Republic of Councils Monument by Helen Betts

Helen Betts | all galleries >> Budapest Adventure >> Memento Park: Budapest's Communist-era Monuments > Republic of Councils Monument

previous | next


10-NOV-2012

Republic of Councils Monument

This monumental sculpture is titled “Republic of Councils Monument” and was cast in bronze in 1969 based on a 1919 revolutionary poster. I liked this capture with the tourist in it (unlike usual!) as she gives an idea of the enormous size of this piece.

Nikon D700 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/80s f/10.0 at 42.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

previous | next

Peter Sussex		24-Nov-2012 23:42
Fine capture, fine scaling, V

Apostolos Tikopoulos		20-Nov-2012 22:12
Beautiful statue photo, with fine details. v.

Paul L-R		20-Nov-2012 12:18
There's a tremendous sense of scale and energy to this, Helen..V

Stephanie		12-Nov-2012 09:34
Most definitely larger than life! V

Zoltán Balogh		11-Nov-2012 15:01
Superb capture! V

Tom LeRoy		11-Nov-2012 10:50
Impressive monument, really is huge! A fine capture, Helen. V

J S Quesada		10-Nov-2012 23:39
Impressive statue! And yes, I confirm my other comment ;-) V

Range View		10-Nov-2012 22:29
Wow, you certainly have captured this well showing the huge scale of the statue with the tourist in the frame. Excellent capture Helen. V Barbara

John Reynolds LRPS		10-Nov-2012 19:31
The statue is huge! Well captured. V.

Gary A. Rich (GRainelev)		10-Nov-2012 19:20
Terrific capture. You are right the tourist gives some scale to the statues. Nicely seen, Helen. V.

Jim Coffman		10-Nov-2012 19:01
That is a big statue! Nice capture..

joseantonio		10-Nov-2012 18:31
Great capture. The inclussion of that woman shows how bit it is...V.

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		10-Nov-2012 18:28
Good capture, Voted :)

bill friedlander		10-Nov-2012 18:09
Nice shot of this impressive monument. The lady is only knee high showing how big it really is. V

John Hamers		10-Nov-2012 17:37
Impressive monument ! The inclusion of the lady indeed gives a idea of the dimensions ,great shot Helen V !!