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Looking Down the Fountain

When James Scott died, he left everything he had into making this beautiful fountain. With a circumference of 510 feet and water projecting 40 feet into the air, and multiple tiers of marble structures, the Scott Fountain is one of the most beautiful fountains i have seen. Located on Belle Isle, which is a small bit of natural paradise only a few miles out of the busy city if Detroit, you can relax and be under the trees and in the grass while looking out at the city skyline.

Maybe its the fact that I have a place full of trees and ponds that i can escape too easily from the city that makes this place so amazing too me. If you consider yourself to be far from a city dweller, i highly encourage you to head out to the fountain and maybe you will change your mind about all the dirty busy city streets deprived of tranquility.

As the winter months drag on, looking at this picture only makes me wonder how many days it will be until they turn on the fountain and I can experiment with the multitude of photographic subjects at the fountain again!

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7 Comments

  1. Wow, very cool photo! Thanks so much for your comment on my blog. You have some great stuff yourself!

  2. To me, this would have been better if you cropped at the top of the fountain at the bottom of the picture. To me, it gives the picture obvious identity, whereas if it was just the cascading water, the viewer would be more apt to wonder a little bit about what they’re looking at.

    Either way, beautiful shot.

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