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Another few quick, rough freehand night shots on the walk home from work, this time on Lothian Road, near the Usher Hall (the row of illuminated signs here are advertising the various events at the hall, and make for a convenient perspective shot at the same time!)
The original round building was erected on this spot over 600 years ago; over time the far building – the square-cornered centerpiece of the Town Creek site – finally acquired its elevated status on top of the mound, itself is around 1,000 years old, surviving remarkably intact despite years of farming in the area
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Mount Gilead, NC – 2019NOV10 – The Town Creek Site:
For our 23rd wedding anniversary, after church Joe & I paused for a picnic lunch on our way to Town Creek Site, set high on a low bluff of an oxbow on the west bank of the Little River near its confluence with Town Fork Creek in Mt. Gilead, NC, on the sunny southern side of the ancient Uwharrie Mountain Range located in the southeastern Piedmont region.
The protohistoric Native American ceremonial center – listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark – is the first North Carolina State Historic Site, and it also remains the only state historic site in North Carolina dedicated to American Indian heritage, drawing astronomers, and visitors like us, from far and wide to this fascinating time capsule.
The Native American People legacy carries muffled mystery buried in its background of protohistory, a period that spans prehistory and history, when a culture or civilization had no developed writing but when other cultures notated its existence.
Excavating the earthen mound built of clay – one mound built atop former mounds – has been a focus of archaeological research under one director for more than half a century, an unusual phenomenon in the history of North American archaeology.
People lived here for 12,000 years, but why particularly here? The Town Creek site manager Rich Thompson shared with Joe and me how major rains will turn the ceremonial center into an island surrounded by floodwater then as well as recently, flooding from the parking lot halfway up to the front door of the Visitor Center.
Why the name Indian: fueled by bravery and ignorance financed by greed and arrogance, Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, heading "to India" but reaching the New World, and the Town Creek people vanished with no clue; we have no written record of explanation. Today we see these lovingly-reconstructed structures and can look and learn in amazement and wonder. So we invite you to view the best of our photos we set into 6 mini-themed albums:
• Mount Gilead, NC – 2019NOV10 – The Town Creek Site:
◦ Town Creek Site – 2019NOV10 – Stockade & North Entrance
◦ Town Creek Site – 2019NOV10 – Family Hut on its Burial Site
◦ Town Creek Site – 2019NOV10 – Mound & its Major Hut
◦ Town Creek Site – 2019NOV10 – Minor Ceremonial Hut
◦ Town Creek Site – 2019NOV10 – Ceremonial Center Plaza
◦ Town Creek Site – 2019NOV10 – Little River Bluff Overlook
Hope you also enjoy the 17% of 394 photos we took this day!
This image was taken last year at Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, UK.
I've recently decided to re-visit past images and hopefully improve on the original edits.
Prise de vue du vignoble alsacien du coté de Hunawihr haut-rhin, avant la période des vendanges, en fond la forêt noire allemagne
I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and
actually look at something with a different perspective.
But most people will never do that. ~Brian McKnight
Taking a moment today to recognize how truly fortunate we are ... even when we think we're "not". There is always someone out there who has it much worse.
The sahdows along the walkway provided an interesting perspective. The conduit housing for the light itself was a plus. Kenosha Wisconsin Harbor.
La photographie se prête bien à la fabrication d'images avec un seul point de fuite. Cette série de paysages proches me paraît intéressante.
collaboration with Josh Greet
single perspective cube
made using different size shapes suspended and different distances
creating an illusion from a singular perspective
Two friends on a walk across the 2.8km long Hornibrook Bridge in Redcliff, Australia. Once home to cars, this ageing bridge is now limited to pedestrian traffic. The shot was taken with a 400mm lens on a 1.6 crop camera body, making for an actual focal length of 640mm. This focal length is great for compressing perspective and creating a unique point of view.