05/02/2006 12:48:58 AM
Great shot ... very well done
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 05/01/2006 04:07:35 PM
I like whatever you've done to the colors on this one.
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 05/01/2006 09:34:31 AM
This says nice scenic to me, not photojournalism.
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 05/01/2006 07:01:15 AM
Beautiful saturation!
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 05/01/2006 01:39:26 AM
Great shot. If I could change one thing I might lighten the sky. It's a stark contrast but a bit unreal looking. 9
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