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Today my photo teacher took me to a cemetary where I took quite a few really cool photos. Will post four-five of them.Related content
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What cemetery was this in? Do you happen to remember the family name on it?
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It was in a cemetary in Budapest, Hungary, and no, I don't remember the family name.
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If you can remember the name of the cemetery, please let me know.
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It's the one on Street Fiumei in Budapest, I don't know if it has a particular name or not.
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Very nice picture. A motive I would choose for my photography, too.
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Is it okay if I do an oil pastel of this? I like this statue a lot.
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Thanks, and I will give credit to your photo.
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Featured in DA news section for our 12th Topical Feature: Sorrow - part I.
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This statue us called the Angel of Grief, it is a 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story which also serves as the grave stone of the artist and his wife at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. There are many more replicas through out the World. There are 3 in the San Francisco Bay Area in California alone. Most notably is the one that is at the Stanford Mausoleum at Stanford University, which replaced the one created in 1901 that was destroyed after the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.
Little did you know that you were photographing a some what famous statue, eh? Not only are you learning about photography but also got a little bit of a history lesson too.
The Angel of Grief statue is one of my favorite statues that I visit often. [Grieve Not ] is from one of my favorite cemeteries where she resides.
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After I took this photo, I saw photos of other replicas of it, so I knew this couldn't be the original one. 
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yup it does and dunno why i like that angle better
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Szia!El tudnád magyarázni pontosan,hogy merre van ez a szobor a kerepesiben?Még sok évvel ezelött láttam,és le szeretném fotózni,de tavasszal már nem találtam...
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Húúú, hát én is csak egyszer voltam ott, és már majdnem egy éve... sajnos nem emlékszem.
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i've seen this statue before, but i think it would be better in black and white, personally. i think most sculpture looks better in black and white, but here the contrast against the sky works. eh. idk. i would like to see the comparison, and an interesting angle choice. its an amazing sculpture, and deff. worth a fav.
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Thanks. Now you tell me, it really would have been better in b/w.
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maybe its just my personal preference.
*shrug*
fav version of a pic of that is the original in rome,
link [link]
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Beautiful. I had no idea the original was in Rome.
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I've already seen this before! Yess, it's a cover of a book inspire by that statue!!! It's a really great shot!
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what a beautiful statue. toscana.com sells a very similar one and it has a phrase imprinted on it... i believe it goes...
the bud was spread, to show the rose
our savior smiled, the bud was closed
-anon
its very pretty.
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Do you have any more shots of this angel? I really love it
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I have some more, but those aren't this good, so I'm not posting them. Glad you like this one, though
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Yeah, it's a wonderful sculpture. Could I ask you to mail them to me please? If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to use it as referance
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Okay, just give me your email addy.
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dormant_fairytales@yahoo.co.uk
Thankies 
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That's so beautiful... does it have a story, that statue?
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I don't think it has a story. It's just a sculpture on a grave.
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That's very moving, and most unusual; I've never sen any thing like it.
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such a beautiful shot. I'm gonna 
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i like how the angel is all dirty...which adds to the title
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Most statues in this cemetary are dirt- and moss-covered.
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We have one almost the same at a graveyard near me. Lovely image - the border is a bit much though.
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annyira cejetem az angyalos szobrokosat!!!
Imádom ezt a képed!!!
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Majd neked is alkalmad lesz lefotózni. Téged is biztosan visz a Balázs a Kerepesibe
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Beautiful composition! The bare trees in the background work well; they add to the gloominess of the picture.
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Oo, this is so emotional. Very sad and beautiful.
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Oh, wow....talk about emotion simply pouring from the art... This is wonderful, and I have to agree with your choice of camera position: it's much more effective here, showing more of the posture and body position of the angel. And I agree with the comment above about the sculptor having an uncanny ability to capture the body language of despair...it simply floods from the statue, and also from your image here... Very sad, very beautiful.
FF
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Thanks, for both the lovely comment and the fav!
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You're so welcome--and it's far too beautiful NOT to fav it!
FF
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Oh ~ so sad... the poor angel Now I just want to cry for her. But I still have to 
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Thanks, glad you like it
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wow, that sculpture was done by someone who know's their stuff.... captures the emotions of sadness and dispare perfectly... the angle where you took the photo also shows it well, keep it up!
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Thanks. First my photo teacher suggested another angle that shows the angel's face, but I didn't like his/her face, and I thought that showing his/her hair only would be better. And perhaps this angle shows more of his/her pain. My mum too liked this angle better than the one that shows the angel's face.
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I love the way the sculpture shows despair and grief in this fallen angel.
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