86- MOTHERS' DAYS AROUND THE WORLD, a photo from Kobenhavn, East

Photographer's Note

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY TO ALL THE MUMS OF THE WORLD!
After trying to find out about this tradition internationally, from memory or different TE members, I thought of going to look on Wikipedia.
So, today,the last Sunday in May, it is celebrated in FRANCE, SWEDEN, ALGERIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI, MAURITIUS, MOROCCO and TUNISIA.
The 1st Sunday in May, it is celebrated in SPAIN, PORTUGAL, HUNGARY, LITHUANIA.
However, the 2nd Sunday in May is common in most countries: US, AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA....
In BRITAIN and IRELAND, They celebrate it on the 4th Sunday of lent, which is always 3 weeks before Easter.
But there are really a lot of dates all through the year for different countries. The article on WIKIPEDIA is quite exhaustive.

This morning, I posted a photo of mother cats, with a long note about Mothers'days, and how mother cats are so good with their young that they could even be an example to human mums. Unfortunately, it was deleted the very minute it was posted. I think it's a real pity: OK, they were my pets, but the note really made it worth it: "Learning about the world through photography!" I received an e-mail telling me to plead my cause if I wanted it reactivated, but I didn't bother, as last time it happened to me, they just ignored my plea!
Still, I supposse with TE, we have to take the bad with the good, especially as there is a lot more good than bad.

Anyway, I have chosen another picture for Mothers'day!
I wasn't sure if sirens had children, 0:)), so I went on the net and read "Den lille Havfrue" from Hans Christian Andersen, and learnt that of course they have children, to perpetuate the race! This poor little one didn't because she couldn't marry her beautiful prince; so all the more reason to pay her a tribute on this day. And she does represent the delicateness of femminity.
When ANDERSEN wrote his tale in the 1850's, in which he related his own aspiration for freedom, little did he know that it would make him famous all over the world, both thanks to the tale and to the statue.

This statue was made by EDVARD ERIKSEN, and in 1913 offered to the city of Copenhagen by CARL JACOBSEN, the heir of the beer makers "Carlsberg". By having it sculpted and installed in such a beautiful spot, he thought of Andersen's tale and he wanted the sculpture to symbolise the attachment of the Danish people to the sea.
Now of course, it has become the symbol of Copenhagen.
I hope you'll enjoy it. It's a scan from the year 2000.

In WS, you'll find out about Cats' mothers day :-))

cfreire, GUYOFF, josepmarin, vbbreizh, jlbrthnn, papagolf21, JCG, maltese, stego, woozbman, adores, siolaw, xuaxo, kordinator, aliabazari, sacimar has marked this note useful

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cfreire (11741) 2008-05-24 7:51

Hola Marie-Louise,
Una bella homenaje al dia de las madres, pues, creo que en la vida el unico verdadero amor es el de la madre por sus hijos. Bella obra de arte muy capaturada con excelentes colores y contrastes. Saludos brasileсos, Consuelo

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GUYOFF (901) 2008-05-24 8:59

Bonjour Marie Louise

Cette photo est tres bien reussi, cette statut semble кtre une vrai femme, j aime beaucoup le cadrage et le resultat general

Bon samedi

GUY

vbbreizh (2622) 2008-05-24 23:47

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Belle image pour cet hommage а la femme et aux mamans...
Sympa le WS...
Bonne fкte а toi aussi !
Amitiйs, Gilles

bracasha75 (24591) 2008-05-25 0:14

Hi Marie

Very nice monumnet for mothers of the world and Kopehagen .

