Thread: A world of doors

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Please share any pics of doors you may find interesting.

I particularly like the blue ones in Santorini.
here's a few more for now...

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Blue Mosque in Shiraz (Iran)

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The old town of Yazd in Iran. Separate door knockers for male and female use. Male on the left, female on the right. Can you tell the difference?

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Detail of a door also in Yazd.
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Not the door cos it's open! Isfahan, Iran

Hows that for now?

SWK

Is it the keyhole on the one on the right, and if so, is it to lock the ladies in or out?

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Is it the keyhole on the one on the right, and if so, is it to lock the ladies in or out?

Nah, it's the _shape_ of the knockers. (should be obvious now)
Apparently they make a different sound when struck on their respective doors. If a bloke comes calling he bangs on the left one and the ladies of the house know to cover up, whereas if a lady comes calling and uses the right hand knocker the ladies of the house know there's no need to get changed(!) At least that's what the guide told us.

SWK

This is one half of the front door to the Arab Economic Forum Ogranization Headquarters in Kuwait.


The outer layer of wood is made by loosely interlocking pieces to the layer underneath so that it can expand with the extreme heat. Each piece can be moved ~ +/- 2 mm.


More details about this amazing building here.

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Plane Door, somewhere in the world
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Cellar door, Paris
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Outside the Sacre Coeur, Paris

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Chapel door and cell door. Colditz Castle, Germany

SWK

BobL
Fabulous door.

I have lately been messing about with the patterns seen in Islamic art. Did you know the pattern on the door can be generated using a compass and straight edge only. (!)

now for Istanbul...

The last three bronze ones are from the main mosque in Cixre, but now held in the Museum of Islamic art in Istanbul. Double doors about 3m high. Clad in bronze, patterned and repaired (a bit roughly
The weathered one with the square missing I took as it sort of shows the construction method. This is the same as BobL's door (I think, but much simpler pattern). The missing square is about 40mmx40mm

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Montacute House in Somerset.

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Thank you all for the contributions so far, let's hope we get many more.


I'll put this one up before any one else does .
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One more.

Flower Drum Restaurant, China Town, Melbourne
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Originally Posted by Grumpy John

I'll put this one up before any one else does .

Oh dear. Should have seen that one coming.
Now for something completely different. Doors in Bratislava, Slovakia
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SWK

By the way, I like the red laquer door too.

Here's some from Asolo in Italy. A little town perched high on a hill, not so far from Treviso. It is old. There is reference to it from Pliny (ie it was there 2000 years ago)
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Sorry, after that big buildup, here are the dunny doors in the cafe! Blue for boys, pink for gals. Taken with a wide angle cos there wasn't too much space!
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Second hand shop up one of the little lanes. He didn't have much in the way of tools. Something I found fairly commonly at the few second hand shops and markets I visited in that part of Italy. I might not have gone to the right places but all I really found was metal work/lathe/milling stuff and the very occasional _English_ wood working plane etc.
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This door is in the lane way above. You can see it closed (just to the right of the man) I assumed it was an old original door, but as we were standing next to it the electric motors inside started to whir and the door opened majestically up to reveal a car squeezed in a space it could only just have fitted. It then drove out into the laneway (barely 3m wide) and down the hill (15 degree slope at least). Thing is, because of the nature of the town on the hill, cars are generally severely restricted if not outright banned. Astonishing!

SWK

Nice shots there SWK, what gear are you using (Canon I hope ). Did you use a fisheye on the first door in the Bratislav shots, or was it done in post processing.

The shot of the Russian church door in Sitka, AK was taken with a Konica/Minolta DiMAGE Z20. My shots from Europe were taken with a Canon 5d using a Tamron 28-300 "vacation lense" that my son loaned me. Since then I've purchased a 7D and too many lenses, the door at the Flower Drum was taken with my 7D using a Sigma 17-70 f2.8

Keep 'em coming .