Millennium Peace
‘Millennium Peace’ is the name of a sculpture in Beacon Hill Park at Clover Point.
If you want to see a more conventional view of it, look here, and here you will find out a bit more of the message it wants to convey.
I like the message, and I like the sculpture from a distance when it looks like a rough bit of stone. And I like this view of it better than many others.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon 50mm/f1.4 lens, ISO800, f7.1, 1/1250th, Processed in Lightroom 4 and Topaz B&W Effects.
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I love this – considerable impact; a very strong image.
David.
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Thank you David!
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It looks majestic here, I like the way you’ve processed it.
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Thank you Karen on both counts. The other shots I made of this statue were not nearly so pleasing – the PoV made all the difference.
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This is a wonderful sculpture and this is a very interesting shot of it. Not conventional but still a strong image. It’s the simplicity of some of your photos that are the strongest.
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Thank you Ken. I took this photo the same time that I took all those horizontal and diagonal shots of the horizon and railings. I was in a simplifying mood that morning, that is for sure.
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This shot makes the sculpture look HUGE so it was a surprise to go to your links and see it’s actual size. I like the angle on this, and the contrast between the smooth orange sky and the rough stone.
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Hi Melinda – it does make it seem much bigger than it really is, though I think some of the other photos make it look smaller. I took this photo while standing up (if I remember correctly, which I might not since I seem to spend a lot of time on my knees when taking pictures, and sometimes on my belly). I like that contrast too. In some ways the original, whcih is very blue, has nicer texture in the stone. I should figure out how to layer images and pull the original stone into this background. It would be a nicer shot.
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I have a vague-ish idea about how to layer to get the effect you want, but not enough to write a tutorial (that doesn’t help, like that last one I wrote!)…. But I think it would make a strong image.
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Thanks for the strong image comment. There are many reasons to try, not least of which is learning how to do it. Finding the time these days is a problem, but who knows I might plunge into it over the weekend.
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