Maiden with the seagull - work of the sculptor Zvonko Car , placed near the sea in 1956 . It is one of the symbols of Opatija (The Perl Of Mediteranian Sea) - Croatia (Small country for a BIG vacation). On the promontory in front of the one-time cemetery a girl of stone extend her arm to a gull. This, however, is a new sculpture, the work of sculptor Car, and it was erected here in 1956 and turned into one of Opatija’s symbols. Before that, in its place, namely until demolished by a storm, stood the “Madonna del Mare,” the work of sculptor Rathausky from Graz (his also is the fountain “Helios and Selene” in the park between St. Jacob’s Church and hotel Imperial). The “Madonna” was erected to keep vigil over the soul of count Arthur Kesselstadt, who vanished, not far off from that promontory swallowed by the pre-Easter waves in 1891. During that excursion the countess Fries also lost her life, but her son Georg was saved. Today a gilded variant of the Madonna can be seen in front of Saint Jacob’s Church.
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Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Orientation Upper Left
X resolution 72/1
Y resolution 72/1
Resolution unit inches
Date/time 25.4.2006 17:42:49
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Exposure time 1/250 s
F-number f/9.5
Exposure program Aperture priority
ISO speed ratings ISO 200
Date/time original 25.4.2006 17:42:49
Date/time digitized 25.4.2006 17:42:49
Shutter speed value 1/250 s
Aperture value f/9.5
Exposure bias value 0.00 eV
Metering mode Average
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal length 18 mm
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Pixel X dimension 3456
Pixel Y dimension 2304
Focal plane X res. 3456000/874
Focal plane Y res. 2304000/582
Focal plane res. unit inch
Custom Rendered Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Scene capture type Standard
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Exif version 2.21
FlashPix version 1.0
White balance Auto
Flash bias 0.00 EV
Canon Maker Notes
Macro mode Normal
Flash mode Flash not fired
Continuous drive mode Single
Focus mode AI Focus
Image size Unknown
Easy shooting mode Manual
Contrast High
Saturation High
Sharpness High
ISO Unknown
Metering mode Center weighted
AF point selected Unknown
Exposure mode Av priority
White balance Auto
Flash bias 0.00 EV
Image type Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Firmware version Firmware 1.0.3
Owner name Goran Konjich
Camera serial number 78BF-019A6
postprocessing:
no crop
small saturation boost
shadow - highlights
unsharp mask
resize
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Thanks for giving all those informations in the Photographer's Comments box !
Your country seems beautiful and it has been a pleasure to visit your web site , it's full of stunning photos.
About the settings of your camera I have noticed that Contrast,Saturation,Sharpness are set high , you maybe could have more power to play with those values during the edition.
Does your photo meet the challenge ? I think it does well but maybe others were thinking about newspapers.
Mediterranean sea has a magical and clear lighting , I like your photo very much , the composition is good , the colors are nice ,maybe the blue tones are a bit over saturated (on the middle of the photo , left hand , less in the right hand).
It has a classic appealling but maybe have not a wow factor.
Please free feel to email me about this critique ,
maybe for a travel magazine, but probably not what the dpc voters have in mind for the challenge. you probably would have done better if you had strung up some yellow police tape out on the rocks and created your own crime scene...
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