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IF (and only IF) the subject was the sculture at top of mountain, This is a poor photo. 1. the lighting at this time of day occludes two of the four faces, disappointing; and, 2. There is too much foreground clutter, distracting from the initial discovery of the sculpt int the first place.
HOWEVER, if it IS an indictment of man's destruction of NATURE...AWESOME SHOT. What? 75 years, and no time for rubble clean up?
Nature_okie - The subject matter of this picture is Mount Rushmore, a US National Memorial managed by the US Parks Service. I happen to think it is an awesome piece of history memorializing four of our country's great past leaders. I'm sorry that I didn't visit the memorial during a time when the light was more pleasing to your eye. My point in taking the picture was for a memory, my point in sharing the picture was to allow others who may not have the opportunity to visit this great piece of US history to at least see it. I'm not a professional photographer, and don't pretend to be. I think including the rubble pile and surrounding trees add perspective for the viewer, and helps you understand the amount of material that was removed to create this sculpture.
mblitch - I apologize, I didn't read the rules about placemarks being the in precise location of the photographer rather than the subject. I moved the placemark south about 100 feet to the trail where the photo was taken. Thanks for the correction, I'm sure many people were confused.
I would never have known that there's a time of day that Jefferon and Teddy would be in the shadow. Who knew? Now I do. Thanks Barry! 2008-06-30 00:52:32's the day and time you should've planned. Oh well but you didn't ;-) Had you waited longer Lincoln could've been in the shadow of George's face. LOL. :)
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IF (and only IF) the subject was the sculture at top of mountain, This is a poor photo. 1. the lighting at this time of day occludes two of the four faces, disappointing; and, 2. There is too much foreground clutter, distracting from the initial discovery of the sculpt int the first place. HOWEVER, if it IS an indictment of man's destruction of NATURE...AWESOME SHOT. What? 75 years, and no time for rubble clean up?
Nature_okie - The subject matter of this picture is Mount Rushmore, a US National Memorial managed by the US Parks Service. I happen to think it is an awesome piece of history memorializing four of our country's great past leaders. I'm sorry that I didn't visit the memorial during a time when the light was more pleasing to your eye. My point in taking the picture was for a memory, my point in sharing the picture was to allow others who may not have the opportunity to visit this great piece of US history to at least see it. I'm not a professional photographer, and don't pretend to be. I think including the rubble pile and surrounding trees add perspective for the viewer, and helps you understand the amount of material that was removed to create this sculpture.
mblitch - I apologize, I didn't read the rules about placemarks being the in precise location of the photographer rather than the subject. I moved the placemark south about 100 feet to the trail where the photo was taken. Thanks for the correction, I'm sure many people were confused.
I would never have known that there's a time of day that Jefferon and Teddy would be in the shadow. Who knew? Now I do. Thanks Barry! 2008-06-30 00:52:32's the day and time you should've planned. Oh well but you didn't ;-) Had you waited longer Lincoln could've been in the shadow of George's face. LOL. :)