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On January 24, 2023, as our helicopter began its southward descent down Long Canyon (a few miles north of Sedona, Arizona), this spectacle appeared on our left. This louvers-like succession of fin-like and pillar-like prominences lined the east side of Long Canyon. I have not found individual names for these prominences, but they are all part of the Red Rock-Secret Wilderness. Beyond them, left to right on the horizon, are Lost Wilson Mountain, elev. 6779 ft (2066 m); Wilson Mountain, elev. 7122 ft (2171 m); and Brins Mesa, elev. 5443 ft (1659 m).
The geometric pattern attracted my eye (retired engineer explains that) then to discover a missing louver really stood out in this monochrome image.
The scenic wooden tobacco sheds with louvered sides that dot country roads in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts in towns as Whately, Deerfield and Hadley have been an important characteristic of the New England Country side. Long preserved they are currently now in danger of being eliminated. I took this photo several weeks ago and last week this very same shed has shown signs of being dismantled.
The 1840’s saw a booming industry for tobacco products. These structures served a valuable purpose in their time for the local economy. Given the Tobacco industry’s decline these structures relevance have grown to be more about the historical character of the region rather than their function as storage for tobacco set for market. Today they are no longer used. Although many other barns have been converted into homes or other uses, the problem with recycled tobacco sheds is their characteristic louvered side slats that were designed to create air flow around the tobacco hung to dry for two months a year.
Even though I can empathize with the prevailing societal taboos which have emerged concerning tobacco use, I still am sad to see the tobacco sheds gradually disappearing from the landscape. I have several works in my photo gallery that depict these wonderful structures. This is one instance in which progress is I fear misdirected at least from a visual and aesthetic viewpoint.
Hadley, MA
Texture added by Shadowhouse Creations - shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/2014/05/jj-texture-set-...
"Une persienne est un contrevent fermant une baie, en une seule pièce ou composé de plusieurs vantaux, et comportant un assemblage à claire-voie de lamelles inclinées qui arrêtent les rayons directs du soleil tout en laissant l'air circuler." (définition Wikipédia)
A louver (American English) or louvre (British English) is a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain and direct sunshine. The angle of the slats may be adjustable, usually in blinds and windows, or fixed (Wikipedia)
After having compared the two definitions, we should note that "persienne" and "louver" designate sometimes really different things....(une persienne est un volet, en aucun cas un store; ses lamelles ne sont pas obligatoirement horizontales)
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Imagine all in this series enlarged to 30X40. Not intended to be better, just different. Unfortunately Flickr is not formatted to exhibit vertical formats with equal impact with horizontal, though when printed and hung on on the wall they can be equal.
Die Louvers (Luftschlitze) in den vorderen Kotflügen tragen durch eine wirksame Radhausentlüftung dazu bei, den Auftrieb an der Vorderachse zu reduzieren.
The louvers (air slits) in the front fenders help to reduce lift on the front axle through effective wheel arch ventilation.
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This is a view looking up at the windows (or louvers) which provide ventilation in the lower part of One World Trade Center. This was taken near the Golden Hour on the side of the tower in shade. The reflections of older buildings with golden light contrast nicely with the blues.
Canon 6D | Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 | f8 | 31mm | 1/250 sec | 200 ISO
Lavender louvers at a car show in Jamestown, California from a non-traditional viewpoint. This one's for Bob. The photo was taken in 1991 on slide film and scanned for archiving.
Automotive detail on a recent model Ferrari.
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California
Detail of the interior roof -
Christ the Light Cathedral, Oakland, California, United States
I wanted a tighter shot of the roof louvers, really showing how they are cut out and angled to bring in the exterior light. This is a slightly reprocessed version of the original from 2008.
Excerpt from www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/kowloon/mo...:
Kowloon Union Church, one of the earliest inter-denominational churches in Hong Kong, was built by the London Missionary Society with financial support from Sir Paul Chater. The foundation stone was laid on 27 May 1930 by the then Colonial Secretary, W.T. Southorn, and the church was officially opened on 10 April 1931 by the then Governor Sir William Peel. During the Japanese Occupation, the church ceased to function and the building was converted into a horse stable by the Japanese army and suffered severe looting and damage. The church was opened again for public worship with a rededication service held on 19 October 1947 and continues to serve the community until now.
The church possesses “Perpendicular Gothic” architectural features, with pitched Chinese-tiled roof, red load-bearing brick walls and contrasting grey granite steps and window surrounds. A semi-circular apse and an attached three-storey battlemented tower are built at the two ends of the church respectively.
The square battlemented tower with pointed arch doorway surround and foundation stone at the base is designed to serve as the main entrance to the church. It is of fair-face red brickwork with carved granite ornaments and trimmings. There is also a concrete flat roof topped with a crenelated low parapet wall.
The windows of the church are set in decorative granite framing in the form of trefoil-headed tracery. The window frames are of wrought-iron and there are angular carved hoods above the windows. The windows of top floor of the battlemented tower are with stone louvers. The elegant double hammer-beam timber roof trusses with carved granite corbel supports are a rare and dominant feature of the spacious interior of the main hall of the church.
Kowloon Union Church was declared a monument in 2017.
Indiana Harbor Belt 4010 was originally Southern Pacific GP40P-2 7600/3197 and once hauled SP commuter trains between San Francisco and San Jose.
It was also one of SP's three bicentennial units in 1976 The area behind the radiator louvers housed a steam generator. It was later converted to freight service. EMD built only three GP40P-2 units, all for SP. The other 2 are still toiling away for SP's successor Union Pacific.
Asbestos cement cooling tower louver that has sustained a small, localized area of damage, which also serves to demonstrate the fibrous nature of this material.
Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.
Often, for me, light is reason enough to click the shutter. Diagonal swooshes and patterns at play joined on the vertical plane draws my eye and makes me stop and consider. Textures and colors add substance for visibility, a louvered window adds insterest, an anchor and together with slight nuances of color, it is enough. Click.
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