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Getting there was part of the adventure, just south of Big Sur Station on Highway 1 there is unsigned Sycamore Canyon Road which winds its way down to the shore. The two-mile long road is twisty and narrow, so RV’s and trailers are not allowed. The road is narrow and bumpy, not easy driving in the dark early morning. Very slow driving following google map. Arriving at the empty parking lot with no car, no people… head lights on, walked down to the beach.
One rock has a rock arch in it known as the Keyhole Arch, the large rock that is a staple of Pfeiffer State Beach. This amazing natural arch allows waves, and even the last rays of daylight, to pass through it. I could not find the hole at the beginning, it was too dark, I found later… took couple of photos while listening the waves hitting the rocks, when the early morning light shining on the rocks.
Canon EOS R5, EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
ISO100, 70mm, f/16, 30s
what some part of the Lake Ontario waterfront might look like without all the paraphenalia?
unsigned neo-city artwork hanging in Alexandra Hotel lobby, Toronto Canada
This may have been done by my grandfather but it is unsigned. He did paint a lot of landscapes here along the CT shoreline but also in Maine and up into Canada. This has a more northern look to me.
The Holy Monastery of Rousanou. There are unverified historical sources which suggest the foundation of the monastery as early as 1288. In 1561 wall paintings in the katholikon were executed by artists from the Cretan School but are unsigned.
The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" - etymologically similar to "Meteorite") is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos.
The Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List
It lies at a distance of 105 kilometres from Ioannina, 285 from Thessaloniki, and 326 from Athens.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος
Professional Photographer, retired.
Athens, Greece
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Alicia Boyle RBA (1908 - 1997)'
Watercolor drawing
Unsigned
H 10" x W 14" (H 25.5cm x W 35.5cm)
Size (framed): H 15.5" x W 19.5" (H 39.5cm x W 49.5cm)
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Alicia Boyle was born in Bangkok in 1908 where her father worked for the British Dock Company. The family soon returned to Derry where she spent her early years before relocating to London in 1920. There she trained at the Clapham Art Training College and later at the Byam Shaw School under Francis Ernest Jackson. While still a student she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1932.
After completing her studies Boyle taught part time at various art schools across England while continuing to lecture and paint. In 1938 she accepted an invitation to the School of Fine Art in Mykonos an experience she later said helped her break free from traditional constraints. During World War II she remained in England teaching at Northampton School of Art. By the mid 1940s she was exhibiting regularly including a solo show at the Peter Jones Gallery and by the early 1950s her work was being shown in prominent London and Irish galleries.
Throughout the 1950s Boyle traveled and painted in France Mallorca and Spain where she found the landscape particularly inspiring. She frequently returned to Ireland for painting trips and eventually established a studio near Bantry in West Cork moving there permanently in 1971.
Her later career brought increased recognition including a major retrospective organized by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1983 followed by further exhibitions in Cork and Dublin. Her work is held in several important public collections including the National Gallery of Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Art historian Dr Hilary Pyle later observed that Boyle resisted easy categorization. Although sometimes overlooked by critics she maintained a steady presence in exhibitions and collections. Influenced by artists such as Paul Nash David Jones and Graham Sutherland as well as by Japanese printmaker Hokusai and a formative period in Greece she developed a distinctive approach to light and color. Her intellectual life shaped by wide reading and deep engagement with literature and art informed her work throughout her career.
After the war Boyle increasingly turned to Ireland as her primary source of inspiration drawn by what she described as a unique quality of Irish light. Settling in West Cork allowed her to devote herself fully to painting producing some of her most confident and luminous work. Even in later years after moving to Dublin she continued to draw and paint from observation and memory remaining intellectually engaged and artistically active until the end of her life.
Pyle emphasized that Boyles art remained grounded despite its imaginative reach. She had a gift for transforming ordinary natural forms into something striking and monumental while maintaining a firm connection to the physical world that inspired her.
