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princer7 · **Ruins of Windsor -** 07-18-2011, 11:34 AM

Took a brief stop along the road trip in Mississippi to visit the Ruins of Windsor. The 23 remaining columns are 45 feet tall. The plantation home survived the Civil War only to be later burned to the ground by a careless smoker in 1890. I was suprised to learn that southern columns were rarely made of stone due to the lack of resources in the area.

groovyone · 07-18-2011, 12:00 PM

Impressive!

Photogdude · 07-18-2011, 12:30 PM

nice captures

wclavey · 07-18-2011, 01:06 PM

Nice Windsor Ruins... I haven't been there in about 5 years, but I would love to go back - - it is just kinda far for a weekend... It needs to be on a trip to/from the family in Baltimore... The IR treatment does a nice job separating the ruins from the surrounding trees... that has been a problem for me on my B&W film versions...

princer7 · 07-18-2011, 02:24 PM

Would enjoy seeing your results, Westley. The tree cover was quite close.

princer7 · 07-18-2011, 02:24 PM

Thank you, Keith and Marshall :)

venchka · 07-18-2011, 03:35 PM

Jennifer,
Nice use of the figure for scale.
Where is Windsor? Did you go to Longwood?

tc95 · 07-18-2011, 06:00 PM

Nice composition for your shots...!! Nice work...

wclavey · 07-18-2011, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by princer7

Would enjoy seeing your results, Westley. The tree cover was quite close.

Yes, parts of the ruin are just 20 feet or so of the trees. This image was B&W film and I think that the separation between the ruin and the trees is much better in IR.

princer7 · 07-18-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by venchka

Jennifer,
Nice use of the figure for scale.
Where is Windsor? Did you go to Longwood?

Missed Longwood. Looks like a great place to stop next time I am out that way. Here is the Flickr geotag for the ruins.... link

iCe · 07-18-2011, 08:40 PM

When it's done right IR has a good feel to it and these are definitely done right.

I'm curious- if the columns aren't stone (understandable) what are they made of?

princer7 · 07-18-2011, 08:54 PM

The columns are made of brick with a veneer on the outside. The capitals on top were made of iron. Granite, marble or other similar stonework was not a readily available resource in the area and would have been too costly to ship in. The house cost $175,000 to build back in the mid 1800's.

auddii · 07-18-2011, 08:59 PM

Absolutely beautiful (love your IR work). It's not helping that I spent the evening looking up resources on how to process IR photos. Now I just need some equipment to actually take one (and the money to buy it)...

iCe · 07-18-2011, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by princer7

The columns are made of brick with a veneer on the outside. The capitals on top were made of iron. Granite, marble or other similar stonework was not a readily available resource in the area and would have been too costly to ship in. The house cost $175,000 to build back in the mid 1800's.

That's interesting. I never thought about that but considering the large numbers of columns that they used "back in the day" it's understandable.

$175k would need a lot more 0's added to it for today's dollars.

Have you ever made it to Shiloh National Cemetery? I've been to a number of Civil War battle sites and Shiloh is the only one that had "feeling" to it. I don't know if that translates all that well but if you know anything about the Civil War it might make sense. Gettysburg was just a big park (don't get me wrong, there's lots of meaning there). Shiloh is preserved in such a way that it gives a feel to the battles and the lives that were lost there. Anyway, you seem to travel quite a bit, I was just wondering if you had ever made it there.

venchka · 07-19-2011, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by iCe

That's interesting. I never thought about that but considering the large numbers of columns that they used "back in the day" it's understandable.

$175k would need a lot more 0's added to it for today's dollars.

Have you ever made it to Shiloh National Cemetery? I've been to a number of Civil War battle sites and Shiloh is the only one that had "feeling" to it. I don't know if that translates all that well but if you know anything about the Civil War it might make sense. Gettysburg was just a big park (don't get me wrong, there's lots of meaning there). Shiloh is preserved in such a way that it gives a feel to the battles and the lives that were lost there. Anyway, you seem to travel quite a bit, I was just wondering if you had ever made it there.

Note to self. Road Trip. Civil War Battlefields. Vicksburg to Gettysburg. Parallel BBQ exploration.