An Old Texas Beauty
February 19, 2019
This amazing courthouse is in Giddings, TX which is the county seat of Lee County. Texas has a lot of wonderful county courthouses that are beautiful, and this is certainly one of the prettiest that I’ve seen. It is registered on the National Registry of Historic Places. This is actually the second courthouse on this site and was built in 1897. It was designed in the Richardson Romansque style by architect J. Riely Gordon. We were there on a Sunday, so the courthouse was locked, and I wasn’t able to go inside to get some photos. Nevertheless, it is such a beautiful Grande Dame that it was OK not to be able to go inside, and gave me enough pleasure walking around the perimeter and taking photos.
“The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
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Linda
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1 hour agoI meant to tell you the other day that the focus shift feature of the D850 allows you to automatically take multiple images of a single thing, with each image focused on a slightly different incremental plane. Just as HDR did for capturing all the elements of an exposure, this will allow you to capture all the elements of depth in the image. Then, you have to use either Photoshop or third party software to combine all those images into a single image with much greater depth of field. It is especially useful for macro photography (insects, jewelry, etc.) but can also be used in landscapes, as well.
Judith Sparhawk
2 hours agoThat is one fancy courthouse! Texas sure has some wonderful ones--this a really special.
Gene Hyder
4 hours agoOutstanding shot.
Howard's Photography
4 hours agoBeautiful old courthouse, great shot!
KDP450
4 hours agoFine piece of architecture. Great composition and super shot.
Greg&Rose Photography
4 hours agoExcellent capture of this building
Donna McCommon
6 hours agoBeautiful building.
fotoeffects
7 hours agoCertainly a grand work of architecture in what, I assume, is native stone! Beautifully captured and processed!
Bruno Suignard
7 hours agonice building!!
Rick Willis
8 hours agoVery Nice. A lot of Courthouses were built in this style. 🌞...
(I see the D850 is getting some use)