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Fort Pulaski
Savannah, Georgia
Arcs of light and form everywhere. Brick arches, depressed arcs in the floor, arcs of light and shadow.
Every window, every doorway, every opening of any kind, is an arch.
For those of you who wondered about the arcs on the floor, Bill explains it HERE
You will notice that the construction of the fort in Bill's picture, which was taken in Maine, is the same as this one, which is outside of Savannah, Georgia. It is also the same as this picture I took in Alabama at Fort Morgan We have also visited Fort Gaines in Alabama and Fort Pike in Louisiana, and the architectural design is identical. The shape of the forts are different from each other, but the brick arches remain constant. It's a strong design, but with bigger guns available to knock them down, these old forts became functionally obsolete during the Civil War, only 40 or 50 years after they were built.
Two layers of Topaz. MexBike on top, and ummm ... something else cool under that. Sorry. Mostly what you see is MexBike.
Comments (15)
wysiwig
Oh, very fancy. I see Andrea's influence has spread. Well, I like this a lot.
npauling
Such impressive design for this building and I love the digi fiddle you have used it makes the arches really stand out. Funny that all the forts have the same arches, but lovely too.
Faemike55
I love this visitation of the art! Excellent
RodS
I just love the Topaz effects on this, Tara! It has such a delightful graphic feel to it! Ya did good!
LivingPixels
Very impressive Tara this does look pretty cool well done!!
durleybeachbum
This is a tour de force, Tara! Sooo satisfying!
X-PaX
Very nice postwork Tara. Well done.
T.Rex
Interesting post work. And thanks a lot for the historical insights. Standard drawing with standard construction. But after the Civil War was over, no need for these forts, no matter how modern or out-dated they were. Keep up the good work! :-)
bmac62
Nice work Hon! Love the effects possible with Topaz, but the base photo itself is superb thanks to your eye for composition and light.
Just to set the record straight for T.Rex. Yes, the old brick forts of the Civil War era did become obsolete because of longer range canons and mortars developed during the 1860s. But the US has many ports all up and down the east coast, west coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Thanks to lessons learned during the Spanish-American War (1898), the US and many other countries perceived the need for updated coastal artillery fortifications with even larger, longer range guns and mortars all the way up to WWII. By the late 1930s even these updated, reinforced concrete forts became totally obsolete thanks to the airplane. But most of them now have been incorporated into State and National Parks and are great fun to visit and photograph.
vdallas
Surreal geometry. Bravo...! Strange contemplation....
Wolfenshire
Makes me want to go exploring.
helanker
OHHH What a beautiful shot and postwork. Looks absolutely fantastic!
moochagoo
We have visited a few days ago, Fort Knox in Maine on Penobscot river. Same kind of arcs.
anahata.c
ok, bear with me: When I first read your description (when this went up), I thought of you and bill carving these cannon-circles in your floor---stay with me, this is brilliant---so when people come over, you can say, "those are for cannons, in case anyone attacks". And then you have bill in a WWI Bomber outfit, with those funky goggles, manning a cannon over by the breakfront (if you even have a breakfront---stay with me, this gets better), with the white scarf and the whole bit. And he stares out the window intently, all day and night; and, when people ask if he ever "comes out" of this, you say "not really"; and you go on with the conversation as if nothing happened. Not a great scenario, but I thought it worth sharing. Now to the image...
(Btw, does topaz have any filters with a normal name?)
You've made this almost an etching, and the beige to gray-brown tones make it look like an old prison. Extremely effective postwork. And of course your treatment emphasizes the geometry, both of the architectural forms and of the shadows. The actual shot has a terrific pov, looming back and on that angle. This really looks like a fort, Tara. First rate all around; and for a shot with so much shadow, it's quite luminous. (If you had this stretch of arches in your home, you could say "the bathroom's just down the hall..." That would creep-out your guests...)
FredNunes
Marvelous! And I love that curved lead in to this on floor here... excellent compo!!