This is the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.
The following is engraved on the memorial
Here are recorded names of officers and men of the British Armies who fell on the Somme battlefields July 1915 February 1918 but to whom the fortune of war denied the known and honoured burial given to their comrades in death.
On this memorial are over 72,000 names of the Commonwealth Soldiers who gave their life fighting in the Somme but have no known grave...........
There are 300 Commonwealth and 300 French Soldiers buried at Thiepval, most of them Unknown's......it recognizes the joint sacrifice of these two groups.........
I traveled there as part of the ANZAC 2010 Memorial to recognize the sacrifice of Australian Soldiers during times of war, the main services on ANZAC Day, the 25th April.
I didn't submit this image to score well, I submitted it as it meant something to me, and I wanted to share it with the community. For those of you who it means nothing to, well, that is fine. It is those who it will mean something to, whether many or few, that this is for, and for whatever comments and thoughts you have after seeing this, I thank you.............
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest We Forget
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Subject There are many memorials all over the world. Sometimes when we visit one we are touched in our souls. For me it was Pearl Harbor, and for you it was here. Although I have never been to this place, I feel that you have captured the essence of it very well.
Composition The perspective here is perfect. I really like the way that you lead us through the picture from the memorial stone back to the resting places. My only thought for improvement would have been to cut off the top of the archway on the right. The partial wreath pulls my eye a bit away from the main subjects of the scene.
Lighting and Color I feel that your use of selective desaturation here is perfect. It provides a pop point of where you want us to start looking when we first see your picture. From there we are lead into the back part of the photo. I know that you had no control over the weather that day for lighting, but I actually feel that the cloudy day and subsequent lighting is very appropriate for this subject.
Thank you again for sharing and if you have any questions about this critique please send me a pm!
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