Monday, August 22, 2011

Fiery Light

Iron Gate Knobs, Charleston, SC  © Doug Hickok


Door knobs glow in the light of a setting sun along the Battery in Charleston. Ornate ironwork is part of the charm of our fair city, and can be seen throughout the neighborhoods on the peninsula. 



As the warm sunlight illuminates each curve of iron, the ornate design of the gate is traced in fiery colors. Annie Griffiths Belt, a well known National Geographic photographer, once said that a successful image communicates a sense of the light. And since photography is by definition about light, her remark makes perfect sense.


31 comments:

  1. Beautiful capture Doug!
    Love the 'spiderweb'

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  2. Well said and wonderful light !! Love it.

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  3. I am trying to imagine the first lines of a book here, a cross between Margaret Mitchell and Jane Austen...

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  4. Annie Belt would be proud of you, Doug!!! :) This is gorgeous.

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  5. It's really wonderful photowork.

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  6. Wonderful light and good choice of fragment of the gate.

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  7. Gorgeous light in this image Doug.

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  8. Such a lovely piece of hardware.

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  9. The warm light on that beautiful iron gate is fabulous - that must have been and wonderful late summers evening!

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  10. superb...love the light and texture

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  11. This is just beautiful - I love the way the iron is glowing in the dark, highlighted against the background.

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  12. Fabulous shot Doug. Love the warmth of the light in your image.

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  13. Wonderful light and details! Nicely composed!
    Have a nice day.

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  14. Lovely ironwork. Great capture Doug!

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  15. I never thought gates could be so beautiful!
    Wonderful colours! ;-)

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  16. The golden light, the most wonderful light of the day, however the morning dew is the best time of the day, love the picture of the runner.

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  17. definitely fiery. love the light.

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  18. An absolutely magnificent light on these volutes of metal in the magnificent forms. I like infinitely this photo

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  19. A delicious and vibrant photo, aptly titled!

    Beware of Hurricane Irene...head our way and your way, it seems. Ugh!

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  20. ...and a perfect illustration of what Annie Griffiths Bell was talking about.

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  21. Welcome back, D!
    Hope you had a great time in Ohio.

    I am going back to my home country, Malaysia, for a holiday.
    We have durians back home.
    You and me can have a pineapple vs durian fight when I return! ;o)

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  22. Beautiful golden light and design. Excellent.

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  23. I love the warm light. Beautiful shot.

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  24. Great detail.I would like to use it for my house.

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  25. Great detail and wonderful light :-)

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  26. So very good--wonderful capture of this ironwork set ablaze by the sun.

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  27. it sure illuminated that one quite well.. nice shot! :)

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  28. marvelous light indeed. i love the texture of the gate

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