It falls upon me to set the next weekly challenge. Here in the UK we are currently celebrating 800 years since the signing of Magna Carta, and also 50 years since the death of Winston Churchill.....so I thought that I would choose "History" as this weeks challenge....


Some ideas could be historical buildings, old objects, books, even fake historical figures....here are a few from me to set the scene









The fine print:

The Challenge will run until midnight next Friday January 30th 2015, whichever time zone you are in.


Every week, a new theme is picked and judged by the winner of the previous week.

Rules
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose one of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus an additional day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax (or Samsung DSLR) camera can be used.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.
9. In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, they will PM the #2 winner for that person to be the judge.




Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/275769-weekly...#ixzz3PgKuXzKX

[geomez]

Statue head in BW

It is the head of Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo 28 June 1914. Afterwards Austrian-Hungarian Empire invaded Serbia, which was led to the begin of WWI.

Interesting subject to memorialize with a statue.

[Dariusz]

Interesting subject to memorialize with a statue.

Yeah, I'm also surprised! Stinking matter..

[geomez]

This is the YESCO boneyard, not the Neon museum?

I lived in Vegas for a long while before the Neon Museum and am more used to the boneyard than the Neon Museum. I have photographed both. The light illuminating the "B" says it all though. I took it at the Neon Museum. Thanks for catching that.

[noelcmn]

City Hall, Port Elizabeth, city of my birth. Here is some history.
The Port Elizabeth City Hall, which is located in Market Square, was built between 1858 and 1862. The attractive clock tower was only added in 1883. The City Hall was proclaimed a national monument in 1973. It burnt down in 1977 and was rebuilt. In the year 1820 the first British settlers arrived in Port Elizabeth. Their importance cannot be overestimated in the warp and weave that is the history of South Africa. It was at one stage a British colony, and English ancestry remains one of the abiding influences in our country.

[rod_grant]

Port Arthur was a penal colony in Tasmania, established in 1830 as a timber camp.
What became the main penitentiary building (pictured) in 1857 was actually built as a granary and mill in 1843.
Perhaps the crims were more numerous than crops!
Another prison building was built on the site in 1848 (The Separate Prison) which was for the hardened convicts and they weren't even allowed to speak except to answer a guard!
The whole complex was closed in 1877 and was ravaged by bush fire in the 1880's.
What remains in the precinct now are ruins of many of the buildings, some partly restored, but much of the site is now parkland.

[StephenHampshire]

15 hours to go.