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*Sprinkling*


*Sprinkling*
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Copyright: Thor Thor (thor68) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 412 W: 117 N: 762] (4536)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-04
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Sigma DC 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3, SanDisk Ultra II 1GB, Hoya UV 62mm
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-30 9:30
Viewed: 791
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
*Cleaning the Alexander Garden*

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Alexander Garden (Russian: Александровский сад)
was one of the first public parks in Moscow. It
occupies all the length of the western Kremlin
wall in front of the Moscow Manege.

After the Neglinnaya River was encapsulated in an
underground pipe, they decided to turn the former
riverbed into a public park. It was laid out in
1819-1823 to a design by Osip Bove and named
after the reigning emperor. The park comprises
three separate gardens, which stretch along the
western Kremlin wall for 865 meters.

The park's most prominent feature is the outlying
Kutafya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. A ruined
grotto was constructed to Bove's design
underneath the Middle Arsenal Tower in 1841. The
garden's cast iron gate and grille were designed
to commemorate the Russian victories over
Napoleon.

In 1913, when the tercentenary of the Romanov
dynasty was being celebrated, they erected an
obelisk in the Upper Garden. Five years later, it
was reconstructed by the Bolsheviks into a
monument to the Russian Revolution. In 1967, they
constructed the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with
eternal flame brought from the Field of Mars in
Leningrad.
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Hi Thorsten
Nice composition, light, sharpness on a quirky scene ... the guard looks quite enthralled by what's going on!
Good work
Rew

  • Great 
  • ose Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 508 W: 0 N: 18] (5420)
  • [2006-07-31 18:18]

Hi Thorsten
Looks like he is gonna drow hes gun to coming monster truck. Russian cowboy :) Nice moment shot. Great details, sharpnes, light, DOF and POV.
Well done mf

osse

hallo thorsten,

ich finde die Komposition sehr gelungen: die Neugier des Soldaten, der aufmerksam den Wagen beobachtet und wahrscheinlich sehnsüchtigt von einer kalten Dusche träumt..:)!Die Szene hat für mich eine auf den ersten Blick nicht sichtbare tiefe Bedeutungsebene - ein Mensch vergisst sich selbst, die risige Stadt, die um ihn herum pulsiert, seine gesellschaftliche Stellung etc., und geniesst etwas so Einfaches und Bedeutungsloses, dass es den meisten Menschen nicht mal auffallen würde.
Es macht mir wirklich Spaß das Foto zu betrachten.
Danke.
grüsse
mirek

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