Very ornate. X

Ionic Doric and Corinthian, that's the three main column adornments. Learned that in school :) Lovely picture Bill

A most imposing building as befits the function. Great compo.

NEAT...LOVE IT - GO HABS GO ;-)

Superb capture my friend. God bless.

Superb detail on this excellent image Bill.

Fabulous capture great style

nice

Swell POV of the iconic ionic capitals and shafts, Bill. supporting the elegantly designed top section. Looks like the courthouse still retains the soot and smoke from the Civil War, and could stand a good scrubbing and hosing.

And perhaps iconic as well. Well observed & very sharp. Not sure if the soot & smoke should be removed - isn't that patina of age part of the charm?

I love the way the B&W brings the details into sharp focus.

detail that leaps from the screen, classical beauty

Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1859? My, that seems quite advanced for that place and date! Very nice capture of the details around the tops. I also like the framing of the subject. Keep up the good work! :-)

outstanding pov you have chosen

Great looking black and white image!

Classic Greek - you sure don't see this kind of work anymore... Wonderful shot, Bill!

I love the way the capitals jump out. They must have been a different marble from the columns, although I didn't really notice it at the time. Your b&w shows it off to good effect. (The columns were wet, as I recall, accounting for a bit of color variation.)

Oh, these are amazing; I love this! The B&W really shows that incredibly detailed structure. Fantastic capture, Bill!

great and clear in contrasts, superbe picture!

Great looking pillars, even better I think in this black and white photo mate.. Great crop as well.. Excellent, stay well.. Rob

I think I wrote to you about this. I know it's one of the images you used in your blend (along with the sunset and a ship image). But I think I celebrated it in a letter too. Very hard to capture the massivity of a Greek facade: You have to choose this angle or that angle, as it's all very complex. And with the numerous details that classical Greek architecture foisted on the world, it's not easy to get them all in sharp focus, in balance, etc. Drawing these orders (standard in architecture studies, for centuries) is an exercise in 'pile-up': One layer of design on top of the next. They made all these architecture sandwiches with each layer they devised...so photographing them is a major challenge. Your photo captures a great deal of this very busy style. The big heft of the columns, how your pov allows one corner of the building to swoop up before us emphasizing the looming nature of these columns. You've brought out lots of detail in the fluting-grooves---ie, decay, discoloration, shadows, etc. The architrave (the lowest horizontal over the columns, in case you forgot the names, or didn't know them all) is filled with decay and has an almost "soft" feel here, and I love how you captured/brought out the discolorations and how dark they are in your capture. But your capitals shine forth like beacons: I don't know if this is because they're naturally that light, or if you lightened them in postwork---either way, they're presented in a standout fashion: If you captured them, you got the right balance, because the 'temple' itself is rather dark by comparison; and if you postworked it, well, fine work Bill!!! And the sky? All white. High key! (A diversion: I don't know why, but I picture the Creation in Genesis, and, after the first day, someone says, "uh, God? Your sky's too high key." And God says, "Whoa!" And Photoshop was born...) The contrast of that sky with the dark details of the courthouse is perfect. A really fine capture of a difficult subject, capturing several of the confluences that are the Greek orders. You conquered your subject beautifully, Bill. And those Ionic capitals really stand out. (Ionic legendarily came from Ionia. Backstory: People had all these capitals lying around, so someone said, "can we get some COLUMNS for these things?" Thus Greek architecture was born.) (Not reliable history...)