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Fort Morgan, Alabama
1834
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We visited Fort Morgan yesterday. The best part of the day was that Mandy got to go in with us. She was allowed everywhere on the grounds, and boy, did she have a good time! I pushed her in her stroller all around on the ground floor, and she was quite attentive to the texture of the walls, the way the light fell, and the way voices echoed in the hallways. At one point she looked at me and said, "So this is what you guys do when you go places without me, huh?" She got to meet several other dogs, got petted by a bunch of nice people, and generally had a great time. :)
Comments (24)
trentsteff
How you get these shots beats me.
aksirp
stunning light in this, perfect to show the mood and architecture, almost surreal!
pauldeleu
I love the silhouetted pattern.
durleybeachbum
Your faultless eye for composition is a joy! Perhaps Mandy could write us a little poem about her aesthetic sensibilities. I for one would so enjoy that! Or maybe she more of a prose lady.
kgb224
Superb capture Tara. God bless.
Juliette.Gribnau
lovely entrance
jayfar
Lots of super shapes and angles here Tara.
photosynthesis
A magnificent & magical masterpiece! This image seems to sparkle & radiate light. And the geometry is fascinating too - almost entirely made up of rectangles except for that arched doorway...
hilmarion
great snap shot
Chipka
I've been away, as you can probably guess. Actually, I've been right here in Chicago, but really busy with icky stuff like work. But I'm back now, and naturally, the first thing I see is not only a really amazingly cool photo, but a really amazingly cool photo that evokes stories of far-away places (so far away that stairs don't have railings, because it's just that far away, and the people there are that much more careful on stairs! (Well, actually, there is a railing, but it looks like it was added, once tourists from over here started going over there. I love the mood of this and the wonderful, subtle colors! Yeah. This rocks!
Chipka
Oh, and I'd love to hear Mandy's account too. Dogs are so perceptive. Imagine the smells she could tell us about!
MrsRatbag
Wow, what a drop-dead stunning find and composition here! And I can just imagine Mandy in her stroller... "....lunch? do I smell lunch? Push me closer over to that pile of stuff ...is that a dog? boy or girl? where's he been? ...lunch? lunch? LUNCH? ...stairs. You want me to walk up stairs? can we go now, where's the car ...nice people, scratch me THERE! and THERE! ...lunch? I want a nap."
Faemike55
I love Denise's thoughts that Mandy would say! but then I'd love to hear others as well This is a beautiful capture
pimanjc
Very nice capture.
wysiwig
Sounds like Mandy had a better time than you did. An outstanding image. The shapes and textures are wonderful.
beachzz
I am speechless----this is just SO amazingly wonderful. Wow!!!
1971s
Fine work
Wolfenshire
That place is so cool looking. It must have been a blast to explore, and all the photography spots are amazing.
moochagoo
Excellent composition, lighting and textures.
bentchick
Love this! Well done!
bmac62
Superb composition. I got the arched doorway but really didn't get that wonderful angle on the stairs...the tyranny of symmetry got me...I prefer you asymmetry.
RodS
A typically beautifully composed photo, Tara! A wonderful study in light and texture. I'm glad that Mandy was able to join you in this adventure, too! Sounds like you all had a great time.
dochtersions
Frankly, you do not see on the picture, that there were many people at the same time (like your information says, in connection with petting Mandy by so many). I admire the atmosphere of desolation, as all the different colors. The fact of 'not knowing' as you see a staircase going upstairs, and another goes down. It is so interesting, dear friend!
anahata.c
all the above---this is one loved photo. It's splendid Tara, not only for the big stairs on one end and that deep dark opening on the other, or the contrast of the door-arch w/ the deep dark underneath it, or the dark brick on the right w/ lighter brick in center (and then dark and light on the left)...well, you get the idea, lots of balances, lots of contrasts---terrific composition---but also for your heightening of details, like the strong white paint or mold on the bricks and stones, the verticals of soot dripping down from years of rain, that wonderful rich red on the door...you've made love to these colors and made a deep, rich image, and captured real questions and mysteries. Yet it's got great light. Beautiful work! A beautiful conception, crop, treatment, all of it...a real Tara piece, as people above agree. (Maybe Mandi was muttering, "yeah right...a real tara piece, nyaa nyaa...I could've done better with my eyes closed---if she just let me touch her camera...") (Well it could happen.) And Chip came back! A great way to christen a beautiful image! Splendid work, Tara.
debbielove
Looks a great place to explore.. No spiral staircases I trust, I'm not good with them lol Great colours you've caught here Rob