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The Fishermen's Bastion (designed by Frigyes Schluek) is made up of seven round towers - each one symbolising the seven Magyar tribes that effectively gave rise to the nation a thousand years earlier.
Almost fairytale like in appearance, its decorative white rampart and flowing staircases stretch alongside the eastern front of the Mátyás Templom. According to tradition, the area directly behind the church housed a local fish market during medieval times - hence the name of the Bastion. During the 18th century, the Guild of Fisherman are also said to have traditionally defended this part of the castle wall.
The glorious views of Houses of Parliament and Pest beyond are simply breathtaking. I hope you like my latest submission and as usual your crits are most welcome. Best regards, Gavin
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from jpringlephoto/John (16,926) 
on July 8, 2005 1:37:11 AM CDT
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Beautiful stone work, nice interior, Good color tone and nice details. It would be great to have a person with a robe on walking through the hall.
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from nrwtaylor/Nicholas (2,423)
on July 8, 2005 1:31:31 AM CDT
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This is a good image and you have done well to capture the interesting architecture. In terms of composition (important in an image such as this), I might have tried two variations. One would be to have included more pavement below the two foreground columns to ground them, and as a counter-point to the arches. Secondly, I would have seen whether it was possible to bring the two foreground columns onto the left and right thirds. At the very least it would be interesting to contrast this image against your photograph.
There is some softness to the image - I'm not clear whether this is an jpeg artifact, but there is definately something odd going on in the white areas. I'm supposing you must have used a tripod to take this shot at 1/8s, so the softness in the web image is a little disapointing and surprising.
Summary - a strong architectural image, nicely exposed. Thanks. Nick
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from pio55/Piotr (2,155)
on July 3, 2005 5:24:35 PM CDT
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Its a beautiful scene and has some lovely elements that I really like. Its an unusual angle from which you have taken this photograph, but it is this that makes it more than a snap! I also like the monotone, which gives it a timeless feel! Regards Piotr
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From gavins/Gavin (7,946)
on July 3, 2005 5:36:32 PM CDT
Hi Piotr, I found that the there was so much architectural detail to this location. It gave me the opportunity to play about with and capture the symetrical detail in all its splendour. I'm glad that you like it. Best wishes, Gavin
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