After ships, architecture is one of my favourite photographic subjects. Our vacation in August took us to Louisbourg, and a previous blog post features
sunset, night, and sunrise photos from within the fort. Daytime also provides its share of treasures, and a collection of architectural features not present in Ye Olde City of Halifax. That said, I don't really know anything about architecture, I just enjoy photographing it. So don't expect edifying captions.
I started with overall buildings, and in particular the one that everyone recognizes.
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The King's Bastion and Barracks is the main building within the Fortress of Louisbourg. |
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An animal pen within the King's Bastion. |
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Inside the animal pen, and zoomed in from the previous image. |
The next two images are of Lartigue House, where we spent the night.
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Lartigue House from within the yard, with the King's Bastion in the background. |
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Lartigue House, where we spent the night, taken from from the street. |
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A row of houses along the waterfront. |
I then began to focus on some of the smaller details, in particular the various openings. There is a wide range of types of construction within the fort.
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Windows. |
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Window with shutters. |
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Window and wagon. I'm not sure that the wagon counts as architecture, but I like it anyway. |
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The edge of a roof. |
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Window on a roof (and a chimney). I think the shadow makes the image. |
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Same chimney on a roof (with a ladder). |
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Dormer window, ladder, and chimney. |
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A collection of windows, dormers, and chimneys. |
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Bastion roof. |
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Two chimneys and a ladder. I can't imagine why they felt it necessary to tie back that chimney. |
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Windows, dormers, and chimneys. |
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Window and chimney. |
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One of the harbour gates. |
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Magazine doors. |
I couldn't decide which one of these three I like best, so I processed them all. The colours just seemed to work well together.
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Door, windows, and shutters. |
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Door, shutter, and window. |
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Shutter and window. |
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