“All hope abandon ye who enter here.”
OK, this isn’t the gate to Dante’s hell, but it looks much more ominous in black and white than it did in real life and since Sally wants black and white today, that what she gets. 🙂
The Easter ravioli were a big success with even a few left over. I’m definitely ready to relax a bit after a wonderful church service and good food with good friends. So I shall say farewell for the evening and good morning to all of you who will read this tomorrow. I appreciate all of you as well.
This, that and the other thing 
Does look a tad ominous!
🙂
janet
Definitely stay away from there.
A good sleep after a fabulous home cooked Italian meal. Does it get any better? 🙂
I think not.
janet
I like the way that the lines of the bricks surround and compress the vertical lines of the gates.
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Just what I liked, too, Allan, and of course, that’s what B&W emphasizes, as you show so often in your B&W photos.
janet
Thanks, Janet. B&W is my favorite and the obsession with it goes back to when I was a child pouring over Life magazines in barber shops and Pediatric waiting rooms.
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spoken from a true photographer’s eye!
Thanks, Janet.
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Good morning to you, too 🙂 The ravioli sound fantastic!
They were delicious as always and worth the work. Having a few left over is a bonus. 🙂 It’s a beautiful spring day here and I just got back from a walk in the park, where the wildflowers are flourishing. Tomorrow morning, I’m taking my Nikon as well as my phone and going on the back trails. One day, I’m also going to go on those trails with a garbage back to pick up some of the bottles and junk people haul in but not out. Makes me furious.
janet
Janet, a marvelous juxtaposition of lines and tones, mostly it conjures what is behind the locked doors of neglect and yet intrigue. Happy Photo Challenge.
Happy Photo Challenge and Easter Monday to you as well, Sally. It’s a gorgeous day here, with spring in full blossom, simply lovely. May your week be filled with blessings.
janet
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Lovely composition Janet. I’m always curious about what’s behind locked gates.
I know, Su. I feel the same way.
janet
Now you have me hungry for your ravioli Janet and two kinds! Wonderful! Like the black and white too. 😌
Thanks to all, Nicole. 🙂 Ravioli aren’t hard, just a lot of work/time. But the results are SO good.
The gate to Dante’s hell, OMG… Great capture, Janet!
I don’t think Dante imagined the gate with a lock, but…
🙂 The Ravioli I saw on your Instagram account looked most delicious. I bet they were just as good.
Happy belated Easter to you 🙂
Dramatic, indeed. The black and white really brings out all the rich textures here, which is absolutely love.
I’m glad you had a lovely Easter and enjoyed that ravioli 🙂
Black and white works for me!
Love the textures the black and white processing brings out.
That’s one of the things I most enjoy about B&W, Karen.
janet
For this challenge I would have posted a dentist’s office. Your gate to hell doesn’t look half bad. Now let’s see heaven!
I tried to get a shot of Heaven’s Gates, but it was too bright to even correct!
janet
😀 🙂 😀
I imagined the gateway to hell would have a more formidable lock 😉
I have a feeling it’s not locked at all! 🙂 Probably standing wide open and looking inviting.
janet
Now that’s a scary thought!
Well….really! Great shot.
Thanks, Janet.
the other janet
That gate looks most foreboding.
Much more so in B&W. 🙂
jant
No, not the most inviting of entryways, but the textures do make for an interesting picture 🙂
That’s why I like B&W for photos that have lots of texture a/o lines and shapes.
janet
Oooo! Will we get to see this in color as well, some Thursday? Easter ravioli sounds intriguing — stuffed with chocolate? (wink)
Not sure about the gate, Marian, but it’s certainly possible. As for chocolate ravioli…I love both but I think ’twere better these twain should never meet. 🙂
janet