Wooden Stairs
Back in August, I read this this post, by David Scott Moyer, about his visit to Spanish mission churches in northern Mexico. There were a lot of wonderful images, but the one that somehow caught my attention was one of wooden stairs in a bell tower. I thought about those stairs and that image for several days after I first saw it; the idea that each step was made from a single piece of wood intrigued me.
And, then, not much later, I was at a Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas, and spotted a set of similar stairs. I don’t think I’d have even noticed them at all if I hadn’t seen David’s post – the power of blogging, I guess.
(I still like David’s photo better. In case you were wondering. My shot was a bit constrained by a gate blocking access.)
Mission San José
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 9.6.2015
Posted on November 7, 2015, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, architecture, black and white photography, David Scott Moyer, melinda green harvey, Mission San José, monochrome, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, san antonio, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
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Great shot! Imagine what it must have been like when trees of this size were plentiful in this region! I love how your photo shows the tree rings on the posts.
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We discussed plentiful trees on your post, if I recall! Those tree rings were a nice surprise that showed up in Photoshop; I like it when that happens.
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When you build you dream house, you are going to need a tower, just so you can build one of these staircases! Very cool indeed.
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With the size of trees around here, the stairs would be more of the size of Hitty stairs!
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