Robert Cordivari
December 2024 - Farewell Mr Churchill
About the Image(s)
Title: Farewell, Mr. Churchill
Notes: These 2 statues are not related to one another, but when I viewed them from this angle it appeared that the nearer man was bidding farewell to the Churchill statue. I left Big Ben tilted to add some drama and to reinforce the theme of the passing of time and an era. Let me know if you think this works.
5 comments posted
(Group 32)
Fascinating idea to leave the clock tower tilted. It gives a successful surrealistic effect, especially with that ominous sky right out of the Orson Wells Jane Eyre film. What was the focal length of your lens? It looks very wide. Posted: 12/10/2024 05:02:52
Thanks for your feedback, Stephen.
I shot this at:
1/1000
f/5.6
25mm-70mm zoom at 35.7mm Posted: 12/10/2024 21:11:16
I shot this at:
1/1000
f/5.6
25mm-70mm zoom at 35.7mm Posted: 12/10/2024 21:11:16
Robert, I find the image impressive and deeply moving. I admire so both the way you have seen the story in the statues, and the way you have told it. Your use of perspective in the sizes of the two men, the tilted tower and Houses of Parliament fading in the horizon is masterful, as is the composition. It looks like Lloyd George in the front were showing the way for Churchill towards the vanishing point. The dramatic sky completes the story. Of all your fine images in this group so far, I think that this is the one I love best.
- I looked up Parliament Square Statues in Wikipedia: Churchill's was installed in 1973 and Lloyd George´s much later in 2007. I wonder if the sculptor deliberately planned this view for someone who could find the right angle, and had the eyes to see. Posted: 12/10/2024 17:31:26
- I looked up Parliament Square Statues in Wikipedia: Churchill's was installed in 1973 and Lloyd George´s much later in 2007. I wonder if the sculptor deliberately planned this view for someone who could find the right angle, and had the eyes to see. Posted: 12/10/2024 17:31:26
Thank you so much for your kind words and feedback-very much appreciated! I'm glad you had such a positive reaction to the photo - that's what every amateur photographer strives for. I do think also this is one of my better "story telling" photos.
Thanks, Kirsti! Posted: 12/10/2024 21:14:38
Thanks, Kirsti! Posted: 12/10/2024 21:14:38
Hi Robert - I love the storytelling aspect of this image. I have to admit that at first, I wasn't sure about the leaning tower. However, after spending time in the image, I became a fan of the "lean". It just suggests so many questions in its role in the shot. Well done! Posted: 12/11/2024 04:47:56