Dr Hilary Pyle, September 1998
Just experimenting with What3words, this is a picture of an unidentified brick tower at ///really.messy.preparing taken from the top of the very unusual rocky hill known as North Berwick Law or
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Spring at Elgol Beach
The sun spills gold on Elgol’s shore,
Its light aglow on rocks once raw,
Where waves have kissed and time has drawn
Soft etchings on the cliffs at dawn.
The wind-carved heights stand bold and steep,
Their whispers lost where echoes sleep,
Yet breathe so free, the briny air,
A song of spring both bright and fair.
The sea, a mirror flecked with light,
Curls whispers blue, then turns to white,
A dance upon the pebbled land,
A fleeting touch of nature’s hand.
With every step on stones so old,
Each worn by tides and stories told,
The heart expands, the soul takes flight—
Elgol in the spring brings pure delight.
Florida's Turnpike, designated as unsigned State Road 91 (SR 91), is a toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). Spanning approximately 309 miles (497 km) along a northwest–southeast axis, the turnpike is in two sections. The SR 91 mainline runs roughly 265 miles (426 km), from its southern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in Miami Gardens to an interchange with I-75 in Wildwood at its northern terminus. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (abbreviated HEFT and designated as unsigned SR 821) continues from the southern end of the mainline for another 48 miles (77 km) to US Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida City. The slogan for the road is "The Less Stressway". The mainline opened in stages between 1957 and 1964, while the extension was completed in 1974. The turnpike runs through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, where it parallels I-95, and through Orlando, where it crosses I-4.
Tolls on the turnpike are an average of 6.7 cents per mile (4.2 ¢/km) for cars and other two-axle vehicles using SunPass. A trip on the entire turnpike (not including the Homestead Extension) would cost $22.59 with Toll-by-Plate, and $17.45 with SunPass.
The turnpike was originally entirely on the ticket system, but due to congestion in the Miami and Orlando metro areas, a coin system was implemented from the Three Lakes toll plaza north to the terminus at I-75, and from Lantana south to I-95, in the 1990s. In 2015, the portion between the Golden Glades toll barrier and I-595 in Davie was converted to a cashless toll system. Additional projects to convert the turnpike to an electronic collection system were completed between I-595 and Lantana in 2019, and from SR 429 north to I-75 in Wildwood in 2020.
The final stretch of the turnpike to use the ticket system ran between what are now electronic toll gantries at Lantana (mile 89.4 in Palm Beach County) and Three Lakes (mile 236.5 in Osceola County). This section was converted to a cashless system on November 8, 2021, removing the final cash-based toll collections and converting the entire length of the turnpike to electronic toll collection.
The SunPass electronic toll collection system, in use since 1999, has become the primary method of paying tolls on the turnpike, with 80% of customers using the electronic tolling as of October 2009. SunPass can be used on most Florida toll roads, in conjunction with other electronic toll collection systems in Florida (E-Pass and LeeWay). SunPass users benefit from an average of a 25% discount on tolls and access to SunPass-only exit ramps. SunPass transponders are available at the gift shop and gas stations at all service plazas, as well as Walgreens, Publix, and CVS stores statewide.[18] Since 2021, E-ZPass, which is used primarily in the Midwest and Northeast U.S., has also been accepted on Florida's Turnpike.
As the Turnpike and its system of roads are primary routes for emergency evacuations, tolls may be suspended, in cooperation with the state's emergency operations center and county governments, when a state or national emergency, most common being a hurricane watch, warrant rapid movement of the population.
Eight service plazas are located along the turnpike, spaced about 45 miles (72 km) apart. All eight plazas are open 24 hours a day and located on the center median of the turnpike for access from both directions and offer gasoline, diesel fuel, internet access, travel and tourism info and tickets, picnic areas, TV news, gift shops offering Florida Lottery, family-friendly restrooms, and pay phones. A convenience store/gas station is located at the Snapper Creek plaza on the Homestead Extension of the turnpike, while the remaining seven are full-service plazas, featuring a selection of franchised fast food restaurants. Three of the service plazas (Pompano, Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce, Turkey Lake) also provide E85 ethanol. The Turkey Lake plaza also has a Tesla Supercharger for Tesla electric vehicles. Superchargers are also located at Ft. Drum plaza, and Canoe Creek and Okahumpa are scheduled to open Superchargers in 2021/22.
