– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Delaplane Delaplane is a small rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia. The village came into being after the building of the Manassas Gap Railroad in 1852. Construction of the railroad began the previous year at the junction of the existing Orange and Alexandria Railroad at what became known as Manassas Junction. The railroad headed west towards Front Royal, through the Manassas Gap in the...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Erosion as Art I have been reading Rick Sammon’s book “Creative Visualization for Photographers”. This book is not a technique guide in the standard form. It is designed to help the photographer produce better images through ideas that may lead to better vision. Basically, the aim is to give you a better eye for an image and then post-processing it to elevate the result from a snapshot to a great...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Railroad Baggage Carts A couple of weeks ago we revisited the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. Whilst I was waiting for the steam locomotive to arrive I wandered around the historic depot. No matter the main attraction that takes you to something like a tourist train station, it is always worth taking some time to slowly explore the surroundings. As I was walking along...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Model A Ford 4-Door Convertible In the last post we took a look at creating a reasonable facsimile of the historic era represented by the preserved Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s Baldwin Consolidation 2-8-0 Locomotive. In that particular image patience was required to achieve the desired result. Today we see the how pure luck can also play a key role in finding and creating a great image...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Isaiah Davenport House The Isaiah Davenport House is a historic house in Savannah, Georgia. It is located on the northwest corner of Columbia Square, one of six additional squares added to the original Oglethorpe Plan in the late 1790s. This federal-style home was built in 1820 by Isaiah Davenport for his growing household as well as a means of showing his considerable building skills. Details of...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Blue Nugget Situated atop a small hill between the Superstition Mountains and the Goldfield Mountains, the settlement of Goldfield got its start in 1892 when very rich, high grade gold ore was found in the area. A town soon sprang up and on October 7, 1893 it received its first official post office. This new...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Maryland State House A quick post today so the narrative below is taken straight from Wikipedia. The Maryland State House in Annapolis is the oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772. It houses the Maryland General Assembly as well as the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Murray’s Mill Murray’s Mill in eastern Catawba County, North Carolina is an intact 1913 mill lying on the banks of Balls Creek. The mill, built by John Murray, lies on the site of an original mill operated by his father, William, since 1883. In 1906, William deeded the property to his two sons, John and...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Bettys Hope Bettys Hope was the largest sugar plantation in Antigua. It was established by Govenor Keynel in 1650. His wife inherited the estate in 1663 after his death but abandoned it in 1666 when the French occupied the island. The British recaptured the island and awarded the estate to the Codrington...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Ringling Museum Grounds and Gardens The Ringling Museum Grounds and gardens also provide a wealth of photographic opportunities to anyone visiting the museum buildings. As you walk through the Ringling Bayfront Gardens, as the gardens are formally known, past the two circus museum buildings you pass a number of...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Circus Museum at the Ringling Museum The Ca d’Zan Mansion is one of a number of buildings on the grounds of the Ringling Museum. John Ringling was one of the five brothers who formed the Ringling Bros. Circus in 1884. John Ringling was responsible for overseeing the route taken by the traveling circus that...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Ceiling of the Grand Court, Ca’ d’Zan Mansion Having looked at the external architectural details of the Ca’ d’Zan Mansion at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida (see other posts: Colored glass door, Belvedere Tower; Venetian Gothic Architectural Details and External corridor) it is time to move...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – External corridor leading to wooden door, Ca’ d’Zan Mansion Our final look at the external architectural details of the Ca’ d’Zan Mansion at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida (see other posts: Colored glass door, Belvedere Tower; and Venetian Gothic Architectural Details). The Ringlings hired...
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