arches to the cross by summerfield

arches to the cross

it was our office's building' annual fire drill. which means as the floor's fire warden, i needed to inspect the vacated offices and/or lead the workers to safety. it was rather frustrating as in the previous years - no one wanted to participate. they all either went for a long coffee break at starbucks or left the office via the elevators just before the alarm sounded.

i walked down all 36 floors and by the time we got to our meeting place, the st. james cathedral, my legs felt like jelly afterwards, it was difficult to stand and wait for the cross walk as i thought i wouldn't be able to put one leg in front of the other. and now my legs are like dead weights. and oh, do they hurt. i managed to snap this though with my iPhone

hopefully i won't have to do this again next year as i hope to have been retired by then.

all that is to say that although i was only able to snap this with my iphone and didn't take any photos around the cathedral.

and i can't open my eyes anymore!
You must be glad you didn't have to walk up those 36 floors! Going down works the knees quite dramatically! This is very churchy and nicely balanced!
September 28th, 2018  
Lovely shot
September 28th, 2018  
Oh, but this is a very nice iPhone shot. As beat as you were after all those stairs, you still got a really well composed image.
September 28th, 2018  
sounds like a thankless task, perhaps you will get your reward in heaven...
September 28th, 2018  
A beautiful shot and lovely symmetry.
September 28th, 2018  
you could tag for bw-33
September 28th, 2018  
Great symmetry, simple yet effective capture
September 28th, 2018  
I love this. This architect knew what he was doing!
September 28th, 2018  
Beautiful architecture. I don't think I would have made it down 36 sets of stairs. Kudos to you. You deserve extra pay for that assignment.
September 28th, 2018  
Great work with layers of arches.
September 28th, 2018  
great symmetry to your image makes it a wonderful composition.
Glad you didn't have to walk UP the stairs too!
September 28th, 2018  
It is a striking shot. (I feel your pain.)
September 28th, 2018  
Amazing that you could even think to take a photograph after all that. I love the shape of the arch and the repeating layers of that shape.
September 28th, 2018  
the cross is nicely framed in the window and arched doorway.
September 29th, 2018  
Lovely composition, but 36 floors???? Yikes, you did good kid. No way my crap legs would deal with that descent, and even less any possilble ascent.
September 29th, 2018  
Very nicely composed!
September 29th, 2018  
Beautiful framing!
September 29th, 2018  
iphone or not I love the simplicity of it. fav
September 30th, 2018  
Draws the eye in nicely. Hope you didn’t get leg cramps in the night after this!
September 30th, 2018  
@jgpittenger - as a matter of fact, i did.
October 1st, 2018  
@summerfield I remember when I hiked down into the Grand Canyon I did and your decent sounded similar though without the incredible views!
October 1st, 2018  
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