The operation of Sunshine State Parkway gas stations and service centers was originally bid out under separate contracts, and as a result, differing petroleum brands operated concurrently along the parkway, with varying levels of service and pricing. This practice was discontinued in 1995 when all service center operations were combined to improve supply and continuity of service; with Martin Petroleum, a Florida corporation, operating the stations with Citgo brand fuel at its stations. Since then, the Venezuelan government, under President Hugo Chávez, nationalized Citgo, and in 2006, political controversy resulted in a movement to remove the brand from the turnpike.
In 2009, Areas U.S.A. signed a 30-year contract for operation of food and retail concessions, taking over operations from Martin Petroleum and HMSHost. Florida Turnpike Services, L.L.C., Areas' partner, replaced the Citgo brand with Shell, the current brand for gas stations along the turnpike. Many of the restaurant brands were also changed over, with Dunkin' Donuts replacing Starbucks locations as well as KFC, Pizza Hut, Villa Pizza and Wendy's replacing most Popeyes and Burger King locations. The reconstruction and renovation of six of the service plazas began on November 1, 2010, to be completed in 2012. The Okahumpka and Ft. Pierce plazas will begin reconstruction when the other plaza projects are complete. Total renovation costs are estimated at $160 million.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_Turnpike
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Unsigned wooden coyote figure in a zoot suit (I hear they're coming back), apparently by artist Markus Pierson. (Google his name to see other works by him.) Jazzy coyotes in brightly colored zoot suits are a common theme of his. The field of view is 2 inches.
A more professional piece of his I encountered can be seen here.
For Flickr Friday's "Old Style" and Macro Mondays' "Made of Wood" challenges.
Florida's Turnpike, designated as unsigned State Road 91 (SR 91), is a toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). Spanning approximately 309 miles (497 km) along a northwest–southeast axis, the turnpike is in two sections. The SR 91 mainline runs roughly 265 miles (426 km), from its southern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in Miami Gardens to an interchange with I-75 in Wildwood at its northern terminus. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (abbreviated HEFT and designated as unsigned SR 821) continues from the southern end of the mainline for another 48 miles (77 km) to US Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida City. The slogan for the road is "The Less Stressway". The mainline opened in stages between 1957 and 1964, while the extension was completed in 1974. The turnpike runs through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, where it parallels I-95, and through Orlando, where it crosses I-4.
Tolls on the turnpike are an average of 6.7 cents per mile (4.2 ¢/km) for cars and other two-axle vehicles using SunPass. A trip on the entire turnpike (not including the Homestead Extension) would cost $22.59 with Toll-by-Plate, and $17.45 with SunPass.
The turnpike was originally entirely on the ticket system, but due to congestion in the Miami and Orlando metro areas, a coin system was implemented from the Three Lakes toll plaza north to the terminus at I-75, and from Lantana south to I-95, in the 1990s. In 2015, the portion between the Golden Glades toll barrier and I-595 in Davie was converted to a cashless toll system. Additional projects to convert the turnpike to an electronic collection system were completed between I-595 and Lantana in 2019, and from SR 429 north to I-75 in Wildwood in 2020.
The final stretch of the turnpike to use the ticket system ran between what are now electronic toll gantries at Lantana (mile 89.4 in Palm Beach County) and Three Lakes (mile 236.5 in Osceola County). This section was converted to a cashless system on November 8, 2021, removing the final cash-based toll collections and converting the entire length of the turnpike to electronic toll collection.
