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Goddess of Victory
This figure is perched at the top of the 30-m (97 ft) tall Dewey (or Victory) Monument at Union Square Plaza in San Francisco, California. Supposed to be the personification of victory, this statue was modeled from the likeness of a young local heiress at the time, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, who in her later years, built and later donated the Palace of Legion of Honor to the City of San Francisco.
This Monument commemorates the victory of Admiral George Dewey and the American fleet over Spanish forces at Manila Bay, the Philippines, on May 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War and was dedicated in 1903. It had withstood the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and still stands proud and tall today.
Taken with the Canon 55-250 f/4-5.6 telefoto kit lens.
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S Ty Photography (4 months ago | reply)
The Victory Monument in full view at the center from a previous post
Rober1000x (4 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot...great compo my friend
S Ty Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Thank you
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Vu Ha Nam (4 months ago | reply)
Nice shot!
Vu Ha Nam added this photo to his favorites. (4 months ago)
Luc@Santoro (4 months ago | reply)
Amazing composition and night shot my friend !!!
S Ty Photography (4 months ago | reply)
thank you Vu [http://www.flickr.com/photos/vu_ha_nam] and Luca
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S Ty Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Thank you Cliché , Darius, and Brian! Really appreciate your kind comments!
UggBoy♥UggGirl [ PHOTO // WORLD // TRAVEL ] added this photo to his favorites. (4 months ago)
GlobeTrotter 2000 (4 months ago | reply)
So nice !
Mr. Happy Face (4 months ago | reply)
Nice Work :) Greetings
S Ty Photography (4 months ago | reply)
thank you
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TIA International Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Beautiful photograph, and thank you for the details behind its significance. I like how you can also see the interior of the offices in the buildings behind the goddess. Very well done, Stew.
S Ty Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Really appreciate your thoughtful comments, Tosin
! Thanks very much, my friend!
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RiccardoGhiglione.com (4 months ago | reply)
Superb focus and composition
Malhas© (4 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Capture!
Malhas© added this photo to his favorites. (4 months ago)
Landscape Images by David Shield (4 months ago | reply)
This is a very well seen view, Stew, and you framed it perfectly. This image shows off the excellent detail and clarity of your lens.
S Ty Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Thank you very much,
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Sepp Jörgen added this photo to their favorites. (4 months ago)
bent.christiansen (4 months ago | reply)
I love the clarity and the style here........it's very intriguing to look at all these windows and try to imagine; what is going on inside?........nobody knows it!
S Ty Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the kind cOmments, bent! Now that you brought it up.... I m wondering aloud what if the camera lens was trained to a hotel LOL just kidding.
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