Chapel Door by auntietk
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Description
This is the door to Memorial Chapel at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The church was built in 1878 from local stone, and the building crew was a prison labor force.
Comments (31)
beachzz
Interesting history, I hope that crew got some kind of special grave for doing the work. The foto is beautiful, has a soft, dreamy quality to it.
cfulton
I like the composition - the door hinges are amazing! Clive
lizzibell
Beautiful capture..
awjay
excellent work
babuci
Love the deep honety colored door and the hinges are manna for medieval lovers.
bazza
Lovely looking doors. Nice shot..
durleybeachbum
Beautiful treatment of this lovely thing!
helanker
OH! I almost posted a similar door Tara. It is vry beautiful indeed. I love the ironwork :)
DAVER2112
Fantastic image! Love the colors. :)
debbielove
Excellent use for them as well.. Did a good job too! Another fine looking door. Great shot.. Rob
MrsRatbag
Oh, beautiful shot! I love the postwork, it just pops that ornate hinge system!
MrsLubner
excellent capture...very warm and welcoming
fredster66
You were there and not I... my only question here is why off-center? Just a question... but the colors and textures are amazing. Well seen!
bmac62
A-1 composition...like the way you've balanced the roundedness of the door with the angular lines of the woodwork on the upper left. Your postwork both brings out the texture of the stone and somehow gives the rich wood in the door a glow...IMHO:) Nicely done!
Faemike55
Wonderful capture! excellent workmanship in the building nice postwork
jo_dis
I know behind those doors is a wonderful world of imagination,... a world your talent created.
MaraP
Impressive, excellent work!
Ionel
Very nice composition!
delaorden_ojeda
nice compo and details
THROBBE
Beautiful doors and work!
jmb007
bonne photo!
jocko500
some big doors. wonderful looking
wysiwig
Beautiful ironwork. I really like the color and texture on the door. Hopefully their training as stone masons gave the prisoners a way to make an honest living if and when they were released.
redchilicat
Love the composition
RodS
Beautiful shot, Tara! As many times as I've been to Ft. Leavenworth, I've never noticed these doors. I should look around a little more!
Chipka
WOW! Get a load of that wood! It's alive and glowing. Makes me think that someone other than a bunch of miscreants doing penance built it! Hmmm...maybe the Wood-folk are responsible? That would explain it's glow as if it's made of living wood! I love the contrast of that door to the stone, the different textures you've captured so perfectly. WOW! This is amazing! On another note, it makes me think that Kutna Hora--a rather historically rich, gorgeous, and wacky little Czech town--is on the other side of it. Funny how doors make me think along those lines and some chapel/church doors make me think of how wonderful it would be to cross vast distances simply by crossing a threshold! I love it when art evokes these feelings (and longings) in me...so many possibilities open up, and it's so fitting that a door would symbolize that! WOW! This piece really got to me in the best possible way. Well done...or as Victor would say: This is enough seriouse work. Is good. Yeah, he even pronounces that extra "e" in serious...like a tiny, little, half-spoken room addition on the "s". Oooh, my mind's all over the place tonight! That's a good thing though. And again, great work...
junge1
Beautifully captured Tara. I am sure there is a reason for having it off-center!
lyron
Beautiful shot!!
danapommet
Rustic doorway, natural wood, stone arch and lovely stone work all around. Fantastic shot. Dana
jascorpio
Very beautiful shot!