The SunPass electronic toll collection system, in use since 1999, has become the primary method of paying tolls on the turnpike, with 80% of customers using the electronic tolling as of October 2009. SunPass can be used on most Florida toll roads, in conjunction with other electronic toll collection systems in Florida (E-Pass and LeeWay). SunPass users benefit from an average of a 25% discount on tolls and access to SunPass-only exit ramps. SunPass transponders are available at the gift shop and gas stations at all service plazas, as well as Walgreens, Publix, and CVS stores statewide.[18] Since 2021, E-ZPass, which is used primarily in the Midwest and Northeast U.S., has also been accepted on Florida's Turnpike.
As the Turnpike and its system of roads are primary routes for emergency evacuations, tolls may be suspended, in cooperation with the state's emergency operations center and county governments, when a state or national emergency, most common being a hurricane watch, warrant rapid movement of the population.
Eight service plazas are located along the turnpike, spaced about 45 miles (72 km) apart. All eight plazas are open 24 hours a day and located on the center median of the turnpike for access from both directions and offer gasoline, diesel fuel, internet access, travel and tourism info and tickets, picnic areas, TV news, gift shops offering Florida Lottery, family-friendly restrooms, and pay phones. A convenience store/gas station is located at the Snapper Creek plaza on the Homestead Extension of the turnpike, while the remaining seven are full-service plazas, featuring a selection of franchised fast food restaurants. Three of the service plazas (Pompano, Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce, Turkey Lake) also provide E85 ethanol. The Turkey Lake plaza also has a Tesla Supercharger for Tesla electric vehicles. Superchargers are also located at Ft. Drum plaza, and Canoe Creek and Okahumpa are scheduled to open Superchargers in 2021/22.
The operation of Sunshine State Parkway gas stations and service centers was originally bid out under separate contracts, and as a result, differing petroleum brands operated concurrently along the parkway, with varying levels of service and pricing. This practice was discontinued in 1995 when all service center operations were combined to improve supply and continuity of service; with Martin Petroleum, a Florida corporation, operating the stations with Citgo brand fuel at its stations. Since then, the Venezuelan government, under President Hugo Chávez, nationalized Citgo, and in 2006, political controversy resulted in a movement to remove the brand from the turnpike.
In 2009, Areas U.S.A. signed a 30-year contract for operation of food and retail concessions, taking over operations from Martin Petroleum and HMSHost. Florida Turnpike Services, L.L.C., Areas' partner, replaced the Citgo brand with Shell, the current brand for gas stations along the turnpike. Many of the restaurant brands were also changed over, with Dunkin' Donuts replacing Starbucks locations as well as KFC, Pizza Hut, Villa Pizza and Wendy's replacing most Popeyes and Burger King locations. The reconstruction and renovation of six of the service plazas began on November 1, 2010, to be completed in 2012. The Okahumpka and Ft. Pierce plazas will begin reconstruction when the other plaza projects are complete. Total renovation costs are estimated at $160 million.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_Turnpike
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Florida's Turnpike, designated as unsigned State Road 91 (SR 91), is a toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). Spanning approximately 309 miles (497 km) along a northwest–southeast axis, the turnpike is in two sections. The SR 91 mainline runs roughly 265 miles (426 km), from its southern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in Miami Gardens to an interchange with I-75 in Wildwood at its northern terminus. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (abbreviated HEFT and designated as unsigned SR 821) continues from the southern end of the mainline for another 48 miles (77 km) to US Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida City. The slogan for the road is "The Less Stressway". The mainline opened in stages between 1957 and 1964, while the extension was completed in 1974. The turnpike runs through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, where it parallels I-95, and through Orlando, where it crosses I-4.
Tolls on the turnpike are an average of 6.7 cents per mile (4.2 ¢/km) for cars and other two-axle vehicles using SunPass. A trip on the entire turnpike (not including the Homestead Extension) would cost $22.59 with Toll-by-Plate, and $17.45 with SunPass.
