Photo Форт Росс by Vladimir Tchekounov

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photo:

Форт Росс cr

photographer:

Vladimir Tchekounov add to favorites

section:

+ discussion

categories:

architecture, travel, landscape

tags:

North America

place:

United States

notes:

The settlement of Ross, the name derived from the word for Russia (Rossiia) was established by the Russian - American Company, a commercial hunting and trading company chartered by the tsarist government, with shares held by the members of the Tsar’s family, court nobility and high officials. Trade was vital to Russian outposts in Alaska, where long winters exhausted supplies and the settlements could not grow enough food to support themselves. Baranov directed his chief deputy, Ivan Alexandrovich Kuskov, to establish a colony in California as a food source for Alaska and to hunt profitable sea otters. After several reconnaissance missions, Kuskov arrived at Ross in March of 1812 with a party of 25 Russians, many of them craftsmen, and 80 native Alaskans from Kodiak and the Aleutian Islands. After negotiating with the Kashaya Pomo people who inhabited the area, Kuskov began construction of the fort. The carpenters who accompanied Kuskov to Settlement Ross, along with their native Alaskan helpers, had worked on forts in Alaska, and the construction here followed models of the traditional stockade, blockhouses and log buildings found in Siberia and Alaska.

published:

Thu 2 Jul 2009 09:16

equipment:

digital camera Sony DSLR-A100
lens Sigma AF 17-35mm F2.8-4 EX Aspherical

permanent link:

https://www.photoforum.ru/photo/514301/

comments (8 from 8)

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Berenice Kauffmann Abud - AFIAP #1 Thu 2 Jul 2009 09:27

Thanks for the notes... Very interesting!!
An excellent presentation, dear Vladimir!!! Congrats!

Natalja Kupchenko #2 Thu 2 Jul 2009 10:04

Отличная композиция! Интересная стилизация!

Sergej Stepanov #3 Thu 2 Jul 2009 11:27

Интересно стилизованно. Деревянная башенка шикарно смотрится.

mircea grumaz #4 Thu 2 Jul 2009 15:07

nice one, good tones; it is like jail... regards

Cris #5 Thu 2 Jul 2009 19:45

Interesting effect and nicely composed!

Mikhail Plokhikh #6 Thu 2 Jul 2009 23:31

Красивая композиция.

Vladimir Evdokimov #7 Sat 4 Jul 2009 22:49

Интересная история, и снимок с приятной обработкой.

AHHA #8 mon 6 Jul 2009 23:16

как аля "высокий ключ" - смотрится интересно.. хоть и тянется рука все подувеличить.. wink
немного смущает композиция, возможно подальше снять и правее, и вертикали также.. возможно на пп это вполне, и естественно, но башенка левая дальше все же просилась бы ее выровнять.. )
в целом и общем - нравится снимок, есть настроение..

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