Beautiful shot, Marni. Nice job getting the inside of the dome without blowing out the sky.
I wish our modern public works were constructed with such artistry. Another example is the old Philly waterworks, built in the late 19th century: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5942460 Now, public works are almost all ugly cut-budget utilitarian. Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There is this odd structure sitting out in the > middle of nothing in Sunol > (tiny town beyond Pleasanton, for those familiar > with the area). > > I head out that way to shoot barns and things and > have seen it several > times. Last Sunday I was in the area and took note > of when it was open. For a long > time I wasn't sure what it was. > > Turns out it is part of the San Francisco Water > Filtration System (although > Sunol is quite a distance from SF). No water > visible, although there were > raised areas of dirt I could not see over. There > was some water in the temple > itself, flowing and gushing over a tiled floor and > man-made fall. Evidentially > it was built sometime in the 1900's and was > restored 1997-2000. > > Anyway, I went back yesterday and took bunches of > shots, playing around. It > has a classical and sort of dream-like look. > > I may show one or two more as PESOs, or go to a > small GESO. > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/temple1.htm > > Comments welcome. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be > censored. > > > > > ************************************** See what's > new at http://www.aol.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
