Daily Photo – More Temple Roof Detail

November 21, 2012
Architecture

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Here's another image of the roof detail on this Chinese Temple in Georgetown, Penang. Again we have figures in some form of scene or story. The structure behind them looks to be some form of elaborate ship. At right is the prow and in the middle appears to be a sail. I'm left wondering if these were pre-assembled before being mounted on the roof or if they were constructed in-situ.

Daily Photo – Temple Roof Detail

November 20, 2012
Architecture

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Now I've no idea what the story is here but it looks pretty rip-roaring to me! I'm left wondering who is the man on the horse - presumably an emperor. He appears to be riding a hybrid horse-dragon. Like any artistic endeavor, I can only marvel at the craftsmen who labored in crafting and applying each figure and tile. Not a quick job by any means.

Daily Photo – Biltmore Moonrise

November 16, 2012
Architecture

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With a multi-capture HDR I'd have been able to get a much crisper shot of the moon. As it is, I'm quite happy with the sharpness given this was hand held at a shutter speed of 0.4 seconds after two glasses of wine!

Daily Photo – Biltmore Conference Center

November 15, 2012
Architecture

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Having dined in the Biltmore's Fontana restaurant, enjoying both the food and the service, we took a brief wander around some of the public areas of the resort. I already posted an image I took in the lobby and one of the pool. Today's image also included the pool but the view terminates the conference center. What drew me to this view was the color of the decor through the windows of the conference center.

Daily Photo – The Biltmore Pool

November 14, 2012
Architecture

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The shot below is of the pool. This is a handheld Canon S100 shot. The pool covers and area of 23,000 square-feet and holds 700,000 gallons of water. It's the largest hotel swimming pool in the continental USA!

Daily Photo – Biltmore Lobby

November 13, 2012
Architecture

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You can get a hint of the architecture in this historic hotel from this image. The wooden structure on the left is actually a bird cage. There were a number of colorful small birds within both this enclosure and a similar one on the other side of the lobby. As mentioned before, I'm not an ornithologist so I'll just stick with 'birds'.