funkypancake: statues Archives

one eyed maori carving

where's your other eye ? a tourist nicked it. that can happen.

shadow of a statue

(you weren't allowed to take pictures of the statues themselves)

not his real arm ?

i think there's a problem there.

i suspect he's not been having enough calcium (see here for an excellent video on calcium)

fancy plant pot display

i like how the statue is peaking round the corner causing statuey prudeness

we went geocaching yesterday in a wood. we got a bit lost (missed a footpath turning), but found 6/9 and saw some great things. like this weird metal statue (click on the picture to see the word reflected in its globe).

will smith

violent statues

some excellent metal statues outside here

pointy statue

billy

ghandi

d'oh
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what a great expression

picton castle people

belgian statue (with pointy building hat)

whatever happened to all the eros

i was going to just post the picture above, but then i realised i could make another pop pun title by including a few more. or perhaps i should have put none up and then the question would have been more relevant. as it is, it answers itself. oh well.

strange eyes
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statue
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i think this chap might be french, but i've forgotten who he is ! i think he's vaguely near tower bridge or something. that's pretty rubbish blogmanship. sorry

eros

The Nuba Embrace

read more about this random and rather large sculpture here

gormley statues

comedy faced statue

is that your own head ?

statue in a field

when out geocaching on sunday we passed an amazing house which had a garden full of giant statues. here's one

boy on a magic turtle ride

there was a geocache hidden in a light fitting by this little chap.

polish statue people on roofs

we've all seen that doctor who episode and know what can happen

and now she's gone

i walked past this yesterday and noticed she's been replaced with a plastic 80s disaster which is a shame. this photo was from september but i never got round to posting it.

the strange things on her belly are to stop pigeons landing on it. works for beer bellies too apparently.

i'm sure i've forgotten something

fantastic statue in ipswitch i think

giant heroic polish peasants

i went in search of genuine communist era Poland when i was in Warsaw. most of it is being rebuilt like it was hundreds of years ago, so finding something obviously from the last 50 years (other than the stuff which has been build in the last 10 years) is tricky.

these statues are by a square which was built to house political rallies. you can see the scale of them in the top picture (there's a chap walking by). nowadays they are just ignored. they probably were back in the day too though !

elvis

visionary

tower bridge and statue
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i'm not sure which of these two photos i like best - what do you think ?

Sky colour thanks to my polarising filter. worked quite well i think

london guitar town
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there are a load of 10 foot high gibson guitars on the southbank near city hall and the tower of london (and tower bridge). they are very smart. go and see them

the guitar in the cage is signed by bruce dickinson - obviously too dangerous to leave roaming like the others

they are ten feet tall

the photo at the top was an attempt to use fill-in flash with a teeny weeny aperture to get the sun effect. not sure if it worked. i'd forgotten my remote trigger otherwise i could have had even more fun

albert memorial

prince albert was actually made of gold you know

plane throwing

strange sculpture in ipswich

great signage to accompany this huge statue in ipswich

gormley spotting

keep off this roof

spot the gormleys
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Gormley statue

these things are a brilliant new addition to the london skyline. more to follow (more info here)

Maid and Dolphin Statue

door heads

these statues stand each side of our church door, both looking straight ahead.

so they never look like this:

or this:

wellington looking at the moon
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showtime for the mannequin pis

i've reported on the mannequin pis a number of times, but i can't remember him ever having a fancy window display showing a replica of himself all lit up next to him. he's just becoming so touristy.

head on a table

strange statues

white statue against a white wall
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elephant

mozart statue

horse

statue

nelson uncovered

old nelson has been repaired and was unveiled yesterday. i didn't realise this at the time, but i managed to capture the workmen taking off the scaffolding. for a closer view (from the other side) see here.

funkypancake - bringing you pictures of the news from a different viewpoint and a little bit late (and mostly by accident)

nonsense

i thought of a great title for this picture, but decided i couldn't really put it on the site as i think it might be a bit rude (though in fact the word itself is not that rude). have a think, then click this link for an explanation (i can only apologise).

i do like the picture though.

statue

negative statue

this statue picture looked a bit boring so i negatived it and it now looks a bit fancier.

a different head

look closely and you'll see it's a head replacement

looking at the big lion

a lovely pear

the future

strange thing in the British Museum

cupid

not the bogey man

i overheard someone say to their frightened (and if i'm honest frightening) child "how many times do i have to tell you, that is NOT the bogeyman, it's Humpty Dumpty".