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Fort Pickens


Fort Pickens
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Copyright: Kyle Shelton (wkshelton) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1418 W: 0 N: 660] (8580)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11-13
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon 20 D, 24-105 4L IS
Exposure: f/8, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-11-27 9:22
Viewed: 817
Points: 89
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens was the largest of a group of forts designed to fortify Pensacola Harbor. Constructed between 1829-1834, Pickens supplemented Fort Barrancas, Fort McRee, and the Navy Yard. Located at the western tip of Santa Rosa Island, just offshore t he mainland, Pickens guarded the island and the entrance to the harbor. Its construction was supervised by Colonel William H. Chase of the Corps of Army Engineer. Using slave labor, the fort used over twenty-two million bricks and wasintended to be impregnable to attack. Ironically, Chase was later appointed by the state of Florida to command its troops and seize for the South the very fort he had built.

At the time of the secession crisis, Fort Pickens had not been occupied since the Mexican War. Despite its dilapidated condition, Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer, who was in charge of United States forces at Fort Barrancas, deter mined that Pickens was more defensible than any of the other posts in the area. His decision to abandon Barrancas was hastened when, around midnight of January 8, 1861, his guards repelled a group of men intending to take the fort. Some historians note that this could be considered the first shots fired by United States forces in the Civil War. Shortly after this incident, Slemmer destroyed over 20,000 pounds of powder at Fort McRee, spiked the guns at Barrancas, and evacuated about eighty troops to Fort Pickens. Fort Pickens remained in Union hands throughout the Civil War.
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I very like your shot.
Especially the rhythm of gates.
I think that your photo need much color.
I give you WS. I hope you like it.

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  • miau Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 499 W: 0 N: 59] (3602)
  • [2006-11-27 13:21]

Belle photo Kyle!
La pâleur des couleurs donne un aspect intemporel à cette suite d'arches qui me plait beaucoup. Les textures et la lumière sont très agréables.
Bravo!
Michel.

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1666 W: 136 N: 1263] (6138)
  • [2006-11-28 8:23]

Hi Kyle,
nice seeing you here on TL, I always enjoy your photos oon TN and looking forward to seeing this side of your photography.
Very nice shot, it has a lot of depth. I also enjoy the wonderful textures and very nice lighting.
TFS..Sky

Hi Kyle!
Very good start on TL,nice composed photo.I agree with laaccia about colours.
Regards and good luck.
Cezar

Hey ! glad you came over here too! Nice shot of a tunnel that seems to go on forever!! Like a photo within a photo...great shot. TFS
Donna :o)


Thanks for the comment on my photo "Cloudy Weather"

welcome to TL Kyle :)
i like the comp here with the natural frame
well seen and composed photo :)

Hello Kyle,
Nice to see you here too ;) This is a very good start. I like this POV very much and those great details. Very good composition with excellent texture and lightning. Your notes are much interesting. Thanks and see you around :-)
Claudine

Really neat shot. Great comp & wonderful colors & textures.

Hi Kyle,
Welcome to TL my friend.Great point of wiew, superb perspective.Sharpness,colours, details and POV are excellent.Well compo.TFS.

hAyAti

Hello Kyle,
Interesting perspective and crisp details!
I like the composition, the the repeated arches make an interesting effect...
Well done and welcome, with images like this I can see a bright future for you in TL!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • iso Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1119 W: 62 N: 167] (27937)
  • [2006-11-28 14:38]

The details of the bricks and the colors of them are particularly interesting, great work.

Welcome among us Kyle. I wish you many hours of pure pleasure.

Michel.

Welcome to TL
Quel effet de profondeur avec ces arches qui se succédent. Cette photographie est douce pourtant les matériaux utilisés sont bruts, je pense que c'est dû aux tons clairs utilisés
TFS
Corinne

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  • Tintin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2198 W: 267 N: 345] (1982)
  • [2006-11-28 19:35]

Welcome to TL, Kyle. You start with a very interesting architectural picture. I like this perspective looking down the arches. It seems a bit bright & maybe a tad oversharpened but those are minor details. Well done!

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  • lucbus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2115 W: 92 N: 1855] (10309)
  • [2006-11-29 5:06]

Hi Kyle,
Welcome to TL. I like how you've used the perspective and the repetition of arches to create this very nice composition. The lighting and the textures are very well capture. TFS
Luc

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  • inaam Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1719 W: 5 N: 389] (1376)
  • [2006-11-29 6:12]

Welcome to TL Kyle,

Excellent photography has been done in the ruines of Fort Pickens. Fine details are captured, good light and selection of point of view is exciting, well centered and to the point. An informative commentary note is an added advantage to understand the perspective. Well done.

Thanks for sharing this nice image. Good Luck!

Hello Kyle.
Wellcome to TL. Hope u will enjoye. A nice shot for your first photo. The deepnes is realy great. TFS.

Points added...

Wonderful perspective. Sems to be going on forever :-)
Well done.
Pierre

Very nice composition, need increase colors and contrast a bit. DOF and frame is ok.
Well done, congrats...

