Royal Lions guard the canal I haven't posted here (or much of anywhere) for several weeks, and am now trying to get that old enthusiasm back. At any rate, I like this shot. In the 1890s, when flood control gates were added to the Danube Canal, the architect (Otto Wagner) conceived of the beginning of the Danube Canal as a watery entrance to the city, so he designed a grand portal, with lions on pylons. They were finished in 1898 and still stand guard. [and there is still something wrong technically with the perspective. I've checked the angles, but the foreground pylon still looks a bit off kilter. The plyon walls are not vertical, but in reality slope inward.]
Sanpshots 2012-01-02 Welcome to 2012. I seem to have a problem with motivation at the moment. Two days ago I picked up the camera - after a week without. There was a bit of sun, so I went downtown in Vienna to photograph 'interesting stairs' and ended up with these shots - more like snapshots than my usual quality. These all come from the area that used to be next to the Danube before it was regulated (i.e. before 1860). Top right Maria am Gestade baroque church, bottom right Ruprechts chuch (oldest in Vienna - around 1200), bottom left a stairway down to the Danube Canal, top right the Kornhäusl Tower with no stairway or even a ground floor door at all (1837 - built by the architect as a haven away from his wife).
Just a Lamppost 2011-11-10 and an autumn bush and a crow, in the afternoon sun.. Captured in front of the Votive Church in Vienna, Austria. Many thanks for your comments on the rower. Much appreciated.
![Royal Lions guard the canal
I haven't posted here (or much of anywhere) for several weeks, and am now trying to get that old enthusiasm back. At any rate, I like this shot. In the 1890s, when flood control gates were added to the Danube Canal, the architect (Otto Wagner) conceived of the beginning of the Danube Canal as a watery entrance to the city, so he designed a grand portal, with lions on pylons. They were finished in 1898 and still stand guard.
[and there is still something wrong technically with the perspective. I've checked the angles, but the foreground pylon still looks a bit off kilter. The plyon walls are not vertical, but in reality slope inward.]](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XtWC6B5/0/XL/i-XtWC6B5-XL.jpg)
