The Kelly gang was in an old hotel and surrounded. It was early in the morning and foggy. Ned escaped. He could have abandoned his followers. Not Ned. He donned the armour, came back and emerged in the gear through the mist with pistols blazing. It must have been quite a sight. At first the police bullets were stopped by the armour, then they aimed at his legs.
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Those were almost exactly my thoughts.
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That must be one of those mathematics-scientific clear plastic formtracers that you use for drawing tangentials, sinus and cosinus.
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Take your pick:
- elegant simplicity
- simple elegance.
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Another beautiful Scottish landscape image. I love the tiny triangle of lake riding amidst the sea of triangle forms. We can find it because you left us a marked trail, winding downhill along that stream. It might be tempting to try to clear up that haze but to me it's just a part of Scotland, and looks appropriate to the scene.
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He appears to be looking at his own armor through the display glass. A rather primitive looking piece of equipment, it looks like it might have been made from parts of a still. His story reminds me of a couple of local villains who were famous in our neck of the woods for vicious crimes and repeated escapes. Interesting story.
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That's very nice. Rich complementary colors, liquid lines, interesting forms that generate lots of questions. Then we find the sketch lines and put together at least part of the puzzle. Well spotted or planned, and either way it's a keeper.
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Although the form is quite familiar, seeing it in a photo changes our perception. Instead of an industrial stair to be used without thought, we are now aware of the design inherent in it, the tonalities and contrast, the way light works on it. Photography is revealer like that - it uncovers secrets hidden in ordinary objects so that we see them in new ways. Well spotted. And I like industrials too. Well, I hate them and I like them. I have a conflicted relationship with them.
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Thanks for the comments everyone.
I was practicing perspective drawing. I put my "drawing tools" to the side and got up to get a cup of coffee. When I came back I saw the scene exactly as you see it here. I didn't "arrange" anything. No attempt was made to compose the shot.
I was really struck by the way the plastic triangles intensified the lights of the room and wondered if I would be able to capture that intensity.
I didn't notice that I had also captured a bit of my drawing lying there beneath the stacked triangles until I processed the raw file.
Rich