Thursday, February 9, 2012

A Ride Back in Time

Horse Carriage and Old Exchange Building, Charleston, SC  © Doug Hickok
(Velvia slide film. Click on image for larger view)


One of the fun ways to see historic Charleston is a horse carriage tour. It makes you feel like you have journeyed back in time, to an era when life moved at a considerably slower pace.

This is one of the images from the Spoleto Festival USA website, from a section that promotes things to do when visiting the city. If you come, remember to bring your Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara costumes, along with your carpetbags. But please, no scalawags or rascals allowed.

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18 comments:

  1. Luis GomezFebruary 9, 2012 at 12:08 AM

    Wonderful image Doug!

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  2. MelissaFebruary 9, 2012 at 12:15 AM

    It does have a time-traveler quality to it. Like the horse, carriage, and rider are all emerging from some time portal. Or maybe heading into it.

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  3. VictoriaFebruary 9, 2012 at 2:06 AM

    Very nice picture!

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  4. A piccoli passiFebruary 9, 2012 at 2:41 AM

    splendida questa fotografia..mi riporta a scenari di vecchi film americani che amo tanto . Buongiorno :-) Nicoletta

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  5. GraficWorldFebruary 9, 2012 at 3:00 AM

    Stupende foto.

    Take the click
    Blogfotocommunity

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  6. MatsFebruary 9, 2012 at 4:43 AM

    Wonderful, superb tones!

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  7. ....peterFebruary 9, 2012 at 4:54 AM

    This is a great action shot Doug... i like it....peter:)

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  8. Cezar and LéiaFebruary 9, 2012 at 5:21 AM

    Awesome motion in this picture, it's very artistic!
    Léia

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  9. JoeFebruary 9, 2012 at 5:42 AM

    Nice blur.. "A slow pace" .. What's that?

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  10. georgeFebruary 9, 2012 at 6:50 AM

    Wow, great pic, with lots of movement. Reminds of riding through Central Park with two delightful ladies after escaping from a PACA meeting - more years ago than I care to remember!

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  11. yzFebruary 9, 2012 at 8:42 AM

    love the angle, the framing, the light and the way you've used motion blur
    shortly said: a perfect shot!

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  12. London CallerFebruary 9, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    Should I also pack my pineapple fibre shirt and pineapple fibre sun hat?
    Do pineapples grow slow in the old city of Charleston too?

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  13. Andrew Graeme GouldFebruary 9, 2012 at 12:54 PM

    What a unique way to capture this one, Doug! I've photographed horse drawn carriages in Sacramento, and here in Viña del Mar, by the sea. I've never thought of an approach like this, though. Great work, then.

    Were you thinking of that last line from the movie when you broke all the rules with this one? ..."Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"!

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  14. A.BarlowFebruary 9, 2012 at 1:00 PM

    Sweet use of motion blur man.

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  15. HarryFebruary 9, 2012 at 3:17 PM

    The bit of motion blur adds a lot of dynamism to this shot.

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  16. john4jackFebruary 9, 2012 at 6:43 PM

    wonderful capture of motion

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  17. DomLOrthaFebruary 11, 2012 at 10:50 AM

    The title works very well with your image. Magnificent work! The illusion to be in past is completed.
    Have a nice day.

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  18. rianFebruary 18, 2012 at 3:02 PM

    a fine shot representative of southern living.. :)

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