..do you know where i shot this from? 🙂
Tag: Alabama
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church entrance
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..a big fish swallowing a snake..
..view of the theatre from the balcony..
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diamond
..same place as this one, i think i know where the architect got his inspiration from.. 🙂
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spire
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..what looked like an old, unused barn somewhere in the south may turn out to be something that’s used after all, that’s why i shot it from afar.. i didn’t want to get shot in the head for trespassing.. 😀
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alabama theatre
..one of the many snaps i got of a photo tour around the alabama theatre organized by our local photo group..
The Alabama Theatre is a movie palace in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built in 1927 by Paramount’s Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theater for the southeastern region of the United States. Seating 2,500 people at the time, it was the largest in the Birmingham Theatre district. The district was once home to a myriad of large theaters that featured vaudeville, performing arts, nickelodeons, and large first-run movie palaces. The Alabama is the only district theater still operating today. Built to show silent films, the Alabama still features its original Wurlitzer theater organ. Other than the Alabama, the Lyric Theatre is the only theater still standing in the district. (source)
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R4
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1933 BMW R4
Country: Germany
Engine: Air-cooled single cylinder four stroke
Ignition: Battery and coil
Power Rating: 12 bhp @4,200 rpm
Bore x Stroke: 78 x 84mm
Displacement: 398cc
Valves: Overhead pushrod activated
Fuel System: Single Bing carburetor
Transmission: Four speed, hand shift
Suspension: Front trailing link with leaf spring, rigid gear
Brakes: Front and rear drum
Weight: 300 lbs
Top Speed: 62mph (100 kph)
BMW produced 15,200 R4’s using innovative mass production techniques, setting new standards of design and quality. Pressed steel frame and components were quick and easy to stamp out and assemble reducing manufacturing costs.
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greenhouse
..happened to have the fishy during a meeting here, commenced snapping..
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house of serendipity
..while i was shooting with the big film camera, wifey shot this..
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spires
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st. paul’s rectory
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..a wider view of this and this..
This sculpture is one of several “interactive†monuments in Kelly Ingram Park, north of the Baptist church where a KKK bomb killed four young African-American girls in 1963. Artist James Drake’s 1991 work depicts snarling police dogs made of scrap iron leaping inward from two walls on either side of the park’s walkway. Visitors can stand between and try to imagine the terror when civil rights marchers were assaulted with the canines and water cannons — which, by the way, are also in the park, and can be pivoted to point toward a sculpture of two cowering protesters. (source)
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..a powerful sculpture by James Drake called Jailed Children (Children’s March)..
ain’t afraid of your jail
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magic city cruisin’
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gentle store
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The statue was based on the Revs. N.H. Smith Jr., A.D. King and John T. Porter, who led a march in downtown Birmingham on Palm Sunday 1963 to support the Revs. Martin Luther King Jr., Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy, who had been jailed. (source)
i just watched this video.. i wish i started shooting earlier in film..
..a statue of martin luther king at kelly ingram park gazing at 16th street baptist church..
..just a local library found on a walk down main street..
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16 street baptist church
..here’s a shot of the actual church from the previous post..
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama which is frequented predominately by African Americans. In September 1963, it was the target of the racially motivated 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four girls in the midst of the American Civil Rights Movement. The church is still in operation and is a central landmark in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2006.(source)
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princess noccalula
..noccalula falls was named after the cherokee princess noccalula, who according to local legends plunged to her death after being ordered by her father to marry a man she didn’t love..
..and on that note, here’s a round up of last year’s posts..
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lake guntersville
..last post of the year..
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st. paul
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fluff
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..here’s the other dog opposite this one..
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This sculpture is one of several “interactive” monuments in Kelly Ingram Park, north of the Baptist church where a KKK bomb killed four young African-American girls in 1963. Artist James Drake’s 1991 work depicts snarling police dogs made of scrap iron leaping inward from two walls on either side of the park’s walkway. Visitors can stand between and try to imagine the terror when civil rights marchers were assaulted with the canines and water cannons — which, by the way, are also in the park, and can be pivoted to point toward a sculpture of two cowering protesters. (source)
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dry
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..old man at the park..
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on the path
..well, all photos of orr park up until now have been taken by wifey, i’ll be posting some of mine taken with a borrowed Mamiya RB67..
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dragon trunk
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oh
..more tree carvings from orr park..
Many of these old cedars were dying or had died and, despite their age, were destined for a meeting with a chainsaw. Tim Tingle, however, saw potential in the old trees and over time transformed many of them into remarkable works of art. (source)
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from beyond
..another bizarre wood sculpture from orr park..
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unmovable
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trapped
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..well duh..
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sli
..or that’s what i think it says..
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the minister’s home
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..here’s the view of the cathedral’s ceiling..
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