Carousel Enchantment
Featured Work
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Fair Ride by Myke Winters
I was walking near the beach in Marazion, Cornwall, when I noticed this Roundabout. Out came the camera and away I snapped. NIKON D60 WITH 10MM SIGMA DIAGONAL FISHEYE LENS / /
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carousel horse by raindancerwoman
The dollywood carousel
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carousel by kathy archbold
Brighton, Sussex
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Carousel Horse by heeb
Again, a photo using my new Lensbaby.
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CAROUSEL HORSE by Tammera
THE MAGICAL SIDE OF CHILDHOOD ALWAYS INCLUDED THE CAROUSEL WITH ITS MANY BEUTIFUL LIGHTS AND MUSIC AND STRANGE AND VARIED ANIMALS… / MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD FILL US WITH DELIGHT IF WE ALLOW THEM FEATURED IN CAROUSEL ENCHANTMENT
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Welsh ponies by Maureen Brittain
Horses from the merry-go-round at Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay
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Horses Go Round by angelandspot
One of my fave things, horses. Corallville Iowa Mall Now being shown on YouTube! Here
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Blacky by SNAPPYDAVE
a carousel ride at Barry’s amusement arcade Portrush – NI … unchanged from I was alittle boy myself 30 odd years ago!
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Carousel 24 by Joanne Mariol
Sepia toned image of an indoor carousel by photographer Joanne Mariol.
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Carousel! by Linda Jackson
Every fall the fair comes to town, bringing all the noise and excitement! Lots of food, and lots of color, great picture opps! The Great New England State Fair! / September 07 West Springfield, Massachusetts The Big E!
Recent Work
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UK
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This used to be my playground by aciddream
Bucharest, Romania / Tineretului Park /
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Madly spinning by Denitsa Dabizheva
A carousel shot at slow shutter speed in the seaside park in Burgas, Bulgaria. Nikon D90 and selective colouring in Gimp
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grunge carrousel by Sonia de Macedo-Stewart
canon 40D / lens 18-85 / PS
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look way up by Brock Hunter
a giraffe on the Lakeside Park Carousel in Port Dalhousie, Ontario, Canada. History of the Carousel from the City of St. Catharines Website. The Lakeside Park Carousel in Port Dalhousie is a Charles Looff original, carved between 1898 and 1905 in Brooklyn, New York. The carousel came to St. Catharines in 1921, from its earlier home in Hanlan´s Point, Scarborough Beach in Toronto. It was purchased to be a part of the amusement park flourishing in Port Dalhousie, and was one of 58 attractions in the park. In those days, more than a quarter million people crossed the lakes in steamships to visit Port Dalhousie on weekends. The Lakeside Park Carousel has 68 animals, in 4 rows. Each animal has been hand-carved, and most still sport real horse hair tails. The Carousel in Lakeside Park is a fairly large carousel. Many Carousels have an outside range of 18 animals in 2 rows, with the largest Carousel containing 269 animals! Donations are welcomed at the Carousel, and are used to help maintain our treasure! For further information regarding the Carousel please, call our Recreation Supervisor at 905-688-5601 extension 1570, or on weekends and evenings during hours of operation, the Carousel Staff at / 905-934-1221. May you go round and round and round a thousand sunny summertimes!
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"The happiest day - the happiest hour..." by georgia stylou
“The happiest day – the happiest hour / Mine eyes shall see – have ever seen” E.A.Poe
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Luna in Sepia by Trish Woodford
Sydney’s Iconic Luna Park at night, in sepia. / Taken from a boat whilst coming under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. / A rare night shot from me as I am still not confident in my night photography skills. / Camera – Nikon D90 / Lens 55-200mm / No tripod or flash used. Handheld whilst the boat was moving. FEATURED IN – ‘WA Red Bubbles’ and ‘Photography 101 Groups
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Video
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Savages 1896 Gallopers by ChelseaBlue
A view of the 1896 Savages 3-abreast set of Gallopers, one of the best made by this company. / Thursford Collection purchased and installed it in Thursford in 2002. After electrical and mechanical restoration they began operating it for the 2005 season. / The Thursford Collection is a charity trust endowed museum, located in Thursford, Norfolk. Founded by local man George Cushing, its is now known for the scale of collection of steam engines, organs and fairground attractions; and its annual Christmas spectacular show, which draws over 100,000 people to the Norfolk countryside. / The original museum had limited opening times, but Cushing expanded the attraction to include a gift shop and tea rooms, and now opens seven days a week during the summer season. For the scale of his efforts in saving much of Britain’s steam heritage, Cushing was appointed an MBE in 1989 / Cushing realised his collection could be subject to death duties when he passed away, so he set up the Thursford Collection as a trust endowed charity, now run by his son, which alone attracts 170,000 visitors a year. It is well worth a visit, you will not be disappointed. Acknowledgment to Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopaedia, for the above information Shot taken with a Nikon Coolpix L100 Compact Digital Camera Best viewed “large”
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Carousel (2) by Asrais
Taken in London zoo
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Carousel (1) by Asrais
Taken in London zoo
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& The Winner is... by Myke Winters
...Rosie, by a nose! One of a few photographs I took of a fair ground attraction that was in a car park in Marazion, near Penzance. NIKON D60 WITH SIGMA 10MM HSM DIAGONAL FISH-EYE LENS /
About This Group
The artists belonging to this group wish to share their images of carousels and the menagerie of animals made for these moving amusement rides.
Brief History of Carousels
An early Byzantine etching from 500 AD portrayed riders swinging in baskets tied to a center pole and is the earliest known record of a carousel device. Skip forward to 1870 when an Englishman, Frederick Savage, applied steam power to carousels with sturdy platforms. The first up-and-down carousel that gave the animals their family galloping motion was a later improvement by Robert Tidman.
Most carousels eventually began to showcase between two and five rows of elaborately carved wooden horses and various other menagerie animals. Highly decorative panels and trims were added to hide the carousel’s mechanics and provide a grander appearance. Eventually music such as a drum, organ, or bells was added.
The public’s romance with carousels reached its height popularity from the late 1800’s to the mid-1920s.
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