The nice sunny afternoon slowly taken away from us. Oh nevermind, as least I caught this image. As I mentioned before, I still have no info. on the two guys (silhouette). Anyway, I think today they are cheering Boldog névnapot (Happy nameday) to our Zsolt ! Update Apr, 17 2007 . Istvan provided the following info.
I just confirmed it with a high school friend, the two figures are 'pick and shovel men' (kubikusok). I think it is a tribute to these hard working men whose meager income many families relied on in the great plane of Hungary where industrial jobs were non-existent.Among other major construction projects, they built the dike system along the rivers like the Tisza near by, and as my friend, Andras, points out some of them made it to Germany to work on the autobahn system in the early part of the 20th century. It supposedly depicts the class of these pick and shovel men as they just have been 'freed of their chains' at the dawn of communism.
30 comments:
Great shot Kris. I love everything of it but those sun rays are stunning
Very nice. So hard to capture sunbeams.
Clods make the sky so interesting.
lovely rays!
Stunning sky and super art. Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't know what the art is, as you saw on Monte Carlo DP yesterday - thanks for comment.
Oh, are these real people? Hard to tell in silhouette but surely not?? Perhaps I had too much to drink yesterday....only kidding.
J x
The sun rays are fantastic! Makes my imagination wandering :)
jilly,
they are 2 statues!
WOOW!
cool photo! and those two statues guys really adds to the effect!
Odd odd statues in a beautiful light....it looks very real but the pose is too dramatic.
great pic
Gorgeous shot! They (the silhouettes) look like they're stretching in the warm rays of the sun.
An inspiring image!!
merveilleux, les ombres avec ce ciel divin. Bravo
marvellous, shades with this divine sky. Cheer
beautiful coloured clouds, and what perfectly crisp sillohettes (spelling!), just a shame we can't see a little more of what they are standing on, but absolutely love it!
they are cheering your great shot!
This is like an apocalypse picture.
Great!
thank you Kris:)
you're welcome, zsolt!
yamagata,
one of the photos in the link i provide, you may see the support(stand) for the statues . Oh, the spelling to "silhouette" is correct i tripple checked ;)
mandi,
hey, i had the same feeling!
ja.mes,
what's with the dot in your name? ;)
Thank you all for stopping by!
Absolutely gorgeous. The sun. The silhouette.
Nice sky ... that me recall something
A very awesome shot!Lens flare is always nice for me.I'm falling in love with this picture!
Hey Kris,
How r u??
I really liked the Wall below...
Awesome shot with the man and all.
Vathsan
Wonderful capture, Kris !
Love those Ray Of Hope !
Poulet,
ray of hope, nice name :)
Vathsan,
am good! where have u been? no updates at all ;)
Dijah,
yes, i adore flares,too!
Freelancer,
what did you recall?
thank you all for your feedbacks!
Very nice photograph.
Fabulous photo. Lovely.
oh i love it.
(although guy on the right looks hmm how shall i put it... suspicious ;)
ah i see! thank you! and thanks for checking, i worry about my spelling, think i have been in japan too long,
Esther
Esther,
heheh..welcome! that is one of the word that i couldnt spell for the longest time. Anyway, I think now it is burnt in my mind ;)
Great set of statues and beautifully taken!
Really awesome photo of this communist era statue!
I just confirmed it with a high school friend, the two figures are 'pick and shovel men' (kubikusok). I think it is a tribute to these hard working men whose meager income many families relied on in the great plane of Hungary where industrial jobs were non-existent.
Among other major construction projects, they built the dike system along the rivers like the Tisza near by, and as my friend, Andras, points out some of them made it to Germany to work on the autobahn system in the early part of the 20th century.
It supposedly depicts the class of these pick and shovel men as they just have been 'freed of their chains' at the dawn of communism.
With this in mind, your photo with the rays and the clouds just makes the imagery even more perfect.
Istvan,
thanks for going through the trouble to provide me this very interesting info. It's simply amazing to know some of them actually made it to Germany.
As a info. for my reader, I have created a coloumn at sidebar to feature your comment. Hope you dont mind :)
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