Southern Photos of the Day

[RestedTraveler]

A few more...

[goodbye]

Splendid wide-angle urban photography, RT! You really have mastered your Canon Rebel.

A few additions from downtown Greenville:

High dining in downtown at High Cotton Maverick Bar & Grill...

The RiverPlace courtyard...

Looking down on West North Street, from the Richardson Street Garage...

[krazeeboi]

That last shot of the arena was killer, RT! I've never seen it before through a wide-angle lends.

[NCB]

A shot of the Mississippi River in New Orleans as the Algiers Ferry passes behind a barge headed upriver:

[krazeeboi]

Cool.

Too bad every time I see a ferry, especially on the Mississippi, I can now only think about the opening scene in Deja Vu. I pray nothing like that ever happens in real life.

[NCB]

Cool.

Too bad every time I see a ferry, especially on the Mississippi, I can now only think about the opening scene in Deja Vu. I pray nothing like that ever happens in real life.

Ah yes...this?

Yeah, well, I can tell you, while I really enjoyed that movie and all of the exposure it gave New Orleans, it was wrong on so many levels. I can't remember, but it was said in the movie that thousands of people died in that ferry explosion on the Mississippi, while in reality you could fit a couple hundred people on the Algiers ferry, max. There are many other things, but I won't go into those.

However, you're right, it would be horrible if anything happened like that in reality. There was actually a major scare here in New Orleans after 9/11, because it was believed that the Crescent City Connection, the bridge spanning the Mississippi in both of those photos, was a target for a terrorist bombing. If that bridge was destroyed to the point where it fell into the river, the Mississppi would be compeltely shut off to any boat traffic, and that would be very bad for the country on many different levels.

BTW, just a little FYI. There are actually two models of the Algiers ferry, a large ferry, and a small ferry. The ferry you see in my photo is a small one, and the ferry that was used in Deja Vu was one of the larger ferries. The large ferries are used in the mornings and evenings, when pedestrian and vehicle traffic crossing the river on the ferry is very high. During the middle of the day, however, the smaller ferries are used as less people and vehicles cross the river.

[krazeeboi]

Thanks for the info, NCB!

[burt]

TBurban, congratulatiuons on attracting more than 50,000 hits to this site. It's very popular, and deservedly so. Thanks for starting it.

[krazeeboi]

Here's a shot from some insignificant hick town on the coast here in SC:

[NCB]

Hey Krazee, have you thought about setting up a Flickr? I'd love to see everything else you've got! Just a suggestion.

[JerseyBoy]

[krazeeboi]

Hey Krazee, have you thought about setting up a Flickr? I'd love to see everything else you've got! Just a suggestion.

Thanks, I just may have to do that.

[Firefox]

[krazeeboi]

^Great shot of the Midtown Atlanta skyline!

Here's one from the Holy City:

[burt]

Gee, Krazee, that must be the tallest building in Jurusalem.

Edited July 15, 2007 by burt

[krazeeboi]

[JerseyBoy]

A photo I took of a storm moving in here in Winston-Salem:

[ohioaninSC]

^Great shot of the Midtown Atlanta skyline!

Here's one from the Holy City:

That's a great hotel krazee. I was at a wedding reception there last summer, and it was in one of the most elegant ballrooms I've ever been in. The Barbados Room serves a top notch Sunday brunch too.

[goodbye]

Here are a few recent shots from downtown Greenville, South Carolina. We've been in a drought for most of the year now, so it was great to finally see a bit of rain.

RiverPlace (a portion):

The Peace Center for the Performing Arts (a portion):

Falls Park on the Reedy River (notice the low water from the drought):

A nice shop on West Broad Street:

Beautiful shot of River Street with RiverPlace in the background:

Beautiful Main Street:

[gs3]

Excellent photos Skyliner. I love rainy day photos.

[JerseyBoy]

Very nice Skyliner! I never realized Greenville has so much charm to it.

[krazeeboi]

Five Points fountain in Columbia:

[Cadeho]

I've never been to or before here seen Greenville, but all the pics I've seen of it from here really impress me. And I love Canadian geese!

[krazeeboi]

Here are some shots of Washington Square in downtown Charleston:

[krazeeboi]

St. Phillip's Church steeple, downtown Charleston: