In January 2024, we visited Houston and went to the Waterwall to shoot some images.
The Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park, formerly the Williams Waterwall and the Transco Waterwall, is a multi-story sculptural fountain that sits opposite the south face of Williams Tower in the Uptown District of Houston. The fountain and its surrounding park were built as an architectural amenity to the adjacent tower.
Houston Water Wall
Gathering at Houston Water Wall
We end our series on Stairs with an image of stairs leading the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Atlanta, Georgia – a traditional Hindu mandir, or place of worship, inaugurated on August 26, 2007. This temple is a masterpiece of exquisite Indian design and workmanship.
While the stairs are not as elegant as the surrounding glamor of the sitting area of Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, they offer a path to walk down to the spectacular rotunda
Another view of stairs through glass of a building while walking the streets of Wilmington, Delaware
Reached via a wooden walkway with stairs , this lookout area on Rough Ridge, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina offers sweeping views including Fall colors.
Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of waterfalls, surrounded by woodland and farmland, carved out by the River Ure over an almost one-mile stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England, near the village of Aysgarth. One could see the natural formation of “stairs” for water to flow through the river.
Walking on the streets of Wilmington, Delaware couldn’t resist capturing stairs inside the building with reflections of the trees and bushes on the glass.
Another view of going down the stairs of the Virginia State Capitol building reflecting the Palladian style of architecture
There is a lot of symmetry in the stairs of the State of Virginia Capitol building in Richmond adding character and class of Palladian architecture. Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from the work of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio. What is today recognized as Palladian architecture evolved from his concepts of symmetry, perspective and the principles of formal classical architecture from ancient Greek and Roman traditions.
While not modern in design, slanted stone stairs hugging the wall in a castle in Mandu, India, serve their purpose.
Another photo of a lighthouse stairs in a black and white image, taken for top looking down.
Similar to Reptiles one, our Catawba Valley Camera Club is having a competition on “Stairs.” Since I can’t submit images for this competition, I have searched in my library of photos and will be posting related images.
Here is an image of stairs of a lighthouse in Outer Banks, North Carolina taking the photo of symmetrical stairs from the top looking down. The ordered layout the bricks adds to the image.
Rain drops acts as lenses and photograph a reverse image of pine trees in the background. Some interesting and unusual photos captured after a rainfall.
Rain drops on a glass window trap a red leaf creating an artistic image
An image of raindrops hanging on to a branch similar to a a string
Remaining rain drops create interesting images like this one of clear drops on a leaf
While thunderstorms with heavy rain (as shown in this image) make people concerned about floods, road destruction, and property damage, the post storm period offers several interesting rain drop photo opportunities. We will present some of those images in the next few days.
We end the series on reptiles with a human interaction with a reptile – a Cobra snake!
Snake charming is the practice of appearing to hypnotize a snake by playing and waving around an instrument called a pungi. A typical performance may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling and sleight of hand. We found this snake charmer on a street in New Delhi, India.
A different and unique version of a reptile – a colorful display of reptile lanterns, an iguana at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
The American alligator, sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States and a small section of northeastern Mexico. Here is an image of one captured in Florida.
