Great set of images.. I like the tower the best. :)

Splendid way to close out this exciting series Mark, and it has been a pleasure to view each image. As for myself it's hard to pick a favorite as each facade is beautiful in it's own way and filled with amazing detail. This Gothic style church for instance truly is inspirational and gives off an aura of power. It's easy to see why this caught your eye, and so glad you decided to include it in the series.

Old doorways are so interesting, not only for their unique architecture, but also for the intrigue of who has walked in and out of them. Great shot. CC

Voici trois belles photos difficile à choisir car chacune a sa particularité. Personnellement je prefère celle-ci car le noir et blanc donnent plus de relief à l'architecture du bâtiment surtout lorsqu'il est ancien.

Oh, a beautiful finish to this series; lovely choice of detail for your focus, you have such a wonderful artist's eye!

This is such a cool and beautiful shot, Mark. Love the big contrast from the tree to the big beautiful door in gotic style. Excellent what you did to it :)

A masterly composition!

Mark! he of the magic eye!! I wonder whether you actually walk around like jimmy olsen camera always ready or do you maybe see a point of interest and remember to bring your camera next time? However you do it you show exceptional skill in taking those shots! I am hopeless at it still there's a bit of time left maybe one day I'll have a serious go at it! I do have to say I always enjoy my visits to your gallery always a surprise and never a disappointment!! superb work my friend!

INTERESTING NEO-GOTHIC DETAIL

marvelous picture

I'm going to emulate flavia49 and make this comment short: Capital POV, texture and composition, Mark.

And amen to this very fine series of Chicago goth. You really gave us a close up look at some of best architectural detail your city has to offer!

Wonderful B/W picture!!!

I love that I saw this on the night after I discovered that a place I pass regularly is actually one of the rare, surviving examples of Victorian Gothic architecture here in Chicago: I like Gothic Architecture, though I can do without some of the more modern, mascara-laden interpretations of "Gothic" that pass for authentic today. Eh, it's a nice enough social trend, but it should have the inventiveness to name itself after itself rather than name itself after something else...but that's just me. I suppose that calling it "Gothic" is better than calling it "Fred." I think I know this church. I think I've photographed it. Does it have a courtyard you can't get into? IF so, just look for Chip-fingerprints all over the place, as I'm trying to finagle a way in, photo-ninja style (I suppose I could just ask somebody to let me in, but where's the fun in that?) This is another of those wonderful peeks that make me think of places like Prague and Petra (I have yet to visit Petra, but I want to) and there's still Moscow...but Moscow's so different. It's its own thing and I'm on a Praha vibe now. I love the details in this, and the sense of intimacy that you get (again) from showing only a little bit. It's like looking at a fractal and realizing that the smaller the area you're looking at, the more details you're seeing, and thus, the more area you're actually seeing, because it's all been squished into a smaller stretch of two dimensional space. Fractal compression, ain't it fun!? Space doesn't really change, it just gets more interesting the deeper you go into its more mathematical domains, and this photo showcases that immensely. There's a lot here, and it works well, both by itself, and in relation to what we're not seeing. That's one of the marvels of photography (and any visual art, really.) I love that we can present something or see something, but once it's out of its actual visual or "reality based" context, then all sorts of other things open up and start tugging at our attention. This shot does that, and as I'm on a Prague kick (again) I love the fact that its an angled shot of what is, largely, a threshold. Naturally I'd like that!