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08/19/2003 03:56:40 PM · #1
OK, I spent 6 months in DC on a work related project. Now that I'm 2000 miles away, we have a monument challenge. Washington DC is the monument capital of the world, as far as I'm concerned. I predict kollin will get a top ten, if not a ribbon, this week!

Wish I were there!

JD Anderson
08/19/2003 04:01:11 PM · #2
I'd like to see less obvious monuments.
08/19/2003 04:07:14 PM · #3
Quality not quantity.
If you can't take a decent photo of a monument it won't matter how many you have, you're still gonna suck.

Oh, hold on, this is the magnetic one we're talking about innit? Oh well, good luck battling it out for 2nd place everyone ; )
08/19/2003 04:33:31 PM · #4
We don't have any monuments where I live.
08/19/2003 04:40:42 PM · #5
I'd be surprised if there wasn't a monument somewhere withing driving distance. I can think of several less obvious ones I need to choose from that are near me.

A monument doesn't have to be the Lincoln Memorial to be a monument. :)

Message edited by author 2003-08-19 16:41:05.
08/19/2003 04:45:41 PM · #6
We have a town about 15 minutes away called Monument, Colorado. they don't have any monuments there, that I'm aware of...
How loose can we go?? Pikes Peak is sort of a monument to the explorer Zebulon Pike who named it! Will that work?

Message edited by author 2003-08-19 16:46:27.
08/19/2003 04:47:53 PM · #7

go for it, smelly. i like the idea of signage or something in Monument. Could be cool.

Rob
08/19/2003 04:53:08 PM · #8
Originally posted by StevePax:

We don't have any monuments where I live.

Not even monuments to God? <hint>

One of my first thoughts was a football stadium, as a monument to the greatness (or lack thereof) of the team it hosts. But then I remembered the voters ...
08/19/2003 04:59:37 PM · #9
Imma stack two rocks, one on top of the other, and shoot it. Tha'sa monument.

Message edited by author 2003-08-19 16:59:53.
08/19/2003 05:07:07 PM · #10
Originally posted by bod:

Originally posted by StevePax:

We don't have any monuments where I live.

Not even monuments to God? <hint>

One of my first thoughts was a football stadium, as a monument to the greatness (or lack thereof) of the team it hosts. But then I remembered the voters ...


lol, even you woudn't jump that far out of the box Bod!

08/19/2003 05:28:22 PM · #11
Originally posted by kiwiness:

Originally posted by bod:

One of my first thoughts was a football stadium, as a monument to the greatness (or lack thereof) of the team it hosts. But then I remembered the voters ...


lol, even you woudn't jump that far out of the box Bod!

The frightening thing is that I don't see it as being outside the box (penalty ref!), but as using the challenge topic to inspire a shot.
I don't know why that idea popped into my head, straight after the obvious idea did. I certainly wasn't trying to think of something out of the ordinary. Maybe I opened my mind too much and it got stuck :-/
08/19/2003 05:36:11 PM · #12
There are so many monuments here in Germany!!!! I dont even know where to begin. there are Castles on every corner that are dedicated monuments , but I am afraid that people will consider it a Castle instead of a monument! (Please forgive my spelling)
08/19/2003 05:44:53 PM · #13
Most every town and village has a war/veterans memorial, no?
08/19/2003 06:47:25 PM · #14
gee. i appreciate the votes of confidence :)..

but now i actually feel sorry for everyone who else who lives in DC - people will probably vote down any recognizable DC monuments in an attempt to keep me from winning.

the irony, though, is i'm not even submitting a picture of a DC monument!

<the 'voting down to keep me from winning' part was tongue-in-cheek ; ) >

Message edited by author 2003-08-19 18:55:46.
08/19/2003 07:59:52 PM · #15
I live in DC, too, but the monument shot I'm going to get on Saturday won't be an obvious DC monument. I have a Cunning Plan, you see.

In any case, I admit I/we have an advantage living in Monument Central, but I think the best pictures in this challenge are going to be more metaphorical than literal. Anything created with love and care is a monument to he, she, or they that created it, and anything large and/or particularly imposing is monumental, especially if it's strikingly shot.
08/19/2003 08:12:40 PM · #16
boy i wish that most dpc'ers had the openness to metaphor you seem to. unfortunately, most voters seem to be pretty durned literal .. :/

o well ..


Originally posted by kostia:

.. but I think the best pictures in this challenge are going to be more metaphorical than literal. Anything created with love and care is a monument to he, she, or they that created it, and anything large and/or particularly imposing is monumental, especially if it's strikingly shot.

08/19/2003 09:14:17 PM · #17
If it doesn't have a dead general on a horse, or a president on it, it probably won't get over a 5.0! LOL

I'm all for the metaphors and monumental things, but don't hold your breath for a great score. I'll give it a 10 in a heartbeat if it iw well done, but alot of voters will click 4 and move on without really thinking about it.

JD
08/20/2003 01:43:02 PM · #18
boy i wish that most dpc'ers had the openness to metaphor you seem to. unfortunately, most voters seem to be pretty durned literal .. :/

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note I said the best photos would be metaphorical ... not the *winning* photos.
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