Esther's photos with the keyword: shot

The perfume seller

06 Aug 2016 9 8 326
The perfume seller - Amman, Jordan This man sold all types of perfumes - from exotic blends to knock-offs of commercially sold perfumes - for the equivalent of $1 per small bottle. 3755

The oculus of the reading room

31 Oct 2012 1 5 522
The State Library of Victoria, in Melbourne Australia opened in 1856. "The landmark Domed Reading Room, which opened in 1913 and was designed by Norman G. Peebles. Its octagonal space was designed to hold over a million books and up to 500 readers. It is 34.75 m in both diameter and height, and its oculus is nearly 5 m wide. The dome was the largest of its type in the world on completion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Library_of_Victoria AIMG_5988

Coop's Shot Tower

31 Oct 2012 6 12 526
Coop's Shot Tower in Melbourne Australia was built in 1888. The building is approximately 190 feet tall and was designed to produce ammunition (shot). Molten lead was dropped through a sieve at the top of the tower. The molten lead would form small round balls through surface tension which would start to solidify as they fell and would land in a water filled basin. Coop's Shot Tower avoided demolition and became the centerpiece of a large modern shopping mall (the Melbourne Central complex) in 1991. It sits below a 275 foot glass roof. Coop's Shot Tower is 9 storeys tall. It produced shot commercially until 1961. Now, part of it is a museum. AIMG_5982

Formal shot

28 Sep 2011 250
Taken at the Citadelle in Quebec City. Usually when I photograph men with rifles, it is in third world countries and I have to do it surreptitiously. Here, the shooter did not seem to mind the camera. I'm not certain what he was shooting at, but he was intense. The gloves add a CSI look. ODT: Pointed AIMG_1890