Very good shoot Marie and good work

TFS

Salut,Braca

josepmarin (59385) 2008-05-25 2:55

Hola MarieLouise,
en Espaсa ya celebramos el dнa de la Madre el pasado 4 de Mayo.
Pero tu foto es simbуlica y tu nota muy agradable.
A la foto se le nota el paso de los aсos, y el proceso de escaneado que le hace perder calidad, pero es muy bonita y tiene un buen atractivo a la vista. Quiйn no conoce esta famosa Sirenita?
Sobre que hayan borrado tu foto de las mamбs gatas, te comprendo, cuando recibes el e-mail diciendo que has violado las reglas de TE, te sientes mal. Pero has hecho muy bien no respondiendo a este e-mail explicando tus motivos para la foto y rogando que la restituyan, yo lo hice en una ocasiуn, y ni se dignaron responderme, no hicieron ni caso. Y contigo han hecho lo mismo, ignorarte. Йsto es lo ъnico triste y criticable de este gran sitio, su falta de humanidad.
Un fuerte abrazo,
Josep

jlbrthnn (76043) 2008-05-25 4:22

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Un grand classique dont on ne se lasse jamais, tellement c'est beau et йlйgant. Quelle oeuvre frкle mais durable. Excellente image, symbolique.
Passe un bon dimanche, et bonne fкte а toutes les mиres donc, femmes et chattes.
Bon dimanche.
Amicalement
Joлl

Rosa (0) 2008-05-25 5:35

Hello Marie-Louise,
I find this small siren on this superb, beautiful colors and pretty rock contrasts, cheer. Thank you for the short note for Thomas it goes better it left the private clinic yesterday, it had good soup ; -)
thank you for your visit, you have a beautiful gallery.
Regard ,
Rosa.

UnTrained (0) 2008-05-25 5:47

Salut MarieLouise,
nice dedication of that virgin to all the Mothers on the World. The change of light making parts to a silhouette and parts well exposed adds some interest and the statue is a the right place. The sky should get some noise reduction.
I just avoid to post captures with are risky because of the content.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

lousat (139890) 2008-05-26 16:17

Hi Marie,a classic pic but rich of history,a beautifull place and a excellent note too,tanks for share,Luciano

papagolf21 (152607) 2008-05-28 2:04

Bonjour, chиre Marie-Louise,
Bel hommage rendu pour la fкte des Mиres avec cette trиs belle petite sirиne de Copenhague !
Trиs intйressante note d'accompagnement.
Trиs bon cadrage йgalement.
Amitiйs.
Philippe

JCG (35153) 2008-05-28 4:57

Bonjour Marie-Louise,

Une idйe originale et bien trouvйe pour cйlйbrer la fкte а toutes les mamans du globe. Elle ne fait pas son вge cette belle sirиne reconnaissable entre toutes !!! Merci pour ces petits moments de bonheur en photos cadeaux, qu'ils sont mignons et attendrissants, moi qui adore les chats, merci Marie-Louise.

Avec toutes mes amitiйs et une bonne aprиs-midi,

Jean-Charles

maltese (22909) 2008-05-29 14:03

Bonsoir Marie-Louise
J'arrive un peu tard pour la fкte des Mиres, mais j'ai beaucoup aimй cette йvocation tant magique qu'animale. Tu as su capter une trиs belle lumiиre pour mettre en valeur cette statue si connue, mais pas souvent vu sur TE.
Une rйussite donc.
Amitiйs
hervй

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2008-06-01 23:47

A very nice shot of this interesting woman. Very good informative note.
Best wishes,
Achim

stego (24132) 2008-06-02 3:06

Salut Marie Louise,
A classic view, but certainly beautiful as well and serves well as a homage to the Mothers day.
Its technical quality is very reasonable for a scan. Maybe the worst thing is the noise on the sky.
Amicalement, Josй.

woozbman (368) 2008-06-04 20:59

Hi MarieLouise,

I like the composition here. Sitting there all this time, she's got quite a sunburn, or rather, seaburn. She seems to be watching over the sea. After all, the sea is her "baby", isn't it?

Best regards,
Lamberto

adores (46979) 2008-06-05 17:30

Hi Marie Louise!
Good selection of photos to celebrate the day.I like the cats and this one is not bad for a scan.It's a very famous statue, I like the composition and the colours. Good homage!

cobra112 (15589) 2008-06-07 13:41

Foto datata ma ricchissima di fascino. Complimenti. Have a nice WE.

