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Singapore Peace Dove


Singapore Peace Dove
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Copyright: Dennis Bours (Dpbours) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 430 W: 59 N: 398] (2066)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-19
Categories: Daily Life, Artwork
Camera: Nikon D200 DSLR, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED AF-S VR, SanDisk EXTREME III, Hoya 72mm SuperHMC Pro 1 UV
Exposure: f/3.8, 1 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Singapore
Date Submitted: 2007-09-16 5:57
Viewed: 871
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Economy is doing well in Singapore and for that reason the peace doves can be a bit fatter here ;-).
No, a 'piece of art' on one of the riverbanks in the banking district. There you go, banking district... fat peace doves...
On the opposite bank of the river you see the Asian Civilisations Museum. I tilted the shot to get the whole dove in it + the Asian Civilisations Museum on the other bank. I am not at all a fan of tilted horizons, but I felt it could work for this shot.


The peace dove is not the only symbol for peace!!
The V-sign for victory, the turned-up-side-down Mercedes sign, ie. peace sign that was originally meant as a sign for nuclear disarmament, the rainbow, 'salaam' and 'shalom', the Pax Cultura and the Japanese peace bell of the UN are other symbols for peace.

In Judaism and Christianity, a white dove is generally a sign for peace. An example is the story of the Arc of Noah in the Hebrew Bible, in which the dove came back with an olive branche in his beak. In the New Testament, the dove is also a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

The rainbow as a peace sign isn't really religiously neutral either. "The rainbow represents God's promise to humankind that He will never again destroy the earth with a flood and that He will never abandon them."

The up-side-down Mercedes sign for peace is not so neutral either. The sign stands for ND in semaphoric sign language, stating 'Nuclear Disarmament'.


The "V-sign" is probably the most neutral peace sign! It's also called the "peace sign" and the "victory sign," is a hand gesture with the index and middle fingers open and all others closed.
Originally strictly a sign for victory, it developed into a peace sign during protests against the Vietnam War (and subsequent anti-war protests) and by the counterculture as a sign of peace.

Originally its symbolic meaning was love. John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono later made "Peace and love" an ongoing theme in their relationship and public "sleep-ins".
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  • Hendrika Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1752 W: 582 N: 4126] (17846)
  • [2007-09-16 10:35]

...and all that was before your time....
Lovely picture here - love the rounded Peace Dove and the city lights in the BG.
Good composition this way.
TFS
Els
:)follow

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1464 W: 126 N: 2045] (17699)
  • [2007-09-16 10:50]

Hello Dennis, I like very much yor night shots. This one is very unusual but it has something different that I like. Good composition and very good technique. Did you try different white balance in it ? THanks !

Mario

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  • Janone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3362 W: 86 N: 2738] (18097)
  • [2007-09-16 13:32]
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Hallo Dennis.
Beautiful picture, I like the composition and the tilting very much in this shot. Excellent lighted evening piture, wish I was there now again.
Jan

Anjhello Scoring System:
DOF - 3 POV - 3 CREATIVITY - 3 COMPOSITION - 3
LIGHTING - 3 SHARPNESS - 3 COLORS - 2

Average: 2.86

Range:
1 point: Average < 1.99
2 points: Average > 2.00

Scoring System:
1 Good 2 Better 3 Best

tfs!

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  • k-2 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 638 W: 6 N: 428] (2746)
  • [2007-09-16 19:38]

The photo is crisp and colourful. The subject matter is odd though. Not your fault if you are simply trying to document what you see.
TFS. K2

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  • ralph Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 179 W: 13 N: 253] (3633)
  • [2007-09-17 5:03]

Wow quite a note Dennis,two points there all ready.Wonderful reflections in the Peace Dove,great POV and BG adds much to the photo.
Nico.

interesting said on the wellfeed bird ..this is an interesting nitght shot,,the greenish light highlight the curvature of this bird is nice.

Very nice night shot here Dennis! I love the tilt to the shot! Really superb colors and details!
Linda
B-)

so good the tilt.. it's lovely.. great sense of the scene.. great pov.. night lights of the town are beautifull.. well done!
ciao Marco

p.s. a good note!!

Hello Dennis

I like the scene, of the sculpture, but I find her a little dark. in fact it is a night picture, their effects are beautiful, I like colors obtained in the sculpture.
Only that I already posted a picture like this in the diagonal, and I received criticize that she didn't please for the position.
Interesting it doesn't find!

Congratulations

Sérgio
:)

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