Rich Man, Poor Town by Kaartijer
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Hello everyone!
This is a "3 in 1", the main picture is from Rosia Montana, a very old town from Romania (over 2000 years old), a sky shot from Canada, and the car, of course, from the annual Woodward Dream Cruise!
Why that little old town looks that bad? The answer is simple: Gold's fault. That area is rich in gold, and the smell of gold attracted a canadian company to invest, but totally different. They were trying to buy the entire town, then the plan was to erase every single building, then start the extraction right from the surface. But they didn't make it yet. Most of the home owners happily sold their homes for huge prices offered by the buyer (about 3 times more than its real value), but some didn't sell. They just refused to leave their hometown. And thank God, the govmt didn't approve the Gold Corp. plan to extract from the surface, an action that saved this historical town, at least for the moment. If you wanna see more images from Rosia Montana, go to
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=773306
Wish y'all a wonderful weekend!
Comments (64)
THROBBE
Very nice work! Love the colors here!
Chipka
It seems so typical that companies (whether their business is gold or not) could be interested in erasing a town with 2000 years of history behind it, all because of...well...gold. OK...gold is valuable and I'd love a huge hunk of it to sell...but still... This image is fantastic in that it encapsulates so much! The fact that it's a composite is stunning, you've woven the whole thing together, seamlessly, and it works perfectly. The colors are astounding and rich, and I love the whole contrast of the aged and crumbling buildings and the rich man's well maintained, bright blue car...oh what a commentary this offers! It's brilliant and an important piece of art. Great work!
Richardphotos
excellent manipulation and the building certainly shows it's age but still is beautiful architecture
erlandpil
Again a good picture erland
clbsmiley
WOW I love it.
Lenord
Helluva a compilation of images, Outstanding composition and Blend work. Peace
bugatti
Nice, and hope they'll save the town. The road though looks with a downwards inclination that the car doesn't seem to follow ...
Miska7
Very nice scene and post work! Well done.
PD154
Nice composite image, very well done, and I like the title.
NekhbetSun
Interesting info and very well put together !
schonee
I love that building..Excellent manipulation well done
thecytron
Interesting color photo!
tallpindo
In some ways destroying a historic town is no different than hanging an old outlaw. That looks like a Clenet, the car, made in Santa Barbara a while ago. I saw one in a gas station maybe 15 or so years ago. The color was pink and the paint was cracking. Doesn't look like the Excaliber I saw in a Dr.'s parking spot about 1981. It was white. So it's the color that says Clenet. Walk through that town. Listen to the whispering and pointing of fingers. Hear the slamming of doors and twisting of locks. Sin has a signature. The look of human habitation.
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend!
EmeraldElf
Great work!
ladyinblack
Wonderful information and beautiful work on the blending of images. Excellent!
capelito
Fantastic work. Wonderful colors and excellent manipulation.
Amosicho
Great work!
Faemike55
Great work and commentary! you did a fine job with this one
flora-crassella
great photo work!!!!
jccj56
Awesome Shot!!
photostar
This is excellent and a great study in contrasts.
beachzz
WOW--wonderful images, you'd never know it wasn't all the real deal. And thank heavens that plan fell thru, mining is so destructive.
tennesseecowgirl
Love this one!
MagikUnicorn Online Now!
Magnificent Trilogy postwork,,,and Awesome reading ;-)
Minda
wow! eddie this is really wonderful scene the building it look kind of old but still great architecture great inf.. excellent work
anaber
Nice.Well done the terrific contrast between poor and rich.There is been always like this...Beautiful images.Good post.gongrats.5++
MrsRatbag
Very excellent work; I love the old building, it's got so much beauty. Well done!
zil2008
Great image Eddie. That darn Gold Corp is attempting to do the same thing here in Northwestern Ontario. They want to dig up the surface gold and destroy a whole town. They are at present test drilling to see if it is viable. I sure hope not as it will be an enviromental disaster for us up here. This company is monopolizing all the gold reserves around here and if this happens "God help us." Great pic.
annie5
Awesome capture..you did a very good work here! Thanks for the info :)