Notes This carving is granite and mainly grey with mineral stains in various places as only pressure washed once every two years so basically B&W was my call.
Stone MountainConfederate States of AmericaAmerican Civil War.. master stone carvers
18 Comments
22 Jun 12:35
johnt
After two weeks of serious study and numerous questions here I will now vote again as I have a better feel for how to judge the entries. I will fire my first "serious" shot taken with my little Point & Shoot zoom camera I named the "Toy Canon". Range 850 meters or approximately 2800 feet. (approx 1/2 mile or .8 kilometers). I think the camera delivered "One shot.. one Kill". Download for detail of master stone carvers at work.
The largest bas relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving depicts three Confederate leaders of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (and their favorite horses, "Blackjack", "Traveller", and "Little Sorrel", respectively). The entire carved surface measures 3 acres (12,000 m2), about the size of two and a quarter football fields. The carving of the three men towers 400 feet (120 m) above the ground, measures 90 feet(30m) by 190 feet (58 m), and is recessed 42 feet (13 m) into the mountain. The deepest point of the carving is at Lee's elbow, which is 12 feet (3.7 m) to the mountain's surface.
22 Jun 13:14
adrianay
Beautiful work and subject!
22 Jun 13:35
Randall.Lohr
incredible detail. It's been a while since I've been to stone mountain. It's time for a return trip.
22 Jun 13:46
arnie58
Nice
22 Jun 13:54
johnt
It's only 20 minutes from me Randy and I wore my season parking pass out this week with more to come. When I was a kid growing up it was just the mountain which we used to run up on the walk-up side for track conditioning. Things have changed.
22 Jun 14:13
bessi7
Well done JOhn
22 Jun 14:24
denfer
Nice details.Very well done
22 Jun 14:36
rrr
Lovely shot
22 Jun 14:38
dirk
Great shoot John.
22 Jun 14:47
digicam
Outstanding Capture for such camera John. You can NO longer say that you are the Master of None far you have mastered the Art of Point and Shoots to the Highest Degree. Favorite!
22 Jun 14:50
pandarino
excellent BW
22 Jun 17:17
arthakker
nice work john
22 Jun 17:21
fredzhang
Good job John!
22 Jun 19:04
flipd1
Nice work John.
22 Jun 19:27
karl_oparka
Very nice.
22 Jun 23:04
mariannea
Nicely done!
22 Jun 23:30
rcuello
Incredible John, is a work Pharaonic carving the rock.
My house with enclosed park, it is thrice in sculpture.
Downloading can gloating looking view details.
After two weeks of serious study and numerous questions here I will now vote again as I have a better feel for how to judge the entries. I will fire my first "serious" shot taken with my little Point & Shoot zoom camera I named the "Toy Canon". Range 850 meters or approximately 2800 feet. (approx 1/2 mile or .8 kilometers). I think the camera delivered "One shot.. one Kill". Download for detail of master stone carvers at work. The largest bas relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving depicts three Confederate leaders of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (and their favorite horses, "Blackjack", "Traveller", and "Little Sorrel", respectively). The entire carved surface measures 3 acres (12,000 m2), about the size of two and a quarter football fields. The carving of the three men towers 400 feet (120 m) above the ground, measures 90 feet(30m) by 190 feet (58 m), and is recessed 42 feet (13 m) into the mountain. The deepest point of the carving is at Lee's elbow, which is 12 feet (3.7 m) to the mountain's surface.
Beautiful work and subject!
incredible detail. It's been a while since I've been to stone mountain. It's time for a return trip.
Nice
It's only 20 minutes from me Randy and I wore my season parking pass out this week with more to come. When I was a kid growing up it was just the mountain which we used to run up on the walk-up side for track conditioning. Things have changed.
Well done JOhn
Nice details.Very well done
Lovely shot
Great shoot John.
Outstanding Capture for such camera John. You can NO longer say that you are the Master of None far you have mastered the Art of Point and Shoots to the Highest Degree. Favorite!
excellent BW
nice work john
Good job John!
Nice work John.
Very nice.
Nicely done!
Incredible John, is a work Pharaonic carving the rock. My house with enclosed park, it is thrice in sculpture. Downloading can gloating looking view details.
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