The turnpike was originally entirely on the ticket system, but due to congestion in the Miami and Orlando metro areas, a coin system was implemented from the Three Lakes toll plaza north to the terminus at I-75, and from Lantana south to I-95, in the 1990s. In 2015, the portion between the Golden Glades toll barrier and I-595 in Davie was converted to a cashless toll system. Additional projects to convert the turnpike to an electronic collection system were completed between I-595 and Lantana in 2019, and from SR 429 north to I-75 in Wildwood in 2020.
The final stretch of the turnpike to use the ticket system ran between what are now electronic toll gantries at Lantana (mile 89.4 in Palm Beach County) and Three Lakes (mile 236.5 in Osceola County). This section was converted to a cashless system on November 8, 2021, removing the final cash-based toll collections and converting the entire length of the turnpike to electronic toll collection.
The SunPass electronic toll collection system, in use since 1999, has become the primary method of paying tolls on the turnpike, with 80% of customers using the electronic tolling as of October 2009. SunPass can be used on most Florida toll roads, in conjunction with other electronic toll collection systems in Florida (E-Pass and LeeWay). SunPass users benefit from an average of a 25% discount on tolls and access to SunPass-only exit ramps. SunPass transponders are available at the gift shop and gas stations at all service plazas, as well as Walgreens, Publix, and CVS stores statewide.[18] Since 2021, E-ZPass, which is used primarily in the Midwest and Northeast U.S., has also been accepted on Florida's Turnpike.
As the Turnpike and its system of roads are primary routes for emergency evacuations, tolls may be suspended, in cooperation with the state's emergency operations center and county governments, when a state or national emergency, most common being a hurricane watch, warrant rapid movement of the population.
Eight service plazas are located along the turnpike, spaced about 45 miles (72 km) apart. All eight plazas are open 24 hours a day and located on the center median of the turnpike for access from both directions and offer gasoline, diesel fuel, internet access, travel and tourism info and tickets, picnic areas, TV news, gift shops offering Florida Lottery, family-friendly restrooms, and pay phones. A convenience store/gas station is located at the Snapper Creek plaza on the Homestead Extension of the turnpike, while the remaining seven are full-service plazas, featuring a selection of franchised fast food restaurants. Three of the service plazas (Pompano, Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce, Turkey Lake) also provide E85 ethanol. The Turkey Lake plaza also has a Tesla Supercharger for Tesla electric vehicles. Superchargers are also located at Ft. Drum plaza, and Canoe Creek and Okahumpa are scheduled to open Superchargers in 2021/22.
The operation of Sunshine State Parkway gas stations and service centers was originally bid out under separate contracts, and as a result, differing petroleum brands operated concurrently along the parkway, with varying levels of service and pricing. This practice was discontinued in 1995 when all service center operations were combined to improve supply and continuity of service; with Martin Petroleum, a Florida corporation, operating the stations with Citgo brand fuel at its stations. Since then, the Venezuelan government, under President Hugo Chávez, nationalized Citgo, and in 2006, political controversy resulted in a movement to remove the brand from the turnpike.
In 2009, Areas U.S.A. signed a 30-year contract for operation of food and retail concessions, taking over operations from Martin Petroleum and HMSHost. Florida Turnpike Services, L.L.C., Areas' partner, replaced the Citgo brand with Shell, the current brand for gas stations along the turnpike. Many of the restaurant brands were also changed over, with Dunkin' Donuts replacing Starbucks locations as well as KFC, Pizza Hut, Villa Pizza and Wendy's replacing most Popeyes and Burger King locations. The reconstruction and renovation of six of the service plazas began on November 1, 2010, to be completed in 2012. The Okahumpka and Ft. Pierce plazas will begin reconstruction when the other plaza projects are complete. Total renovation costs are estimated at $160 million.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_Turnpike
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
This giant mural stands in an open area of Weston Super Mare
Although it isn't signed i suspect it is the work of Curtis Hylton who uses flowers in his art: Sorry about the seally title...
