rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

This was a struggle. Original was blown out copy of negative, probably shot on Fujicolor. Copied on a Nikon D850 and the slide adapter with the negative strip. And, I took really bad pictures in those days.

I did battle with this one, using all of my post-processing apps. Settles on distressed print.

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

I like it.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

You did exceptionally well. Nothing like accumulated experience.
—Bob

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Effort paid nice dividends.

Craigdca Loc: California

Wow that’s very cool. I would have thought it was shot in the old days which fits well with the subject.

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

I think the result of your effort is a very good fit for the age of this structure. Well done.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice work there.

ssymeono Loc: St. Louis, Missouri

You did very well. I believe the original was a late 19th picture printed in larger than 8X10 format. As many as 20,000 photographs like this one were used to teach classes in schools of architecture before slides were introduced. When I was first hired to teach ancient art at Washington University in 1969, I was offered an office full of such photographs that were discarded by the School of Architecture. I convinced the university to save them and there is now a rare collection of 22-25 thousand, some as large as 16X20in.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I like it. Looks like a vintage postcard image.

Stan

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

Shades of bygone globetrotting photojournalists. I like it.

Ioannis

The Temple of Olympian Zeus Athens was build during several centuries starting in 174 BC by Greek architects and finished by Hadrian from Syria by the and of the first century CE. It has been admired by its beautiful Corinthian columns, and it has been one of the most visited temples in Greece.

ssymeono Loc: St. Louis, Missouri

The situation with the Temple of Olympian Zeus is a little more complicated than your statement. Construction began during the time of king Peisistratos (ca. 560-527 BCE), as we we are told by Aristotle in his Politiics, most likely as a Doric building but didn't go much beyond preparing the foundations. In 174 BCE, king of Syria Antiochos Epiphanes ordered to continue work but didn't go very far. Some scholars think that that time the temple had been planned as Ionic. It was left up to the Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE), who loved architecture more than any other ruler in history and left behind the most extraordinary building legacy, to complete the temple this time as Corinthian, the most luxurious of Roman Temples. Hadrian was dedicated the temple in 130 CE during his second visit to his beloved Athens. Inside, Hadrian ordered a copy of one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world the gold and ivory statue of Zeus in Olympia by Pheidias and placed a colossal one of himself next to it. All this had been looted when Cyriacus of Ancona visited Athens in 1450 and found only 21 columns still standing.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Interesting.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Thank you for your efforts that resulted in those photographs being saved. Sometimes what seems commonplace and discardable at the time will later be found to be important and irreplaceable.

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

I like it very much!! A very nice piece of work that took some time and creativity, and it paid off.