Taken for Granite!

Have more images on file of the Wise County Courthouse than any other single subject than I can think of.  That big chunk of granite sticks up from just about any place in Wise County, and I've shot from most of them.  There's none better to create a sense of place.

Recently I was asked to make a photo of the historic landmark for the Decatur Civic Center, three foot by three foot.

Problem: Since some of the photos were took in the first age of digital, I couldn't find one that held together well enough, that large, to put my name on it.

Solution: more photos. Does two things, got the best reproduction from each photo, and gave a little broader view of the old castle on the hill.

I still continue to shoot the old landmark, even after all these years.  It always amazes me with it's changing colors, and power over the Wise County skyline.

Comments

[Skip Nichols]

Great idea.... it proves that a single photo rarely captures the many viewpoints of a landmark -- after all, we all see from a different point, at a different time, with different experiences ... each moment is thus unique.

[joe]

Thanks for the words Skip,very much appreciated, and missed.