Kumar Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Big thanks to all the members who participated in the last "August 2016 Challenge - Digital Manipulation", and to Lynne in particular for having chosen my image for the final round. My chosen subject for September 2016 photo-challenge is the one we all are so familiar with : "Our Native Land". Come, photo-celebrate your place of domicile (by birth or by stay, or both) by submitting three pics, which you consider to be the most iconic visuals of your native place captured by you. Your entries may exhibit any conceived aspect of your homeland and your entries may or may not include people. Be the proud image-ambassador of your country ! Cheers & good luck to everyone. The routine rules : Maximum 3 images per contributor Images must be available on Alamy Challenge will end on September 30 at midnight (GMT) The winner will start the new topic. My example images (India) : Culture, tradition, and religious rituals are almost everywhere in India, Pictured here is a dawn silhouette composition from the gigantic cattle fair held at Sonpur (Bihar, India) every year around the November full-moon day.The majestic central dome of the grand Taj Mahal mausoleum and the Indian tricolor !The grand and the vibrant camel regiment at the annual Republic Day parade in New Delhi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumar Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Philippe though I haven't detailed as much in my announcement post ... but the facets of the native land sure include its nature/wildlife and even agriculture etc as well, especially if the location/species are somewhat exclusive. For example, I could have easily sampled a "Royal Bengal Tiger" image in my post above, just like the one that you see as my signature footer. Kumar, India Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Oh difficult to choose! I've gone for the traditional ones of Castle, Loch and Mountains in Scotland: Eilean Donan Castle Loch Lubnaig Lismore Lighthouse with the highlands behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumar Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Philippe though I haven't detailed as much in my announcement post ... but the facets of the native land sure include its nature/wildlife and even agriculture etc as well, especially if the location/species are somewhat exclusive. For example, I could have easily sampled a "Royal Bengal Tiger" image in my post above, just like the one that you see as my signature footer. Oh, but we don't have any endemic species in Belgium I think I'll stick to Belgium's medieval heritage Cheers, Philippe Oh, species, or subspecies ??? For example Pathera tigris isn't endemic to India, but is the national animal of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and South Korea. So, in that sense it does become rather iconic. Even if any of yr national parks/sanctuaries are well-known for some particular species (geographically common elsewhere too) ... those would sure qualify. Kumar, India Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Ireland 1 - Beara, West Cork - rocky mountains, valleys dotted with green pasture fields and white houses and a range of different cloud types over the blue Atlantic ocean Ireland 2: Connemara, County Galway - stacks of hand-cut peat (turf in Ireland) drying on a bog, to be used as fuel for heating, with the Twelve Bens mountains in background Ireland 3: Benbulben, County Sligo, is probably Ireland's most iconic mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Oh, but we don't have any endemic species in Belgium You mean all the scary noises I heard when I spent a night in a Belgian forest some years ago were from non-native species? Now that is worrying. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpg Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Three from my native Slovakia: Michael's Gate, Bratislava Farska street and the Bratislava castle The Museum of Liptov village, interior of a traditional people's house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Oh, but we don't have any endemic species in Belgium You mean all the scary noises I heard when I spent a night in a Belgian forest some years ago were from non-native species? Now that is worrying. Alan Could have been the local "Homo sapiens" during their nightly mating ceremony. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Some quintessentially Dublin photos, which is where I'm from: Music, Art, & Fashion.... Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I debated between Toronto (where I was born) and Lindsay where I have now lived for 25 years. Went for the current life in the country. Reflections on the Scugog River Horse pull competition at the local fair Life on the farm in an agricultural town Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Philippe though I haven't detailed as much in my announcement post ... but the facets of the native land sure include its nature/wildlife and even agriculture etc as well, especially if the location/species are somewhat exclusive. For example, I could have easily sampled a "Royal Bengal Tiger" image in my post above, just like the one that you see as my signature footer. Oh, but we don't have any endemic species in Belgium I think I'll stick to Belgium's medieval heritage Cheers, Philippe What, no motorways? :-( ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 World Cup 2014 quarter final. Last minute substitute Tim Krul makes a save helping to put the Dutch through to the semi-finals. Ironic that you should choose such a defensive action as iconic of Dutch football given their former reputation for playing the most exciting and attacking (total) football and their recent collapse into aggression and boring defensive style. A shot of the foot of (was it van Bommel?) going through Xabi Alonso's chest in the 2010 World Cup Final would perhaps be truly iconic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Born in the shadow of a coal mine but we do have a nice coastline in these parts with nice sandy beaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Canada is really many native lands rolled into one, but here goes... Canadian Tire, a true Canadian icon, although virtually nothing sold in these stores is actually made in Canada. P.S. I wasn't made in Canada either (born in the West Indies), so I guess that makes a true Canadian as well. Disco dancers on Canada Day (July 1st), a celebration of diversity rather than nationalism First Nations totem poles (it's their country really) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 The state of Maryland in the USA, is my native land where I was born, raised and continue to work from. 1) Horse farm in Potomac, Maryland in the autumn 2) St. Michael's Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay 3) A Skipjack sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 As an emigré, I had a choice of the UK (where I born and lived until I was 38) and Canada (Quebec) where I am now. I went for Quebec as its my country (or province I should say - don't want to ignite a secession debate). So, three from lovely Quebec Quebec in Winter - gorgeous fresh new snow in the Parc de la Gaspesie Quebec in Autumn - glowing golden light in a stream here in Gaspesie Quebec in Summer - the lovely Pont Jacques Cartier (I am a bridge fan and this is one of my favourites) with the summer fireworks behind. Cheers Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abiyoyo Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 My three ones. Real Alcazar, Sevilla Salamanca San Sebastian/Donostia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Palmer Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I'll focus on the variety found in my home state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Price Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Here are three more from the "True North Strong and Free" Tepee overlooking the Milk River Valley in Alberta, Canada Northern lights in my home town of St Albert, Alberta A pair of vigilant Canada Geese, in a marsh near my house. Thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 In Holland we have water. Yes we have tulips too, but they're actually from Turkey or Kazakhstan. And there are windmills, coffeeshops, polders, red light districts and Anne Frank. The ice skating has become rare with climate change. Which does bring lots more water though. So water it is for my theme and it's all Amsterdam, because that's where I was born. E394P6 Amphicar 770 in the Prinsengracht an Amsterdam canal. CTX77H - This is where it comes from: it's the British weather, one day later. Spot the local. GGN9WP - And we love to party now and then... wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davies Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Here are 3 from Germany, where I have lived since 1979 Burg Katz above St. Goarshausen in UNESCO world heritage site "Upper Middle Rhine Valley" Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Elderly couple enjoying sunshine on the beach in Prerow, Baltic coast, Germany Happy, smiling beer drinkers at Erlangen Bierfest, Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarsMadsen Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 UNESCO World Heritage Site; The church, and burrial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. Snow and forest track at Frederikshaab Plantation (also Denmark). Sports fisher at Vejle Fjord (Denmark also) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Obviously England is a far larger and more diverse country than India so it makes sense to concentrate on the bit that's local to me. Which means the South West peninsula, mostly Devon, Dorset and Cornwall. To me that means the coast, the moors and the tourists. So here's my three. A carpet of dried bracken leads the eye up Leather Tor on Dartmoor National Park, Devon Holidaymakers fishing for shore crabs in Padstow, Cornwall, harbour using baited nets Towering cliffs of Lower Jurassic Bridport Sand formations at West Bay, Dorset, UK, loom over walkers on a misty June day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Australia has adopted me for the past 4 years or so. Most grateful and in awe. Hill Inlet, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland Horizontal Falls, Kimberley Region, Western Australia Sydney Circular Quay during Sydney Vivid Festival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Ironic that you should choose such a defensive action as iconic of Dutch football given their former reputation for playing the most exciting and attacking (total) football and their recent collapse into aggression and boring defensive style. A shot of the foot of (was it van Bommel?) going through Xabi Alonso's chest in the 2010 World Cup Final would perhaps be truly iconic. That was indeed an awful match. And much of the critique afterwards came from within the country. That said, finals rarely live up to their promise, the only one I have covered which was a really good game being the 2011 womens final between Japan and the USA. I thought I had a shot of de Jong's kick... must be going senile. I find the psychology of sport interesting. How a germ of doubt can spread an become a self-fulfilling prophecy. For the Dutch the penalty shoot out was for many years their achilles heel. Players talking about it would use words like 50/50 chance and very often lottery. Between 10 years ago and these finals the attitude changed. In this series you could see the players believe they would win the shoot out. In this shot, he has the eye on the ball and he is going to save it. The opposition had more of an attitude that they had done well to get so far. In the next round the Dutch seemed to have loose the belief and it hasn't returned since. They are playing later... the expectations are muted. (Excuses for any hijacking) Interesting thoughts and yes it was de Jong and not van Bommel although both displayed behaviour that would have still have Cruyff endlessly turning in his grave - perhaps we could resume this discussion elsewhere at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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