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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Icarus [Sky Watch Friday]

This is the last of my 'through the tour bus window' images taken in Ireland last month. It is a statue of Icarus [from Greek mythology], which stands in a roundabout in the town of Ennis [western Ireland]. Some background I took from Wikipedia: Ennis was going to celebrate its 750th anniversary in 1990. In its honor, an aviation company [now defunct] commissioned the statue.  Although the sculptor [John Behan] named it Daedalus, apparently the townspeople began calling it Icarus, and that name stuck. Anyway, as we circled the roundabout, I had just one chance to shoot, and managed to get the backside of it. All the unsightly electric/phone lines were 'cloned out' in Photoshop Elements.


11 comments:

Sally in WA said...

Nice shot. Sometimes it only takes one click of the button to capture it.

lina@women said...

Amazing Icarus sculpture.

Nancy J said...

Stan ,a stunning photo and the Photoshop did justice to giving a clear background.That made the statue stand out so well. The bus window must have been very clean. Cheers from Jean

Jim said...

Great sculpture.
Sydney - City and Suburbs

biebkriebels said...

A beautiful photo of Icarus!

Unknown said...

great shot! love it!

Amiko @ Maipikucha

Jackie McGuinness said...

I hope you enjoyed your trip to Ireland. I was born there and go back to visit quite often.

Powell River Books said...

I have Photoshop, but don't know how to use it very well. Maybe a class would be a good thing. - Margy

namaki said...

I love Icarus's color !

Mr Paul said...

Great shot. Very atmospheric.

Paul

Fotokarusellen said...

A great shot and a beautiful sculpture.