Location 16 Beach Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AY
Careless Jane and Other Tales by Katharine Pyle. A collection of horrors that befell children who misbehaved, and how they found redemption by being good again. Very popular among parents, since it was reprinted at least 21 times, through 1928. The tale “Careless Jane” was illustrated by K.P. Other stories unsigned. Many are drawn with wooden shoes, and one tale is of the stork found on a rooftop. Leads me to believe that many of these tales came from a Holland source. Published by E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY, April 1902. Found at www.gutenberg.org/etext/24167.
Unsigned postcard mailed to a Mr. John Eichsen (?) within Lockridge, IA on December 30th, 1908. One the back: "Wishing you a bright and Happy New Year".
Unsigned sketches attributed to William Buelow Gould
Inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register on 1 April 2011
Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office: Allport Library & Museum of Fine Arts
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Gates of Yosemite with El Capitan and Bridalveil Falls depicted in a hand-colored antique photo, c. 1910. This work by an unknown artist is unsigned. Yosemite National Park. Mariposa Co., Calif.
I missed the unsigned, designated trail for Wind Mountain and ended up hiking on an abandoned road which turned into a boot trail which turned into no trail at all. I knew I'd lost my way but wasn't lost per se. I could see the sun and the river and the top of Wind Mountain which was my goal. So I just launched myself up the hill. Uff da!
It was far longer and steeper than the trail but I was rewarded with better views of the Gorge and lots of sunshine. I laid down here, on the warm slope of moss covered rocks and got some sunbathing in while catching my breath. Whoa was it steep! I could use all the miles and elevation gain I can get as I entertain notions of climbing mountains.
The trail to Wind Mountain is only as wide as a foot path so if you are still on the dirt road and see the wider, abandoned road trail on the right, you've gone too far and missed the trail. Scott Cook's Curious Gorge book is wonderful but is a bit slight on descriptions. Later I saw someone else randomly coming up through the woods as I did so I'm not the only one!
I eventually got to the actual trail as I neared the top of Wind Mountain. After eating lunch at the top, I jogged the trail down (easier on the downhill than walking) and was amazed by how fast I got back to my car. It really is a short trail, if you take the trail. My way was prettier but definitely harder!
The top of Wind Mountain has long been used (and still is) by Native Americans as a spirit quest site. I think this is part of why there isn't much signage though it is a Forest Service trail. Please be respectful; don't disturb the rock structures and stay on the trail and at the specific viewpoints at the top.
Although unsigned, this scarce lamp is often attributed to the great Arthur von Frankenburg. The birds - be they eagles, falcons, hawks or albatrosses - are strikingly similar to the couple of bird bookeneds he's designed and released by his company, Frankart.
The lamp dates to the late 1920's or very early 1930's, and an on/off switch was subsequently added (likely in the late 1940's or early 1950's, judging by the hardware). The glass shade did not originally come with it; the shade I bought with it was amber, and definitely not original to the lamp. The crystal deco shade photographed here was original to some Frankart lamp or another, and happens to be one of the rarest. It compliments the lamp nicely I think.
Lone Tree in a Tidal Pool at Sunset on Folly Beach
Charleston County, Lowcountry South Carolina
Accessed via West Ashley Avenue
Date taken: March 26, 2014
Unsigned prints are available for purchase at Fine Art America.
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I had a solid handful of opportunities to photograph this particular tree during my recent stay in the lowcountry of South Carolina. On this particular evening however, the tree was not my initial target. The adventure began with my mother, also an avid photographer. Previous trips to the lowcountry had netted us each some great photographs of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. bridge from the Mount Pleasant side of the span. As such, we were trying to maximize our short visit by avoiding similar compositions and instead finding new vantages. We decided to walk up onto the bridge and photograph from up top, something neither of us had done before and somewhere both of us had seen neat photographs taken before. Arriving about an hour before sunset, we grabbed our packs and tripods and began the awkward walk up the pedestrian trail to the top of the bridge. Why awkward? Well, here we were, two severely overdressed and loaded down tourists, lugging the kitchen sink up a paved multi-use trail that was packed with bikers, runners and otherwise speedy individuals putting in some evening road work whizzing past us on both sides. The sunset skies were fizzling out and we each pretty much gave the other a look of question, and decided to bail. Down the trail we went, gear back in the car, and into traffic with the navi pointing back to Folly Beach.
