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The Johnson Room


The Johnson Room
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Copyright: Linda Richters (richtersl) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1217 W: 595 N: 848] (3542)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-07-14
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Olympus C-5050Z, JPEG 64 ISO
Exposure: f/1.8, 1/25 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Upper New York State
Date Submitted: 2004-07-27 12:09
Viewed: 879
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The interior of the French Castle at Fort Niagara has been very well restored and maintained. Rooms are furnished with replicas of period pieces and you can freely walk about the premises and get a reasonably good idea of how the soldiers stationed there lived.

The layout of the French Castle's ground floor included storerooms, a powder magazine, bakery, guardhouse, and well. Living quarters and a chapel were on the second floor. Overhanging or "machicolated" dormers on the attic level provided defensive positions for muskets and light cannon. The building housed both officers and enlisted men and even has its own ghost legend: it is told that on nights when there is a full moon, a murdered French soldier emerges from the well looking for his missing head.

The room in the photo is named the Johnson Room and appears to be the officers dining room. If the name doesn’t sound quite “French” to anyone, it’s because the fort was also occupied by British and American forces.
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  • Liora Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1152 W: 142 N: 323] (1857)
  • [2004-07-27 13:18]

My first reaction to this photo was that I expected something more fancy... The room looks pretty plain and utilitarian. Yet, in it's own way it's impressive- the whole wood, the evidently fine carpentry give the room this nature. Well captured!

Again you managed to lend a timeless feel to one of your photos of a historical site, Linda. Nice handling of the different light sources and the daylight accentuates the different wooden surfaces and textures really well. Very well chosen shooting angle. Perhaps a small idea would be to try and clone away that light reflection (?) on the floor at the right. Great capture, and again so well annotated.

... and I just read your entire travelogue. Great!

I agree with Norbert on the timeless beauty you've captured here. I don't like the information plaque, and wonder if you tried a slightly different angle with that not included? The lighting and texture is very well caught I think, and I really like this photo.

Ce n'est pas grave de ne pas plaire à tout le monde. Cela veut dire que l'on plaît au reste ! ;-))
J'aime beaucoup cette prise de vue qui est très difficile à prendre (contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait croire : déformations, éclairage, etc.).
Merci beaucoup pour cette très intéressante histoire.
Very well done Linda.
It's not serious not to please everybody. It means that we please besides!;-))
I like very much this recording which is very difficult to take (contrary to the fact that we could believe: deformations, lighting, etc.).
Thank you very much for this very interesting history.
Very well done Linda.

I really like your pictures like this one and that you have such knowledge in history Linda! I get to know so much.

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