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Death Revisited


Death Revisited
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Copyright: Dirk Jansen van Rensburg (xvs1100) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 142 W: 51 N: 132] (958)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2005-08-31
Categories: Architecture, Artwork, Abstract
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix S3500, 52mm L-PL
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/680 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-09-11 7:06
Viewed: 716
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Jewish Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is a stomach churning place.

It was built to commemorate the Jewish people who died in the concentration camps in Germany during the Second World War.

In a weird twist of fate, it is situated in the same place where the front garden of Hitler's palace used to be.

The same company that manufactured the poison gas for the gas chambers in the camps, manufactured the graffiti proof paint, with which the blocks are painted. In an effort to correct their wrongdoing at that time.

Few places in the world contains such a horrid mix of different opinions and peculiar twists and just the feeling of waste and dispair.

The stones are cast in cement and painted grey, thousands of them. I could have shown it in colour and the effect would still be grey. (see ws posting)

I cropped the original picture, filtered through red and then B&W and adusted shadows and brightness before adding the frame.
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  • Great 
  • haben Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 203 W: 10 N: 22] (1161)
  • [2007-09-11 7:11]

hi dirk
a great bw work. the compo and perspective is fantastic. the contrast is very good. it must be a great memorial place. i only knew photos of it but it must be impressive if you really stand there.
have a nice time
haben

Hi Dirk
harika ve enteresan bir çalışma olmus gerçekten tebrikler.
Murat.

Hola Dirk.
Buenos efectos los conseguidos con la imagen en b/w.
Un triste recordatorio de algo que nunca debió suceder.
Saludos y tfs, JL.

good bw work, good perspective, shadows, light and frame!
well done

great contrast and framing...but i especially enjoyed the note...very interesting...it gives this otherwise ambiguous photo (for those of us who didn't know what it was of) so much more meaning...thanks for sharing...peace***

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  • pemi71 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 539 W: 13 N: 59] (2621)
  • [2007-09-11 13:29]

Hello Dirk ,
Very good composition, colours(B&W) and light ,line ,line...
Excellent framing!
tfs

Petar

hi Dirk,
good capture of shapes and interesting optical appearance

Best regards, Daniel

Hi!
Great experimantal picture with good depth ,very nice!
Jonas

Hello Dirk

Superb image here and very interesting notes.. a thought provoking posting my friend.

Excellent choice in monotones I much prefer this to the WS as it has much greater feeling

Good post

TFS regards Helen

very strong image because of hte history behind.. in terms of photography,m i love it and the pathway of the blocks... repetition is great, as well as the black and white conversion!
Tfs,
Have a nicce day,
V.

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  • Ruut Gold Star Critiquer [C: 254 W: 8 N: 33] (1277)
  • [2007-11-09 11:53]

Hello Dirk,
Impressive picture, impressive monument. Well seen, good POV and light. Good composition. Good choice for B&W.
Well done,
Ruut

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