Hi Kyle,
Good to see you back on TL. It has been a while since your last posted on TL. I see you've started all fresh.
I love your POV and the depth it gave. The oldness is perfectly captured.
TFS,
Niek

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  • juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2641 W: 1 N: 1264] (15443)
  • [2006-11-29 14:45]

Hola Kyle, excelente foto, y buena nota informativa, muchos éxitos en TL, saludos

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2498 W: 56 N: 3862] (17484)
  • [2006-11-29 17:40]

Hello Kyle,Welcome to TL
A crazy photo. Perfect lights and contrast. A precise work what you performed, gave a wound full result.
Congratulations.
Janusz

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  • Ivan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 403 W: 112 N: 270] (3854)
  • [2006-11-29 22:12]

Hy Kyle,
Excellent composition with a very very heavy sensation. Good perspective and deep of field. Nicely done !
Ivan

Hi Kyle, very good POV and DOF. The light and texture is perfect for this shot. TFS.

And yes, welcome to TL. :) Vandana

:)later

Welcome to TL Kyle! Take lots of pics, post everyday, reply and interact and you will learn 10 times what you would learn on your own! You are off to a great start!
B-)
Linda
points tomorrow!! I'm out!
(you get 20 points a day to give out....)

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  • valari Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 964 W: 102 N: 395] (4105)
  • [2006-12-01 15:22]

Hello Kyle,
Interesting perspective and crisp details!The light and texture is perfect for this image.
regards,valentina

Great perspective shot - you've used a good POV to achieve a real sense of distance. Colours look a little washed out (then again the walls could be this colour) and I love the crisp details in the brickwork.
Thanks for sharing
Mark

Hello Kyle,Welcome to TL!
Nice architectural composition with nice pov,dof,colors,wall textures and focus.TFS
Chris

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  • kayra Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 381 W: 37 N: 112] (3121)
  • [2006-12-03 16:30]

Great composition and perspective. Welcome to TL Kyle :)

Hulya

Impressive how it like solid... I saw vewry tick structure of cement and stones... But that large in bricks... Wow!
And it give a style very great with signs of water works!

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  • jafsc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 504 W: 53 N: 88] (4621)
  • [2006-12-07 20:27]

Hello Kyle!, I find this shot very interesting. DOF , POV fantastic, detils and sharpness very good. For colors is little capricious:) First I preferred your WS, but coming back to the original is a difficult choice because the originalis more subtil:)
jas

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  • philip Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 237 W: 26 N: 176] (1320)
  • [2006-12-08 11:36]

wow cool shot. i love the old bricks and design

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  • ange Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 314 W: 4 N: 154] (1210)
  • [2006-12-10 13:18]

Hello Kyle,
Beautiful your first photo on TL.
Awesome constructions.
The serie of archs gives a nice sense of depht to the picture....Good choice of exposures.The sharpness and details are superb.... your note is very interesting too .
Really a great work.
Angeles

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  • salil Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 581 W: 18 N: 295] (2106)
  • [2006-12-17 9:05]

Good photo. Good composition and framing.
Salil

Hi Kyle. An interesting view never seen before. The POV chosen makes it intriging and the note is also excellent. Murray.

Great textures and colours.
Well done.

Best regards, Daniel
PS: green smiley later ;-)

Hello Kyle,

A real fortified fort, smiling. I prefer seeing a human element on your beautiful photo, to complete a wonderful compo. To change the mood you could also darken your photo. Cheers always.

Thanks/Salamat,
Jeffrey

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  • edal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 599 W: 71 N: 645] (4306)
  • [2007-01-05 2:01]

Hi Kyle!
This photo is remarkable for the repetition of arcs - presented sharply and vividly... One can count all the bricks in the walls...
Thanks,
Anton

Wonderful information, wonderful photo! What a place! I love forts, have seen many in India.

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  • limba3 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1082 W: 436 N: 421] (13326)
  • [2007-01-11 17:08]

Hi
Very interesting place. Nicely shown. Wonderful perspective.
Anna
TFS

Hello Kyle

Nice composition of these repeating arches. It's giving us an interesting visual effect.

Sylvain

splendide ligne d'arches
belle couleur agréable
beaux détails
bravo

jojo

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  • tet Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 393 W: 39 N: 196] (3625)
  • [2007-05-02 1:07]

nice pov kyle. love the brickwalls and i'm fine with everything.

tfs,
tet

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  • HaBeMa Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 533 W: 33 N: 620] (3070)
  • [2007-05-02 13:39]

Hi Kyle;good shot and your Photographer Note very explanation...
Habema.
:-]

Hi Kyle, Very interesting place, and included notes. I admire stone/brickwork so I find this a treat to view. You captured this well with good details, exposure and the depth seems to go on forever. Very well captured image!

Lyndon

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  • mrcrow Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 384 W: 196 N: 79] (2712)
  • [2007-06-04 15:11]

i had to go to your first shots to see if there were any variations i could spot
there werent..you went as you started
hard crisp images with good lighting and presentation
the tunnel effect here is definately trek lens and adds a dimension to the detailed masonry with out detracting from the first arches interest
cheers
geof

Kyle
I thought I would wander through your earlier posting. lot of times early posting are of lesser quality as individuals grow in ability. Well, not true in your case - quality from the first posting. I particularly like the repeating arches and wonderful colors. Perfect DOF.

Cheers
Dan

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