Monument To The Fallen Defenders

I hereby express my gratitude to my fellow combatants and mycondolences to their close ones!

Thank you for your attention dearcolleagues!

PDE

Questa tua bella foto in B/W, è frutto della tua parte "solida e reale": senza giochi di fantasia ci racconti della"forza" del genere umano, qui ci sono solo dei maschi ma so che anche tu sai che la "vera e silenziosa forza" è quella delle donne.  

il cielo aumenta l'intensità e la forza di questa scultura,sara felice anche l'artista !complimenti e ancora grazie per i buoni consigli,saluti paul

Very interesting picture, even I find it very beautiful the sky

Gianluigi

An excellent photo of a statue.  Wonderful lighting.  best, jamie

This is a great image. The angle and definition, tones, sky all work wonders. I love it! You have many strong and powerful images. I'm glad to have found your work. Cheers!

My friend  Pierre,

This image defines Strength and Nobility.

A magnificent display, well composed and presented.

I feel as if I am standing nearby, peering up to take in this fine scene.

Best Regards,  Uncle Mike

Brilliant image, PDE...very lively...my best

Very strong and dramatic image , good choice of VP . Excellent capture . Bill

Nicely captured and as always thank you for all your comments. rek.

Perfect point of view, well seen in B&W. Powerful monument itself. Thanks for sharing.

Grigoriy

What a monument!

In Budapest they have taken all such and made a park outside the city.

This capture does justice to the monument,well composed and presented.

Regards,

TSR

A beautiful shot with very nice details and lighting, Pierre!

Ben fatto Pierre, l'insieme della composizione è pienamente coerente con lo stile dell'opera fotografata!

Beautiful monument and photo

Rafael

Excellent picture Pierre, well rendered B&W with lovely contrasts, awesome.

Puno mi se dopada ova c/b fotografija, upakovana u tvoj besprekorni koncept dizajna. Toniranje je izvanredno, tekstura takođe kao i kontrola svetla. Na kraju, dirljiva i topla posveta palim braniocima. Svaka čast, prijatelju!

Great image ,with very good tones .

Regards .

Very strong and beautiful image. Best regards, Masa

The angle and strong point of view gives this photo power. It seems absolutely right that they should be towering in heroic scale against the sky.

I don't like such a monument. It remembers me to the nationalistic monuments from te past in Germany, Sovjet-Union and Easteuropean countries. The idea is that war is heroic, but in reality it is cruel. Showing muscles is not always the solution. Best regards Marco

Your low point of view gives so much power to the shot, it is a well sculptured monument made more so by your expert photography...Regards

It reminds me of the statue of the unknown Russian soldier I saw many years ago towering over the russian war memorial in West Berlin that was before the wall came down. It was in the British military sector of West Berlin, and you could not approach it from within 200 meters as it was guarded by Soviet soldiars only if you went by tour bus you could see it from close by which I decided to do then. The battle for Berlin one of the brutalest battles of the Second World War. Street to street and house to house fighting. The population of Berlin suffered for the worst with many incidents of looting, murder and worst rape. The defeated Germans could not expect any pity from their Russian victors as the brutal Nazi SS, SD and Gestapo had burnt villages and destroyed crops and live stock and mass executed, murdered, looted and raped many innocent people in Russia.  In any case interesting perspective and impressive image with good lighting. One wonders what is the story behind these men. What horrors they had to put up with to defend their country. Best regards to you Pierre

Beautiful detailed shot with excellent b&w tones Pierre!

Best Regards