Today's Puzzle: Where Did I Shoot This Image?
Put on your thinking caps to solve this one …..
If you don’t want to know the answer, please do not read any further …....’
Solved by Vivek Bakshi on the third guess. This statue of Pope John Paul II was shot in the courtyard of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore, in mid-December 2007.
The church is more than 160 years old. It was opened in 1846, at the height of the colonial era, and was officially gazetted as a monument on 28 June 1973.
I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F8, 1/125 sec, ISO 800, focal length 125mm.
Featured in STATUES AND SUCH, November 2009.
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Betty Mackey 27 days ago
I give up already. Nice shot though.
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
HOLY smoke …. you never ever give up, Betty!
Betty Mackey 27 days ago
Western symbols but somewhere in Asia? I give up.
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
Yup.
Vivek Bakshi 27 days ago
Must be shot in Singapore
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
Bingo! The clue was the high-rise buildings in the background!
Diana-Lee Saville 27 days ago
oh darn…I missed out…lol…
I really thought Midas had paid the Pope a visit :/
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
G’day Di – I thought someone would say ``Rome’’ surely, but I deliberately chose this frame so that the foliage and the high-rise building would be a clue ….
bubblehex08 27 days ago
In the grounds of the Cathedral Of The Good Shepherd in Singapore.
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
How on earth did you know that? That’s brilliant …...
bubblehex08 27 days ago
Oh, I came too late, see your description just now – feel free to delete my comments :))
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
No, I never delete comments. And that deserves to stay because you absolutely nailed it in one!
Diana-Lee Saville 27 days ago
I could use him as a scarecrow in my veggie garden…:)) He looks better than the one I have now!
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
He’ll put the fear of God (literally) into the crows! Okay, I’ll email the church board to get ‘em to freight it to you today!
bubblehex08 27 days ago
Thanks GOOGLE, I first found where you can buy those statues by Fergus Rivers, for Diana here
and then I found your own blog :) LOL
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
Ah, that’s e-detective work, but detective work nonetheless. It’s a great old church and the courtyard must have witnessed so many weddings over the 160 years!
Shulie1 27 days ago
I knew it was a pope, but I would never have thought of Singapore
David McMahon replied 27 days ago
I didn’t think anyone would answer it so quickly either!
sfmilner 26 days ago
Greetings David; I would have never guessed. A wonderful capture.
steve
David McMahon replied 26 days ago
I was actually surprised that the puzzle was solved so quickly. I thought everyone would guess European cities.