Monday, September 18, 2006

A few good men (I)

Statues, a mundane topic, I guess its an unavoidable one. They represent the vital personnel behind the making of the town to where it is now. Its an interesting task to photograph them in different light of the day...first, I introduce..
Horváth Mihály Oct 20,1809 (szentes) - Aug 19, 1978* (karlsbad)
he was a bishop, historian and politician..
and the founder of nationally known local theatre & language school .
In another angle, the statue looks like Pope John Paul II, don't you think?
*oops! Correction : 1878

13 comments:

JaamZIN said...

Autumn is here. This photo has an athmosphere of it.

Anonymous said...

You have caught really fine colours of sky and it makes with the statue very impressive photo. I like the whole.
Greetings from Finland!

Jazzy said...

grand photo(s), like the sky, looks very atmospheric.

Kala said...

the clouds in the background is what strikes me

maiylah said...

interesting silhouette against that dramatic sky, Kris! love the other two shots, too!
i notice that he died just pretty "recently"... :)

Kris said...

Hi , all!
yup, its the sky that makes all the diff. in this photo :)

Hi, Maiylah ,
exactly. I thought i made a mistake with the date. I did double check to be sure ;)

Thank u all for stopping by :)

Lisi said...

great photo and the sky is beautiful...mmm...I would need a bit of practice to say his name ;p

~tanty~ said...

The color of the sky and the clouds that strike me. And yes it looks like John Paul II.

Juggerpix said...

Yep, from the one angle, he does look like my favorite Polish Pope!

The main shot is fabulous! I'm glad you kept that much sky, it gives the statue room to breathe. You do a great job at framing pictures, leaving space where needed. I get a little too ruthless in cropping, I have to learn from you!

Felicia said...

Clever title and beautiful sky. Ok, maybe I don't understand, he was 169 years old when he died?

Kris said...

felicia : om gosh! hahaha..i didnt check !!!! i googled and got this ..i should check again :o

jugger : sometime i do get carried away in cropping. I'm learning myself. Only recently I prefer wider angle photos :)

Ame said...

I agree...beautiful sky Kris...and too funny about his age! Wonder if I'll live 169 years? LOL! =P

Kris said...

i think the year should be 1878 which makes it at the age of 69 :)

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