under the watchful eye

Posted by DarkElf (Perth, Australia) on 20 December 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

moving on to a different city - before i start my south coast series from WA, i wanted to share a couple more photos from the place where I was born - Lodz in Poland... it is a very different city to Perth, much more congested in terms of living space and size...

this photo comes from Piotrkowska Street - the main street in Lodz - looking towards the Freedom Square (Plac Wolnosci) where daily life takes place under the watchful eye of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish national hero from the late 18th century...

as a piece additional information, it is interesting to know that the highest mountain in Australia is named after the same person as the monument that you see here, the mountain being Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales...

welcome to my photoblog and thanks for visiting... my aim is to learn photography and share my experiences with you, not only through my attempts at photography, but also through showing different aspects of the world that have caught my interest over the time that i have been walking this planet... hope you enjoy the journey with me...

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Comments (15)

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Perfect timing with the tram passing thru the junction . . I can see much style in the city despite hte new development.

21 Dec 2008 2:33am

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Great street shot!

21 Dec 2008 4:59am

One from Açores, Portugal

A beautiful scene of city life !! A nice juxtaposition of colors.

21 Dec 2008 5:17am

EYES WIDE SHUT from A corner of Utopia, United Kingdom

One of the many wonderful things I love about the photo blogging world, is the fact that we can see destinations and sights from all around the globe that we have never before witnessed.

Here's a case in point, a lovely image from a place I have never yet visited, with information to accompany. Many thanks, a great city shot

21 Dec 2008 5:49am

Toomaj from Iran

really alive and motive, warm colors of the bus express more this fact..

21 Dec 2008 8:41pm

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Nice composition withg lots of details for the eye to pick up on. Lovely curving lamps echoed by the festoons of wire and the roundabout sign

21 Dec 2008 9:18pm

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

An interesting explanation and now, we know more about you :-)
I like the composition, with the warm colors tramway, just under this statue.

22 Dec 2008 6:48am

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Beautiful city. So colorful.

Really interesting info too!

22 Dec 2008 1:47pm

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

So how long did you have to wait to get the tram in to the perfect position lol! And also the lady exactly in the middle! Magic photo.

22 Dec 2008 7:46pm

Swetha Iyer from New Haven, CT, United States

How pre meditated was this picture - with the tram and the maiden at the cruz of the picture. Love your sense of timing and the colors here that really stand out. Great composition!

22 Dec 2008 8:17pm

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

A really intriguing image - great light and lots of interest with detail. Nice.

23 Dec 2008 2:34am

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

a faaabulous downtown image!!! what is all that draped and curving wire used for? decorations? it lends an air of elegance to this shot!! thanks for the history -- what is the connection between 18th century Poland and Australia? do you know? would be very interesting to find out!!! :)

23 Dec 2008 3:28am

@dj.tigersprout: there are a lot of connections between late 18th and 19th centuries Polish people and the entire world as this is when Poland was under foregin rule and a lot of people migrated... the mountain was named as such by Polish explorer Count Paul Edmund Strzelecki in 1840 in honour of General Tadeusz Kosciuszko who led an uprising against Russia and Prussia... the same General fought for the freedom on the United States in the late 1770s and was even made a citizen by US congress...

Scotfot from Kabul, Afghanistan

Another great tram picture! Very interesting history - was his explorations in Australia before or after he fought against the British in the American War of Independence :-)

3 Jan 2009 9:33am