Having made it back to the island without too much headache, we decided to head out to the beach to see if we could make something of whatever was left of sunset. Since Folly Park closed before dark, we pulled up to the last public parking area on the west end of the island, paid our fee at the self-pay booth (does anyone really pay at these things?), and began walking the beach. Soon, it was apparent that the skies were going to put on a bit of a show and some reds and oranges began to appear on the western horizon. I had originally thought that I would concentrate on some of the jetties and tidal pools utilizing the blue hour of evening, but I couldn’t help but answer the tug of color in the skies. Ensuring that my mother was okay doing her thing on the beach, I began running towards the tree and tidal pool at the west side of Folly Beach County Park. What seemed so close turned into a real challenge with a forty-plus pound pack and tripod on my back! I had to stop a few times to catch my ragged breath, only to quickly resume my labored sprint towards the colored skies and my hopeful subject. By the time I had reached the tree much of the color had faded from the skies (wish I could say this was the exception and not the norm!). To complicate matters more, I needed to get into the thigh-deep tidal pool in order to close the gap between the tree and I because my wide angle lens wouldn't capture the scene properly from the dry shore. Each step further into the water created ripples and destroyed the reflection, requiring me to actually stand bone still and wait patiently after reaching a close enough vantage. Compositions were obviously limited with this scenario as the tripod legs (and mine) moving around were not optimal for a clean reflection during a time-restricted event like a sky that was quickly burning out. Thus, the result—this particular photograph, one of only four frames I eventually snapped—is actually the product of a salvage mission that started at the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge an hour or so beforehand! Part of me wishes that I had been at Folly Beach County Park earlier in the evening and taken full advantage of the opportunity, but another part of me, perhaps a wilder part, really enjoyed the hunt and the excitement of the process and thus, makes me more appreciative that I got what I did out of the whole ordeal!
More often than not, for me as the photographer, it’s the “stuff” that lies behind a photograph that brings meaning and separating that out to objectively decide whether or not any particular photograph will have impact with an uninvolved viewer is not always as cut and dry as I imagine it will be. Perhaps that's the driving force behind the "stories behind the scenes" that I like to provide with my photographs--a means, however imperfect, for interested viewers to dive even deeper into the frame, into the adventure, into the very places that I have a passion for.
Caption: "Love at It's Height."
This is a real photo postcard addressed on the verso to Mr. William Gaertner, Pennsylvania Avenue, Rochester, Pa. The card received a postmark in Beaver Falls, Pa., on August 27, but the year isn't legible. It's likely, however, that this card dates to 1907-1910.
The unsigned, handwritten message on the other side reads, "If this isn't high enough try an air-ship."
For another interpretation of the expression -- with an airship instead of a ladder -- see Love at Its Height.
Printed: "Bamforth & Co., New York."
Unsigned, probably French, c. 1840
Both Karl XIV Johan and Crown Prince Oskar (later Oskar I) are depicted on table clocks. The Crown Prince's portrait in the uniform of a hussar, sabre drawn, is based on a painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg. The clock must have been manufactured in relatively large numbers, several of which are in the royal collections. One of them occupied the place of honour in Karl XIV Johan's bedchamber in Stockholm.
Temporary exhibition in Stockholm Royal Palace
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Bordsur med kronprins Oskar till häst
Osignerat, troligen franskt, ca 1840
Både Karl XIV Johan och kronprins Oskar (I) förekommer som krönfigurer på bordsur. Kronprinsens porträtt i husaruniform och med dragen sabel bygger på en målning av Johan Gustaf Sandberg. Uret måste ha tillverkats i relativt många exemplar, varav flera ingår i de kungliga samlingarna. Ett av dem stod på hedersplats i Karl XIV Johans sängkammare på Stockholms slott.
Tillfällig utställning i Kungliga Slottet, Stockholm