It is a delightful series especially when I mentally shuffle #1 into its rightful penultimate slot, as per your instructions.
As a kid, I proudly rubbed linseed oil into my first real bat. The surface seemed to grow into an acre and it was a real chore. Then my friend’s father, who was an excellent cricketer, saw it and said”Excellent! Just a couple more coats.” Argh! When it was finished my cousin used my wonderful new bat to whack the stumps into a hard summer lawn, using the face of the bat, leaving dents and knocking chunks out. Unfortunately it was illegal to use a damaged bat to whack a cousin.

Priceless and a lovely idea, well executed by models and photographer.

I agree. #3 is much better than #1, in fact I would leave it out.

2 is interesting as on its own! I would struggle to identify a ship, but #2 and #3 together work well.

Thanks one and all for the responses. A couple of years after I took these shots I revisted the tiny factory intending to get shots of the men at work. Sadly, they had closed down. Thanks Fireplace for mentioning linseed oil. If photos could include smell, this series would have been saturated.

Yes, I thought it was The Remarkables too.
I like the photo very much, with the combination of rocks’ shape, their texture, the beautifully subtle colours. It interested me as I have some photos of the Remarkables, which I really like, but have never managed to process them to my liking, or even which style of processing to use, and the fact that some are not quite sharp doesn’t help either.

Thank goodness for drones! They might be annoying sometimes, but it seems they can help avoid serious injuries.
The precarious stunt by the archaeologist is both hilarious and terrifying. It also elevates an interesting photo into a captivating one.

I’m glad it appeals to you.
It was taken in a pedestrian underpass beneath a busy road. The lowest grey line marks the bottom of the right hand wall, which is covered with mirrors. They reflect the left hand wall, which is not in the photo, and it is covered with backlit sheets of glass or plastic, which have abstract blue patterns on them, making them resemble an aquarium. The warped surface of the mirrors and blue sheets provide the distortion

You are pointing out something, that had not occurred to me, and I think you are right. Very interesting.

I struggled with a title for this one, so sat back and decided what it is about, so Subterranean and Blue came very quickly, so stealing “Subterranean Homesick Blues” from Bob Dylan was too tempting. I just needed to bend and force the third element, Distortion, into Sight Trick. Bob Dylan would probably kill me if he knew. Not for copyright, but for concocting such a forced nod to his song!

Very peculiar.

I knew that your title was a reference but I did not realize to what.
Confession: I’m not a big Dylan fan - never was and probably never will be, I’m afraid (something about him rubs me wrong, though I admire a few of his songs, also in cover versions).

And finally it dawned on me: Radiohead!!
The song “Subterranean Homesick Alien” from their “OK Computer” album!
(Itself a nod to Bawb Dylan of course)

Now look what the cover art from that album looks like: