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City Hall, Athens, Georgia
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This week traveling I’m traveling the Southeast with my son looking at universities and reviewing his educational options when he graduates in 18 months. One of our stops this week was in Athens, Georgia to visit the University of Georgia. During the evening, just as twilight was beginning, I was able to take some time to photograph the historical Athens-Clarke County city hall.
The Story
Built in 1845, the Athens-Clarke County city hall is constructed of Lexington granite, brick and oolitic limestone trimmings. The clock tower is constructed of wood topped by a copper cupola, or dome. Perched atop the four-faced clock and the dome is an eagle with an eight-foot wing span. The eagle was originally intended to act as a weather vane, but it moves slowly because of its weight. Of particular interest are the clock and bell connected to it that rings on the hour. This bell was once connected to the Fire Department’s alarm system, but it rang so loud and clear that all of Clarke County would come to a fire, hindering the work of the firemen. It was disconnected from the signal alarm, and the clangor was dulled. The clock was handmade and operated with counterweights like an old grandfather clock until it was electrified in 1943. Before this change, the janitor had to climb five flights of steps once a week to wind the clock.
Processing
This image was created from 5 brackets blended in HDR Efex Pro 2 using the “Deep” preset and refined in Lightroom.
© 2013: The F/Stop Guy: City Hall, Athens, Georgia
Posted in Architectural, HDR, Historical Buildings
Also tagged architecture, athens, City Hall, hdr efex pro, sunset, twilight
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The Big House, Smith Plantation
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When you picture a southern plantation house, one usually envisions a long driveway with live oaks covered in Spanish Moss overhanging it and leading up to a large antebellum house with huge columns. While the Smith Plantation house in Roswell, Georgia is large, it’s not the type of plantation house one might first picture.
The Story
The Smith Plantation house is part of the Roswell, Georgia city parks system. Roswell maintains this site as well as two additional historic houses nearby, Bulloch Hall and Barrington Hall. All of these houses have the founding of Roswell Georgia in their history. On this day, a group of us were documenting the house and the out buildings as part of the Roswell Heritage Days celebration. I elected to take a low point of view to portray some scale in the image. The house is deep instead of wide like most plantation houses.
Processing
This image was created from 5 bracketed images blended in HDR Efex Pro 2. A vintage look was added in Perfect Effects to give the image a more historical look.
© 2013, The F/Stop Guy: The Big House, Smith Plantation
Posted in HDR, Historical Buildings
Also tagged architecture, heritage days, Perfect Effects, roswell, Smith Plantation
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RCA Victor
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Back in the “old days” having a TV in the house was a big deal. Imagine that the RCA Victor television pictured above was the “big screen” of that era. How things have changed!
The Story
Each year the City of Roswell in Georgia celebrates its heritage in a number of ways with festivals, shows, etc. One of those shows is photography related. To support that show, our local photography club, the Roswell Photographic Society, arranges for a group of us to photograph historic sites around Roswell. In this case, The Smith Plantation was opened for photographers to document some of the history found within the house. This RCA Victor television was in the Study of the main house just off the Foyer.
Processing
This is a single image processed initially in Lightroom then refined in Color Efex Pro before adding a vintage look to it in Perfect Effects.
© 2013, The F/Stop Guy: RCA Victor
Posted in Historical Buildings
Also tagged heritage days, plantation, RCA Victor, roswell, Smith Plantation, television
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Rustic Barn
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When I first moved to Georgia, almost 10 years ago, it seemed like there was development on every street corner. Trees, old buildings, farm houses, the barn, etc. were getting plowed under to make way for a new sub-division or shopping center. Then the recession hit and new development slowed to a crawl.
The Story
I have passed by this barn for years and always noted in my head that I needed to stop and take some photos before something happened to it. As luck would have it, as I was passing by a couple of weeks ago, a new “For Sale” sign was being put up advertising the land and an adjoining farm house for sale for commercial development. I committed then to get the barn in the camera. When I went back, there was a thunderstorm moving in from the distance and the sun was setting at the same time making for a pretty cool image.
Processing
This is 5 bracketed shots blended in HDR Efex Pro 2 and fine tuned in Color Efex Pro 4 and Lightroom.
© 2013, The F/Stop Guy: Rustic Barn
Posted in HDR, Historical Buildings, Landscape
Also tagged Atlanta, Barn, color efex pro, farm, hdr efex pro, Landscape Photography
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