Calton Hill trees
by Micah Offman
Title
Calton Hill trees
Artist
Micah Offman
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Trees are a source of well-being and shade with their leaves, when the season comes they remain bare skeletons, silent witnesses of human behaviors.
They are observer and one winter or another a verdict will come.
So even the monuments of Calton Hill take a backseat to the trees. This is the meaning I wanted to give to this photograph.
The Hill offers a fantastic panoramic view of the whole center of Edinburgh and some important monuments are recognized.
The National Monument, designed as a replica of the Parthenon in Athens, commemorates the Scottish people during the war against Napoleon but was never completed, becoming even more significant.
The tower is the Nelson Monument to commemorate the death of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
On the right is visible the Astronomy Observatory and for this reason, someone calls this place Observatory Hill.
Humans are obsessed with war, the trees are not!
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Location: UK, Scotland, Edinburgh, Calton Hill
Color photography by Micah Offman
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February 6th, 2024
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Laurel Adams
Micah, your historically accurate and statement artistry backstories always elevate your work,from photography to PhotoArtistry for me. Thank you for sharing even more from the PhotoArtist skillset behind the scenes in your NEW Thread in The ARTIST BUZzz! It is an amazing intershare opportunity for fellow photographers as well as fine artists who, like me, might be even more deeply appreciating the overlaps in colour palettes, compositional arrangement, perspective, chiaroscuro, values and trompe l’oeil found in traditional media and photographic arts! SO well composed and offered! FAV
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Calton Hill Trees composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! Congratulations on your very deserving features! F/L
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! I am happy to announce that your excellent photographic art has been proudly featured on the home page of the Camera Art Group! You are invited to archive your feature in Group Feature Archive: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024 discussion.
Tatiana Travelways
I'm delighted to feature your beautiful artwork on the front page gallery of the "Travel Art" group, at Fine Art America! Feel free and post it to our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/faatravelart
Laurel Adams
CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU are awarded: SPECIAL 🎨🐝🏆GA FEATURE ARTIST of DISTINCTION 🥁👏🏻. Please feel free to post your Special Feature, selected for its “Architectural Wonderment” in the ARTIST BUZzz GROUP Features and SPECIAL FEATUREs 2024 Archive Thread! BRAVO!…I love how you utilize Photoartistry to showcase the ever-extraordinary beauty of paradox; the fact that man’s monuments stand in relief to the beautifully fractaled nude Architecture of Nature’s Monuments, Trees? …well that is a stroke of genius! BRAVO!
Laurel Adams
Micah, CONGRATULATIONS!! Your lovely image has been featured in The ARTIST BUZzz GROUP!! You are cordially invited to POST your Homepage Feature’s EMBED link to the 2024 Features Archive Thread in the Discussion thread. Thank you for your glimpse of BEAUTY. Your Photoartistry and detailed backstories make for compelling viewing! welcome to the BUZzz, Micah. Fav
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Calton Hill Trees composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! Congratulations on your very deserving features! F/L
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! And Happy Valentine's Day! Your artwork has been featured on the homepage of No Place Like Home on February 14, 2024. You may share it in the Group's Features discussion or any relevant thread.
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