Paradise Prison by Niutek

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jul 20, 2004

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Isola d'Elba... *sigh* Thanks for taking a look :)

Comments (38)

Kropot

8:25AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

The world is round :) Lovely, shall we have a walk?

pAveeq

8:42AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Wonderful! I wish I could be there... Though, on the other hand, it's just deepened my "no holidays this year" depression.. well done Niutek :(

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Niutek

9:02AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

@pAveeq - there are limits to good things that can happen to one person in one year, you know... isn't it enough to get a new apartment, new job and a beautiful fiancee??? :D

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Enmos

9:24AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Sigh Awesome !!! Excellent shot, nothing more to say than... VOTE !!

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addiek

9:48AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

sigh is right! Gorgeous scenery!

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maciek

10:09AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

I've been ther I've seen that.......guter szos :) V

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danob

10:43AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Not been to this little bit of Napoleon Paradise, but did get to St Helena.. Lovely work and presentation.. Hugz

R3MAF

11:01AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Do you know ...Elba was enlivened constantly during Napoleon's residence by tourists who went out of their way to see the little fella! And the majority of these curious folks were ...Englishmen! Apparently, the little Corsican loved talking freely with them - receiving them at his house, and letting them carry off bits of stone, or even brick, from his premises as souvenirs. Eventually he left the island, I think after some 100 days, whereupon some time later he started a battle, with vastly superior numbers of soldiers on his side! Of course, he hadn't fought against the greatest tactical soldier of all time until then ...and the Duke of Wellington soon put him in his place! If it hadn't been for the Great Duke I'd probably be saying qui and pardon mademoiselle, amongst other things right now! Your lovely shot here brings this all flooding back to me, and I thought I'd jump in with the history lesson before that DarkestAngel chappie did! Regards M. :)))

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WandM

11:26AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Great view. Yes "sigh".

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Cosme..D..Churruca

11:49AM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Wonderful !

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DarkestAngel

12:51PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Bloody R3MAF! Got there before me! Ho-hum, well, this IS a beautiful pic and you have captured the colours as if it was a fresh summers day. Beautiful work...so different from your b/w selections that I adore so much :)

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zulaan

1:17PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Przepiekne kolory i swiatlo !!!! A jaki krajobraz !!!!!!! ;)

Tedz

1:59PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

I am not English....so, I cannot gloat over Napoleons Incarceration here....however, I made Love to a Lady Called Josephine on a Hillside once....yep....only once! Lovely Photo. Czesc!

cynlee

2:22PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

ok... i'm looking for the prison... anyways great view here & i'm glad i waited to comment just to read the history :]

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jcv2

2:27PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

There are more worse places for a prison.... Great shot and thanks for the historical explanation!

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Drea71

2:29PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Wouldn't mind being a prisoner there - for two or three weeks...

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Lalani

2:50PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Hehe, lovely landscape =)

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creanum

4:21PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

superbe paysage......

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Andromeda31

4:49PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Beautiful scenery...I wouldn't mind if I were imprisioned in this paradise!!! :D

logiloglu

5:41PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

a very wonderful image. love this view. excellent presentation. vote !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!

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Niutek

5:43PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

For all those who didn't quite get what the "bloody R3MAF" has been so eloquently talking about - Elba was Napoleon Bonaparte's prison. A very beautiful and quite spacious one. A true paradise from where I was standing... hence the title :)))

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RedundantlyAbundant

6:46PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

I really love this! The history here just adds to an already excellent image.

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tibet2004uk

9:34PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

OMG!! I wish I was there!! This is so beautiful!! And once more, ur wonderful shot reminds me so many beautiful scenes of the past!! Nostalgia.... V

TheVelvetFoxx

10:55PM | Tue, 20 July 2004

Stunning! And to think Napoleon was "imprisioned" here...

Ethesis

2:10AM | Wed, 21 July 2004

You catch such a severe and harsh view of the escarpment there. Well done.

mabel45

6:01AM | Wed, 21 July 2004

oh so much history and happened here looking so peacefull great work on the flat sea against the sharp rocks!!! e

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bogomil

6:41AM | Wed, 21 July 2004

Lovely prison and great POV. But the horizon is a little lop-sided... Maybe you can fix it with photoshop... :)

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Niutek

6:54AM | Wed, 21 July 2004

@bogomil - I could try, even though I'm not that good at potatoshopping but... I like it this way... you know, a touch of crazy irregularity is fun sometimes :)))

L.W. Perkins

10:13AM | Wed, 21 July 2004

I actually like the horizon tilt because it keeps your eye looking at what is in the picture, so that you look along the horizon to the angled hillside and down the rocks. I can't imagine why Napoleon wanted to leave such a gorgeous place--maybe he was out of sunscreen;-))

Michelle A.

10:19AM | Wed, 21 July 2004

Ahhh....beautiful view and history lesson!