The magnificent Coliseum

Posted by WendyTsang (Hayward, United States) on 23 June 2007 in Architecture.

The magnificent Coliseum. Although the typical Coliseum of Rome combatants were trained gladiators, convicted criminals and prisoners of war, occasionally glory-seeking individuals volunteered to fight. Often they overrated their skills and suffered the consequences.

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Comments (10)

objectif plume from Belgium

i've seen it... it is a so beautiful building! your shot is a very beautiful one

23 Jun 2007 5:01am

Wendy from Hayward, United States

Thanks for your nice comments! It's an awesome history.

23 Jun 2007 6:07am

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

I want to go there! I think we need to start an {H} creatives family fund to go there! B-) Great shot, Wen. I know you have more on this series...can't wait.

Cheers....

23 Jun 2007 7:34am

Wendy from Hayward, United States

Thanks for your encouragement! Europe is simply magical. You can shoot like crazy there bec everything is just so beautiful =)

23 Jun 2007 8:02am

Daniel & Jessica from Melbourne, Australia

Excellent capture! Like the tone and colours. One question, what are those hordes of people doing there? Are they all tourists?

23 Jun 2007 9:55am

chacha from United States

Like the tone and colors here....Nice capture wendy.....

23 Jun 2007 10:50am

Candace from Emmaus, United States

Youv'e caputered this perfectly....the color is wonderful. Thanks for taking me to Europe!

23 Jun 2007 11:35am

@Candace: My pleasure Candece! Stay tune for more to come on my Europe adventure!

Johnny Soedomo from United States

Great shot... yeah... we would like to be there as well!!!

23 Jun 2007 8:39pm

HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States

Nice full shot! Very nice! :)

24 Jun 2007 1:38am

Rohan from Atl, United States

this is so beautiful. i wouldnt mind being a gladiator if i being one i would get a chance to visit this place :)
awesome processing as well.

24 Jun 2007 3:18pm

@Rohan: Hahaha....wait until you see the inside! It's scarry. I can almost imagine the brutal bloody fight that went on before =)

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