Photo contest #3: Victorian architecture! Vote here!

glowrock · #1 Posted **Oct 2, 2012, 12:09 AM**

As promised, here are the entries for Photo Contest #3, Victorian Architecture. As always, please vote for your favorite of the following photos in the poll above, this poll will close next Monday, October 8th.

Good luck to the contestants!

Aaron (Glowrock)

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Photo #1: (Untitled)

Photo #2: (Untitled)

Photo #3: (Untitled)

Photo #4: Tower Bridge

Photo #5: (Untitled)

Photo #6: A peek inside...

Photo #7: Southern Charm

Photo #8: (Untitled)

photoLith · #2 Posted **Oct 2, 2012, 1:45 AM**

Hey, number one is in Galveston; the 1892 Bishops Palace. I love that building. Ive photographed it many times, one of the best examples of high Victorian architecture in the US. All really good photos all around guys, good work.

toyota74 · #3 Posted **Oct 2, 2012, 8:46 PM**

Think I could live in 2.

ChiTownCity · #4 Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 12:18 AM**

the last one, #8, counts as Victorian?

Illithid Dude · #5 Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 1:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChiTownCity

the last one, #8, counts as Victorian?

Thinking the same thing. Great picture, but is it really Victorian?

Okayyou · #6 Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 1:35 AM**

Maybe we should have had a clarifying discussion before the contest. In fact, after reading about Victorian Architecture, it seems to cover at least a half dozen styles. The term is used to describe slightly different styles in the US vs the UK.

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In the United States, 'Victorian' architecture generally describes styles that were most popular between 1860 and 1900. A list of these styles most commonly includes Second Empire (1855–85), Stick-Eastlake (1860–ca. 1890), Queen Anne (1880–1910), Richardsonian Romanesque (1880–1900), and Shingle (1880–1900). As in the United Kingdom, examples of Gothic Revival and Italianate continued to be constructed during this period, and are therefore sometimes called Victorian. Some historians classify the later years of Gothic Revival as a distinctive Victorian style named High Victorian Gothic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture

Doady · #7 Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 2:08 AM**

#3
kind of unsettling

ColDayMan · #8 Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 2:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChiTownCity

the last one, #8, counts as Victorian?

St. Pancras is without question a product of Victorian Gothic.

Bedhead · #9 Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 7:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

Thinking the same thing. Great picture, but is it really Victorian?

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St Pancras railway station, also known as London St Pancras and since 2007[8] as St Pancras International,[9][10] is a terminus celebrated for its Victorian architecture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station

glowrock · #10 Posted **Oct 4, 2012, 9:27 AM**

Damn, we have a pretty tight race going on here! Two tied for first, three tied for second!

Aaron (Glowrock)

LSyd · #11 Posted **Oct 4, 2012, 9:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by glowrock

Damn, we have a pretty tight race going on here! Two tied for first, three tied for second!

Aaron (Glowrock)

i love it. great work contestants and voters

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glowrock · #12 Posted **Oct 7, 2012, 2:38 PM**

As the voting continues to stay VERY close here! Might have to figure out what to do in case of a tie!

Aaron (Glowrock)

LSyd · #13 Posted **Oct 7, 2012, 3:53 PM**

^we did two winners before

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toyota74 · #14 Posted **Oct 7, 2012, 5:55 PM**

Im sure one will let the other choose the next comp.

photoLith · #15 Posted **Oct 8, 2012, 5:05 AM**

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glowrock · #16 Posted **Oct 9, 2012, 7:59 PM**

As the poll is now closed, without further adieu the winner of the Photo Contest #3 (Victorian Architecture) is: Photo #3, taken by photoLith! As is tradition, he now has the right to choose the topic of the next photo contest, which will begin in approximately one week. I am allowing two wins in a row, especially given how close this contest was. So let's summarize all of the entries submitted, starting with second place:

2nd Place: Photo #8 (untitled), submitted by Okayyou.
3rd Place (Tie): Photo #1 (Untitled), submitted by LSyd.
3rd Place (Tie): Photo #6 (A peek inside...), submitted by Glowrock.
3rd Place (Tie): Photo #7 (Southern Charm), submitted by Surrealplaces.
4th Place (Tie): Photo #2 (Untitled), submitted by John R..
4th Place (Tie): Photo #5 (Untitled), submitted by Illithid Dude.
5th Place: Photo #4 (Tower Bridge), submitted by Bedhead.

I'll announce the subject of the next photo contest as soon as I hear back from photoLith!

Aaron (Glowrock)