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Quatrefoil and Clocktower
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Quatrefoil and Clocktower

The Courthouse is one of the most photographed buildings in Santa Barbara. Still, the building itself sits on two sides of a city block. If you take a closer look the details could keep you busy for weeks with a camera. I can't imagine the effort that went into creating them.

The small window beneath the clocktower on the Garden side is one of those details that you might easily miss. If you look around you can find these Quatrefoil or "four leafed" windows all throughout the architecture of our city but I think this is the most ornate and beautiful example you'll find.

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State Street Spiral Stairway 360° VR
Monday, December 15, 2008
State Street Spiral Stairway 360° VR

Well it's been a busy holiday season. The photo of the day has been the photo of the month lately. That's not to say I have not been working on the site at all. There has been a lot of behind the scenes work one of the results of which is the new "browse" link at the upper right. And, at least I have been pretty happy with the few images that I have been working on. Most of them have been massive 100+ image panoramas like this one. It takes my computer more than a day to stitch them together after I do my work. But no more excuses!

This is a shot that I got one night when I was taking a break from the Joe's Cafe shoot. My wife and I were wandering on State Street a few blocks up from Joe's when we passed this cool entryway.

architecture 113 | building 6 | California 196 | crosswalk 1 | evening 86 | High Dynamic Range Image 81 | lamp 22 | light 126 | palm tree 60 | panorama 55 | panoramic 47 | quatrefoil 7 | Santa Barbara 220 | spiral staircase 1 | stairway 3 | State Street 23 | sunset 146 | virtual reality 33
Twilight Clocktower
Monday, October 3, 2005
Twilight Clocktower

This was a long exposure on a breezy evening. You can tell by the softness of the trees. But, that actually made the bright clocktower more visible through the tree than it would have been in a daylight shot.

I had to find a nice Santa Barbara architecture image today for a fellow photographer from the area who now lives in Texas.

architecture 113 | California 196 | California Historical Landmark 74 | clocktower 17 | courthouse 28 | Mediterranean architecture 23 | National Historic Landmark 67 | quatrefoil 7 | Santa Barbara 220 | Santa Barbara Courthouse 29 | Spanish-Mediterranean architecture 36
Courthouse Sunset
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Courthouse Sunset

It was a great evening for taking pictures.

architecture 113 | California 196 | California Historical Landmark 74 | clocktower 17 | courthouse 28 | landmark 38 | National Historic Landmark 67 | quatrefoil 7 | Santa Barbara 220 | Santa Barbara Courthouse 29 | Spanish-Mediterranean architecture 36 | sunset 146
Courthouse Archway
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Courthouse Archway

In keeping with my recent architectural theme! I'm really enjoying those night shots!

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Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunset
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunset

The Spanish Style of the Santa Barbara Courthouse makes a beautiful subject at any time. But in the evening the lighting makes it spectacular.

architecture 113 | California 196 | California Historical Landmark 74 | clocktower 17 | courthouse 28 | fisheye 10 | fisheye lens 10 | light 126 | National Historic Landmark 67 | night 57 | quatrefoil 7 | Santa Barbara 220 | Santa Barbara Courthouse 29 | Spanish-Mediterranean architecture 36 | sunset 146
Lucky Window
Friday, February 11, 2005
Lucky Window

I really love these windows. They are common enough around California that I realized there must be something behind the design. This one is from a church in La Jolla, near San Diego.

After a little poking around Google I found out that this four sided circle design has a long history in Moorish Architecture and Celtic design. It is called a Quatrefoil. [Quatre: "Four" in French, foil: Old English meaning "leaf"]. Not a large leap then, once you know the root of the word, to realize why these designs are common.

architecture 113 | La Jolla 7 | Mission Style 1 | quatrefoil 7 | window 5
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