Roberto

Silvio1953 (222721) 2008-06-08 2:23

Ciao Marie Luise, splendido semi controluce, hai ripreso molto bene la scultura simbolo di Copenaghen, splendidi i colori del mare, buon week end, ciao Silvio

jonathan_hart (21276) 2008-06-08 3:12

un des sujets les plus photographiйs de Copenhague, et souvent trиs mal cadrй quand on voit la multitude de photo de la petite sirиne sur ce site (petit problиme, Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Copenhague, les photos sont un peu dissйminйes, les administrateurs pourraient regrouper..)
ici le cadrage est bien vu sauf pour un bout de pied, et l'angle est bon, il n'y a que le bruit du ciel qui est un peu trop prйsent
amicalement
jo

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siolaw (38294) 2008-06-16 8:13

Salut Marie Louise,
C'est risquй de poster une portйe de chats ces temps ci! Tu leur as trouvй une remplacante sйrieuse... Le cadrage est bon, lйgerement dйcentrй, et la qualitй est raisonnable, considйrant que c'est un scan... le lйger bruit dans le ciel peut кtre йliminй facilement avec neat image, d'ailleurs.
Bien amicalement, et bonne fкte aux mamans, mкme si je suis en retard!
Amicalement
Laurent

clic (76) 2008-08-22 7:30

Bonjour Marie Louise
Quelle beau geste que d'offrir une sirиne pour la Fкte des Mиres....elles sont toutes aimantes, gйnйreuses et belles comme cet oeuvre de l'artiste!
Et vous faites ma journйe en m'apprenant qu'elles peuvent se reproduire!
Au plaisir!
Robert

Disabled_A (0) 2008-11-20 15:09

Bonjour MarieLouise,
I somehow overlooked this photo!:( it's a good photo: very good POV (it's only a pity that the very bottom of it is cropped) and DOF. The "timeless" mermaid against the absolutely modern landscape in the background! The photo has some noise but, as far as I could see, it was corrected - in the WS version.
Good note to the photo:)
best wishes,
Elena

pablominto (53746) 2008-11-22 23:12

Hello MarieLouise,

This is a lady that has suffered a lot, losing the head a couple of times too!
The image is well composed and has a fine quality for a scan, well not that old then hehehe...
The low point of view works well, and the image has a good feeling of depth!

Greetings,
Pablo -

xuaxo (6854) 2009-01-18 3:51

Bonjour MarieLouise
Une photo sympathique pour cet hommage.
Amitiйs,
F.

zumoduvas (2069) 2009-01-31 9:26

Hello Marie Louise.

Excellent image, nice composition and colors.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

Colombiana (2957) 2009-03-07 12:19

Hola MarieLouise,
La sirena de Copenhague se parece un poco a la que tenemos en Cartagena-Colombia. De hecho la encontre aqui tienes la version Colombiana! Linda foto con una muy bien merecida dedicatoria... ya casi celebraremos otra vez el dia de las madres. Como corre el tiempo!

Un saludo cordial desde Miami,
Maryori

ikeharel (114409) 2011-04-02 1:02

A famous monument, in an old scanned print, well shown to the details, MarieLouise.
Just imagine life at sea with flippers...
Regards
Ike

kordinator (8738) 2011-05-18 0:40

Hello MarieLuise
I like to see a statue as motive.
Nice composition,fine balanced colors,perfect lighting.
Great job.
Best regards
Saљa

aliabazari (23097) 2012-08-16 20:42

Marie-Louise
J'aime les statues et les images de votre atelier. Texte intйgral et belle. Eh bien vu.
En ce qui concerne

sacimar (38173) 2020-02-19 6:14

Hola Marie-Louise,

recuerdo esta escultura cuando visitй Copenhague, es una foto clбsica pero muestra perfectamente los detalles de la misma con una buena iluminaciуn, bien visto,

Un saludo,

Sergio