The Brooding Soldier - a photo on Flickriver

The St. Julien Memorial is a Canadian war memorial and small commemorative park located in the village of Sint-Juliaan, Langemark, Belgium. The memorial commemorates the Canadian First Division's participation in the Second Battle of Ypres of World War I which included fighting in the face of the first poison gas attacks along the Western Front. Frederick Chapman Clemesha's sculpture, the Brooding Soldier, was selected to serve as the central feature of the monument.
Visible for miles around, the memorial stands 11 metres tall. The 'Brooding Soldier' column rises from a low circular flagstone terrace and is sculpted at its top to form the bowed head and shoulders of a Canadian soldier. The soldier's hands are resting on the butt of his down-turned rifle in the 'arms reversed' position, a pose used as gesture of mourning and respect for the fallen performed at funerals and services of remembrance.

In my album 1914-1918 Remembered.

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Taken in: Belgique / West-Vlaanderen / Langemark-Poelkapelle (show map)

Taken on: May 11, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D7100, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec, 140mm (=210mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	18.0-140.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	140mm (35mm equivalent: 210mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 11.0 Windows
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