This is the famous sign at Checkpoint Charlie, the american border crossing at the former Berlin wall. Now people can walk along freely as the two seperated states are reunited. The events during the cold war (also happening at this place), the nonviolent revolution in the former GDR and the German reunification were major events in our history and still have repercussions on todays life. So I chose this as the theme for the challenge because I think it's something that makes Germany, as my corner of the world, different from other countries.
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Well... just four comments... seems the photo really sucked. I agree that it's not a great shot, it was more the theme I tried to convey. See the photo details for an explanation. But even that didn't came across. I thought that most people will recognise the sign and associate it with the history it stands for. Well... apparently not.
I chose this photo of the series _because_ it was busy. I wanted to show the contrast of all the trouble in the history (represented by the sign) and the normality today (represented by the street scene). In all the other photos I took at this location there were tourists staring at the sign and photographing like me ;-) I liked how the people walk normally over the street now when some years ago there was the Berlin wall with fences, army guards etc at this place. I also didn't want to remove the cranes because they somehow added to this picture (in my opinion). They show todays progress and development at the former broder areas.
Anyway 5.2 is actually a good score for this photo, I just would have liked more comments to see how other people think about it and if it was possible to see the things I had in mind when taking the photo.
Wow -- where the heck is that? :) Interesting sign, perhaps a little too busy below. It would have been interesting to see it with the camera tilted down enough to eliminate the cranes.
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