Walnut by bmac62
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Description
Staircase of native walnut in the oldest active courthouse in Kansas and the midwest section of the USA.
Work of art in wood. And to think there was not a powertool to be had in 1871-1873.
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
Bill:)
P.S. Great to be back taking and posting pictures again after my 16 day hiatus preparing the house in Leavenworth for sale!
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Comments (32)
Faemike55
Wonderful capture and very beautiful wood work
Sea_Dog
Great POV and a wonderful shot.
treasureprints
What a fantastic shot!:)
Meisiekind
WOW - what awesome woodwork and what a glorious shot Bill! Amazing! It is so good to see you back! :)
blinkings
Good to see you back Bill. What lovely woodwork.
helanker
WOW! WHat a fantastic staircase. It is so elegant and beautiful. Super shot and a wonderful "come back" image :-D Welcome back Bill :)
Blush
Awesome image Love the woodwork:) Hugs Susan~
jayfar
Welcome back Biil, have missed your uploads. This is a fantastic stairwell shot, well seen and captured.
durleybeachbum
WHAT A SHOT!! Fabulous.
T.Rex
Welcome back, Bill! Nice to see you've been able to do some other things than preparing the house for sale. This is an amazing photo, with its off-center showing the layout of the architecture while at the same time showing the fantastic symmetry. Beautiful contrasts between the white walls, the different wood colors and the carpet. The lighting is very important here. Great job! :-)
bazza
Great shot, love the wood in this, fabulous!! Well captured Bill!!!
auntietk
I love the way you've shown off the wood in this shot. That dark walnut is fantastic! I've seen Roy Underhill (PBS) do spindle turning with a foot-treadle lathe, and it's an amazing process. Knowing how they do it doesn't diminish my amazement at ALL those balusters! No wonder it took them two years to build the courthouse. Fantastic pov!
thecytron
Great shot!
jendellas
Great to see you back Bill. This sure is a work of art its a beautiful staircase, made to last :o)
kansas
Welcome back. This is beautiful indeed. Remarkable craftsmanship and artistry.
MaraP
Impressive, excellent done!
MrsRatbag
Wow, love the compo on this shot, not to mention all that rich dark wood! Stunning!
kbrog
Can you say Vertigo? ;D Excellent POV and capture Bill!
tennesseecowgirl
This is very stunning. I bet it would look awesome in black and white with a white framing as well... excellent.
cfulton
One has to admire the skill that went into constructing this. Love the POV, Clive
jocko500
it way down there. wonderful shot
sandra46
superlative, impressive image!
neiwil
Welcome back Bill, you've been missed.Great image, I have a thing for spiral staircases and wood.You've got a double whammy here.There is nothing quite like aged Walnut.They must go through some beeswax here.
pauldeleu
Wonderful picture.
flavia49
marvelous picture!
npauling
Lovely to have you back again, and what a marvellous capture of this staircase you have here. The wood looks fantastic and the angle you have taken this looks superb.
RodS
OMG, Bill! Cottonwood Falls! Fantastic shot of the stairs in that courthouse! I've been to that courthouse - we went there some years ago, when I was co-chairman of the old KC Metro Photographer's Assn. I still have videos somewhere of that trip. I'm pretty sure I have a shot of that staircase, but not this angle. Wonderful shot, Bill!
goodoleboy
Egad, I thought at first it was an overhead shot of a baseball stadium at night! Wonderful clarity, detail and contrast in this pic, and welcome back from your odyssey.
danapommet
Your 16 days away from your camera sure did not affect your artistic eye. This is a fantastic POV and super clarity. Wonderful capture. Dana
anahata.c
another way you & tara overlap, but the wonderful thing is how you both go about pattern & abstraction in wholly different ways. A shot of a spectacular staircase, yet it's got so many abstract elements of light, form, contour, etc, it almost shimmers forth as pure design. It does so both for its initial design but also because of your capture, pov, etc. When you wrote "Walnut" I really thought it meant the actual shape of the opening in the stairs (which resembles a shelled nut, in a way). The clarity of detail on the stairs below is beautiful, the contrasts between them and the white wall and the sheer paneled floor is beautiful, and the general sweep of the stairwell---including the pieces you show at the top---is dramatic. A beautiful sweeping shot, with hints of what we don't see, and a lot of movement in a very specified space. Terrific.