Massacre Memorial Obelisk Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Gwangju Massacre Memorial Obelisk, at sunset, commemorating the May 18, 1980 murder, of between 250 & 2,000 university students & civilians, by the brutal military dictatorship, of Chun Doo-hwan.

More info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_Massacre

japiey, JanD, snunney, riclopes, syd1946, chinchini, mvdisco, zeca, paura has marked this note useful

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Gustaw (21670) 2008-03-31 2:02

Hi, friend!
It is interesting monument in Korea. I like your oryginal composition. Good colours and interesting light. Well done.
Marek

japiey (9491) 2008-03-31 2:04

Hi Chris,

Excellent POV to show this architecture.
Good sunset moods, enhancing the concept.
All the best, dear friend.

jp

JanD (14681) 2008-03-31 2:21

Howdy Chris!
Very interesting monument. Good idea. Very good work. Original point of view. Fantastic lightness. Great effect.
Regards!

snunney (34656) 2008-03-31 2:22

Hello Chris,
A good capture of this memorial against an interesting sky. The silhouette is well captured with some detail still visible. Tones are excellent.

riclopes (32967) 2008-03-31 2:25

Olá Chris, an attractive strong perspective with a wonderful sky as a background. Good contrasts resulting in a beautiful graphic image. I specially like the detail on top. I wonder if there's an interior that can be visited as well as those bridges...
Have a nice week,
ricardo

barrufeto_77 (25705) 2008-03-31 3:07

Hi Chris.

Excellent colours in the sky!!!! Nice contrasts!

Rgs, Oscar

UnTrained (0) 2008-03-31 3:17

Hi Chris,
the POV with the view up and the great light make this one very attracting, I like the blue changing to this red and pink. Well done to keep this memorial alone.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

devimeuxbe (55853) 2008-03-31 3:55

Hi Chris
You get a beautifull light behind this monument
The perspective also is impressive
Well done
Bertrand

syd1946 (17869) 2008-03-31 3:58

Hello Chris,
Great perspective to the top of the memorial obelisk!Also the light and the colouring are very special adding a lot of nice effect to the sky!

Thomas

chinchini (27513) 2008-03-31 9:21

Salut Chris,
Une bien grande image pour honorer tous ces étudiants et civils tués. De bonnes couleurs des nuages mettent mieux en valeur l'obélisque. C'est très bon !
Mes amitiés
Pierre

jonathan_hart (22570) 2008-03-31 10:00

great composition thanks to this wonderful sky as BG ! the low POV makes the monument more impressive
regards
jo

mvdisco (11466) 2008-03-31 21:42

Bonsoir Chris,
Beau mémorial pour commémorer le massacre de Gwangju où des milliers d'étudiants et civiles furent tué, Beau point de vue original de ce mémorial et composition, Excellent cliché sous un ciel magnifique .
Mes salutations
Michel

zeca (20026) 2008-03-31 22:05

Hello Chris!
The POV makes this memorial even bigger, so its importance looks like also bigger. The blue sky makes nice contrast. Well done!
Regards,
Zeca

dvlazar (6474) 2008-03-31 22:36

Youve shot the monument in a creative way - on the angle like that. The sky of course is the key to why this shot is such a winner.
Congrats!

Dave

Graal (57689) 2008-03-31 23:43

Bonjour Chris,
unusual monument, fine perspective, simple but nice composition.
Gr., Aleksander

Budapestman (41618) 2008-04-01 0:36

Hi Chris,
Very impressive image with spectacular POV. Colours and lights are beautiful, very attractive shot with effective perspective. Great! Have a nice day
George

paura (38278) 2009-01-30 15:17

Chris,
The management os the geographic shapes image is really nic. Colors/shadows are other great element. well done!

Abraço

Paulo

batalay (20826) 2009-10-11 2:42

Hello Chris,

In the random order that you've selected for your images to appear on your 'Overview page', this extraordinarily powerful monument came up. It reminded me of one of the four memorials in Galipoli (in this instance, the Turkish) where the lives of our respective ancestors intersected, and resulted in transformative results for both. I don't have a scanned formed of the slide that I could share with you, but I did write about it right after my father passed away in early 2003. if you have time, take a gander at the story as it appears at my website, " as a testimonial...". But in seeing this image, I've decided to locate the slide and post it in the website, and perhaps on TE.

Warm regards from Virginia,

Bulent