January 2015 Photo Contest: A Monumental World (page 12 of 20)

True, the theme was "off the beaten path," and I’m the first to plead guilty since I didn’t really stick to it either—but who takes photos of plastic Eiffel Towers? Still, we traveled well, saw some lovely photos, and that’s what matters most.

So, to follow the rules:

3 points for Timouss 1’s Icelandic Eiffel Tower 2 points for Xyer 1’s Petronas Towers 1 point for Fredisdead 2’s Notre-Dame de Fourvière

But I also loved Fred66’s bridge, Ming2’s traveler’s tree, Nilsou’s Tower Bridge, and so many others.

Hi everyone, short on time (lots of work), here's my vote:

3 points: aireone_1: I really love the Touareg in France!! 2 points: nilsou_3 1 point: xyer_1

Also really nice: patxi1_1; manu78_3; manima64_1 and 2; lahaut_1; kanibe_1 and 3; hericles_1, halo_1; eversmile2 and 3; citronate_1; ambre216_1 and 3; alela_1 etc; etc::::

3 points for Portobelo No. 2

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2 points for CatherineGil No. 1



🙂🙂 1 point for KaniBé No. 1

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My votes:

3 points: Nilsou Photo No. 3 (Tower Bridge, London) - Elegant, harmonious photo, very original with the sundial in the foreground

2 points: Nosferatu75 Photo No. 1 (Wat Rong Khun or White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand) - Strange and unusual construction

1 point: Capucine18 Photo No. 1 (Hungarian Parliament, Budapest) - Stunning at night with the illumination and reflection in the water

Several other beautiful photos—I particularly enjoyed: - KaniBé Photo No. 1 (Ponte Vecchio in Florence) - KaniBé Photo No. 2 (Brooklyn Bridge in New York, with the former Twin Towers of the WTC in the background) - CatherineGil Photo No. 1 (Reflection of Santiago Cathedral in Plaza de Armas, Santiago, Chile) - Dolma Photo No. 1 (Kyle of Lochalsh, Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland)—peaceful, rural, looks like a painting.

I don't know if there was another "Dame de Fourvière," but I had one. To check!

3 points for Pboulard 1 2 points for Ming 2 1 point for Fredisdead 1

Hi,

Lots of monuments, lots of beautiful photos of monuments, but few that fit the theme as I understood it.

My votes.

Nilsou Photo No. 1 :) :) :)

Masterpo Photo No. 1 :) :)

Pyrénée64 Photo No. 2 :)

Hi everyone, not much time (lots of work), I vote:

3 points: aireone_1: I really love the Touareg in France!!

Thanks, but I must point something out that’s not insignificant. Yahya isn’t a Touareg—he’s a Moor, and Moors really don’t like Touaregs, whom they consider bandits. While Yahya is open-minded and doesn’t get offended when called a Touareg, be careful not to try that with another Moor—it could rub them the wrong way...😉

My picks: I love night photos, so of course: 1: Nilsou Photo 1 2: Jemaflor Photo 2 (the extraordinary church in Royan, made even more stunning by the lighting) 3: Lahaut Photo 1 (daytime and in black & white for a change, though I was tempted to go with a gorgeous shot of Tower Bridge...)

Hello, My January 2015 entry

3points:aireone_1:I really like the Touareg in France!!

Sorry, who said this is a Touareg here?! It’s not a Touareg at all🙂, I’m sure of it... more like a Moor.

Hery

Hello,

Whether it fits the theme or not, I vote among the photos approved by the moderator. So here we go...

3 points: Pyrene64 no.3 (Spain)

2 points: CatherineGil no.1 (Chile)

1 point: KaniBé no.2 (United States)

I also liked: Ghrtyto no.1 (Ecuador), Mamina64 no.1 (Russia), Pyrene64 nos.1 & 2 (Portugal, Spain), KaniBé nos.1 & 3 (Italy, France), MoniqueM no.1 (Latvia), Manu78 nos.1 & 3 (Ukraine, Lithuania), Rawe no.3 (Brazil), Manu78 (Lithuania)...

In pretty much every contest, I love KaniBé’s and Pyrene64’s photos. For future contests, I’d love to see more of Africa represented than in this one. Thanks!

Hery

Not a very exciting theme—for me —so I picked photos that not only I like but that I would’ve loved to take (well, mostly know how to take ):

3 points for Nilsou-3 2 points for Jemaflor-3 1 point for Nilsou-1

Just a little thing: while AirOne’s photo is really nice, I don’t think it fits the theme since Mont Saint-Michel itself isn’t a *monument* but a *rock* ("built" by nature, not by humans) 🙂.

Dolma

Just a little thing: while AirOne's photo is really nice, I think it doesn’t fit the theme since Mont Saint-Michel itself isn’t a monument but a rock ("built" by nature, not by humans) 🙂.

Yes, but in Attila’s topic description, he specifies:

L.. The monument can be captured from above, from below, in the rain, as a reflection...

Deserted or packed with visitors...

Photo edits are also allowed! 😉..

If mountains are allowed, why not rocks?😉

My ranking:

Pierre 1st: 3 points Fred66 1st: 2 points Kanibe 3rd: 1 point

there are also two photos of Notre-Dame de Fourvière—mine is the interior shot and another is the exterior one

Oh, if *mountain* = *editing* and vice versa 😛, then anything goes indeed!

Dolma 🙂

Oops, I need to learn to read

That did seem a bit weird too...

Mont Saint-Michel itself isn't a monument but a rock

Mont Saint-Michel is indeed a rock.

But a rock topped by a marvel whose name we often shorten...

It's too long to write Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel! 😉

Ah, I get it now! You accepted that photo for the abbey where we can barely make out the spire in the distant mist? You should’ve said so 😏!

Dolma

It's not so much about learning to read as it is about learning to pay attention 😄!

Dolma